[Preliminary discussion] The opportunity of a new UI?, Is it worth the effort? Options

[r0k]

Hi there. I really like Columns UI and the customization options it offers. However, i'm pretty sure it's now abandonware (I tried contacting musicmusic by every possible way, but never got an answer) and since it never was open-source, nobody will be able to take up where musicmusic left. This means one day, after some foobar2000 update, columns UI will no longer work and leave everyone with only the default UI and it's "limited" customization (that's already more than any other player i know of ).

Some people already stated they would stop upgrading fb2k if it ever breaks Columns UI. This made me wonder whether it would be worth the effort to re-write a new up-to-date UI bringing back the most important features of CUI.

I don't plan to "require" someone to write this up. I can try and work on this, however i have limited programming experience and close to zero C++ experience, meaning it would be long for me to work on this alone
If i ever work on this, i plan on trying to use QT to build the GUI because all of my limited C++ experience is with QT, because QT offers tools that really simplify UI design and because QT is cross-platform, so if Peter ever think about porting fb2k to linux, having a portable UI would be a big helper.
However, this would be a big project, probably too big for me. Maybe if a couple of motivated people work together, it could be done. Doing it open-source also seems like the right choice.

So, do you think it's worth the effort? We already have the default UI and WSH panel for heavy customization, but columns UI had even more to offer.
Do you think it's possible to use QT at all with the fb2k SDK?
Are there any motivated people out there ready to help on this?
Or does someone still have contact with musicmusic so we could be sure what's the future for CUI?