As can be seen in this recent thread, http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=56526, iTunes has a lot of support which seems to be almost exclusively due to it's great, simple UI, however it is lacking in features, it can't even playback WMA or FLAC encoded files, it doesn't support non-iPod portables etc., and it's painfully slow.
With so many users on this forum keen on customising the appearance of foobar2000, and coding components to help them achieve their desired look & function, and given that foobar2000 gives component developers to provide a completely new UI, it suprises me that noone (with the exception of musicmusic/the excellent columns_ui) has begun a project to code a quality UI from scratch.
See Songbird for an example of a beautiful UI (which just happens to be remarkably similar to iTunes). Of course it's painfully slow and limited in functionality, but the design is great.
So, what I'm really asking is, is anyone interested in developing such an interface? I believe it would make foobar virtually unbeatable. While I don't have the UI design/coding skill or the time to do a decent job of such an interface, I may be willing to do my best to code a Cover Flow-like component which could fit into such a UI.
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Hmm well we can use Column UI or Panel UI to make it look like itunes, can't we? Plus wtih column UI's export FCl option, even newbies can import configurations and get instant gratification.
A cover flow feature would be very welcome though. As would a Windows media player style browsing by album art.
A cover flow feature would be very welcome though. As would a Windows media player style browsing by album art.
fb2k still misses itunes "smart playlists" functionality ("playlist tree" development never ends, also it's too complicated for average user), Autoplaylist Manager has limited functions, "a version with better user interface will be released sooooooon":). For a GUI, columnsUI component has a very big potential to be easy-to-use and nice looking. IMO these components need more attention to get close to itunes.
QUOTE(Shinsou @ Aug 3 2007, 09:17) 
Autoplaylist Manager has limited functions, "a version with better user interface will be released sooooooon":).
Hope! http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=507020
QUOTE(David Nordin @ Jul 27 2007, 08:18)
There's a whole new component planned since long and in development now, even tested amongst the alpha users.
Any non-critical issue will have to wait for the new component unless time magically expands as a continuum flux around Peter
Any non-critical issue will have to wait for the new component unless time magically expands as a continuum flux around Peter
QUOTE(Squeller @ Aug 3 2007, 10:48)
QUOTE(Shinsou @ Aug 3 2007, 09:17)
Autoplaylist Manager has limited functions, "a version with better user interface will be released sooooooon":).
Hope! http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=507020
QUOTE(David Nordin @ Jul 27 2007, 08:18)
There's a whole new component planned since long and in development now, even tested amongst the alpha users.
Any non-critical issue will have to wait for the new component unless time magically expands as a continuum flux around Peter
Any non-critical issue will have to wait for the new component unless time magically expands as a continuum flux around Peter
i hope it's worth waiting
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