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Re: Music app.

 

Hey guys, some thing got delayed and it's clashing with the start of the
music app meeting. I will try and make it in by 4:45, 4:50, if the meeting
is still going, but don't wait for me. I am really sorry.

Zisu Andrei


On 10 March 2013 03:40, Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am guessing, videoplayer and music player were not part of the core apps
> because canonical is giving them a headstart. Videopplayer would be added
> later as well (the tablet demo keynote certainly has it, so they gave it a
> thought).
>
> Why is the meeting not looking good?
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 10 March 2013 03:13, Veritatem Ignotam <veritatem.ignotam@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  Man, I was away for a few days and it seems like a lot has happened.
>>
>> I'm glad everyone's leaning towards keeping video and music separate.
>> That would've been a mistake I think. The way people are use to using
>> smartphones is when they want to preform a specific function, they go back
>> to the main menu (home screen, whatever) and find the app that handles what
>> they're looking to do. To combine them, the user would have to navigate our
>> app, which as Andrei said, is basically the same thing except now our gui
>> gets a little clunkier and our code bigger. Though if one were to do it,
>> mplayer would be best for a backend. :)
>>
>> I guess a video player isn't apart of the core apps either? Perhaps we
>> should start throwing around ideas for that as well.
>>
>> Will try to make the IRC meetup but it's not looking good,
>>
>> V.I.
>>
>>
>> On 03/08/2013 03:58 PM, Zisu Andrei wrote:
>>
>>  Yeah, I guess you were right.
>>
>>  I was thinking more along the lines of having a library with everything
>> in it and only when you open an item you get a music or a video view
>> depending on the item you selected...
>>
>>  But that's exactly the same as having 2 different apps.
>>
>>  I will attempt to write some personas/usage scenarios  later today and
>> come up with a list of requirements. After that I'll do some balsamiq
>> sketches.
>>
>>  How do we get to edit the ubuntu wiki to write down what we have now?
>> Or should we use launchpad blueprints?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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