erland;632324 Wrote: > This is something for the future but I still like to initiate the > discussions to get some feedback and ideas. > > How are other people browsing music in SBS from a computer ? > Are you usually focused on only the SBS interface so it covers most of > the screen or does the SBS only take up a small part of the screen ?
On my 1024x768 netbook I run it full screen, with as little window chrome showing as possible, to maximize the screen area. I also have a slightly modified version of Default that doesn't waste quite as much screen space. With 117px square covers and the right-hand pane pulled to its minimum size, I get four large covers per row when browsing albums. On my desktop system, with two 19" 1280x1024 monitors, I run it in pretty much the same 1024px wide window, so I get four covers across. Only difference is that the window is much taller. > > I'm asking because for me there are two different scenarios: > 1. I just want to access the controls to maybe skip to next track > or > 2. I want to really browse and discover music I always have the web UI loaded as the first tab in my main browser window, so either one is done from the same window. > In scenario 1 I'd like a very small interface just offering the basics, > since I'm on Linux or OSX the Moose tray icon isn't an option and the > SBS web interface takes up way to large part of the screen in this > scenario. > > In scenario 2 I'd love to really use the large screen but the SBS web > interface really have a lot of blank areas that aren't used for > anything, especially if you run it in full screen mode. Would be nice > if some of these blank areas could be used for either information or > images. Or just eliminated. I've said that from the first day the design was revealed. There too much wasted space, particularly in the vertical dimension, which makes running on a small monitor like a 768px tall netbook screen, less than ideal. > So what are peoples thoughts ? > Would you like less blank areas on the SBS screen ? > Any ideas how we could make better use of the screen on a modern > computer which I'm guessing most people use when controlling SBS web > interface. If it's to be a web interface, first and foremost, eliminate the frames. These have been an endless source of problems, not the least of which is controlling the wrong player all too often. I've often thought a tabbed interface might work well. Unless I can drag and drop tracks from the browse window into the playlist (which doesn't really interest me - 'add' and 'play next' are all I need), there's no reason to have the current playlist occupy that much screen real estate when you're browsing the library. Use a tab, or place an expandable/shrinkable areas on screen for the current playlist. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87813 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
