Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] another queue UI layout

[Jonathan Matthew <jonathan kaolin hn org>]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:50:45AM -0600, Thomas Lunde wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:36:48 +1000, Jonathan Matthew
> <jonathan kaolin hn org> wrote:
> > 
> >         http://j.kaolin.hn.org/rhythmbox-left-side-queue.png
> > 
> > I was initially concerned that the queue wouldn't display enough
> > information, but after using it for a while, it seems to be OK.
> 
> Perhaps you have already done this, but generating a tooltip with the
> full track information when I hover over a particular song in the
> queue would allow easy (if a bit slow) access to know which version
> (out of >a dozen) of "White Christmas" is in the queue...

I think I like Jonatan's idea of displaying the title, artist, and album
split across three lines better, but once again, I'll wait until I see
how it looks.

> _Thanks_ to all involved ($ and code) for implementing the play queue feature!
> 
> Hm.  Mostly unrelated, but I just thought of this:  Months ago, there
> was talk of displaying album art within the UI.  The location you have
> selected for the queue is used in iTunes for this art.  iTunes can
> switch between displaying art for the the "Now Playing" track and the
> "Currently Selected" track by clicking on the title of this area
> (where you have put "Queued Songs").

I realised this earlier on.  I took a look at the album covers code 
that resulted from those discussions, and it displays the album covers
in the album browser, rather than where the queue display is now.
But that's just one place you could show the album cover, and this is
just one place you could display queued songs.. I don't think either
location is final.

-jonathan.