[Rhythmbox-devel] Suggestions for Rhythmbox

[list <list notthemessiah net>]

I am using Ubuntu, and have been primarily a KDE user until this point, so  
I'm used to having a little more control over my media player. (amarok)

Rhythmbox is nice and simple, but I have a few suggestions that would make  
it better (of course I realize that 'better' is my subjective opinion).

Make the app stay in the panel notification area (system tray) when the  
main window is closed (more like Gaim's buddy list). I am aware that you  
can just click the musical note to do this, but I think it's pretty  
standard and more intuitive to have the close button do the same job.

Allow for a few more setup options--such as a directory (or better, group  
of directories) that is scanned every x minutes or hours, and maybe on  
startup, so if a person has a library that is changing, the program will  
update.

Allow tracks to be re-organized by hand in the main window. You can  
arrange them on a playlist, but not in the main window--why not?

Use same method of accepting http stream addresses as XMMS--I currently  
have to use XMMS when I open a stream in my browser. I just get an error  
when I send the stream to rhythmbox.

And the most important suggestion (and most difficult to impliment)--no  
music player, that I know of, (other than winamp 5.x) will directly  
download lists of mp3 streams, and let the user bookmark and quickly  
search them. There must be a way to emulate winamp and provide this  
functionality... Maybe it's not possible, but it'd be nice.

Thanks for listening to my ideas--I realize that most of them are small  
complaints, but they really do add up. Keep up the awesome work on the  
nearly awesome music application!

--Dean