Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Idea for rhythmbox and beryl.

[Alex Jones <alex weej com>]

I am 100% convinced that anybody who activates this will be bored of it within 30 seconds. Just like spinny cube, raindrops, and painting fire.


On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 22:57 +0200, Dejan Stokanić wrote:
>     Hi, 
>     thank you all for replaying so quickly.
>     Now let me explain my idea a bit further : 
>     As I know most of music players have some sort of visualization effects included, be it from random spawning lines, circles...well you name it! And none of em have a "wobbly effect" that is achieved only with Beryl (i think), so  yes this would be a plugin that user can simply enable, and no this is not intended to be wobbling while a user would be browsing through his media library. I mean just imagine loading your favorite play list, enjoying your music while the window will be simply shaking that ass. 
>     
>     Regards,
>     Dejan Stokanić
>     
>     On 9/12/07, Jon Phillips <jon rejon org> wrote:
> >         On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 22:13 -0400, Andrew Conkling wrote:
> >         > On 9/11/07, Alex Jones <alex weej com> wrote:
> >         >
> >         >         On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 17:00 -0700, Brad Taylor wrote: 
> >         >         > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 00:01 +0100, Alex Jones wrote:
> >         >         > >
> >         >         > > On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 22:09 +0200, Dejan Stokanić wrote:
> >         >         > > > ... so it would simply wobbl with the rhythm of the music that is 
> >         >         > > > currently playing.
> >         >         > > NO!
> >         >         >
> >         >         > Just because you don't like an idea doesn't give you the right to be
> >         >         > flat-out rude.  Personally, I think it's a neat idea, even if it's a 
> >         >         > little bit excessive.
> >         >         >
> >         >         > -Brad
> >         >
> >         >         Aside the fact that my original reply was intended as a
> >         >         lighthearted abuse of HTML, this would be a usability 
> >         >         disaster. Having the entire interface wobble while you try to
> >         >         browse your library is just going to make you seasick and
> >         >         frustrated.
> >         >
> >         > Alex, I checked the source of your message and it turns out that the 
> >         > <joke> tag you used is not supported by any major browsers or email
> >         > clients. ;)
> >         >
> >         
> >         Regardless, sounds like why this type of thing would be a fun and neat
> >         plugin (possibly that is in an extras package and not shippped by 
> >         default)
> >         
> >         Cheers!
> >         
> >         jon
> >         
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