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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/08/10 02:44, Dylan McCall wrote:
> http://www.markshuttleworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/soundmenu.png
>
> That position indicator has stuff going on on both sides and the number
> of the left side is continually ticking. It contributes to that music
> player element looking big, bulky and disjointed.
>
> To me, that begs the question: how often do ordinary people do this? Is
> all the noise necessary, or is this the sort of once-a-month operation a
> person can be expected to open Rhythmbox to do?
>
> In my own circle of friends, it's a pretty unusual operation. Music is
> designed to be listened to in order, and historically that has been the
> only way of doing it.

I think there's a case for dropping the scrub bar, yes. It's fiddly (and
that looks  more and more like a design issue, not an implementation
issue, there's been lots of work on the implementation).

Conor and MPT may want us to let the implementation mature another
couple of rounds, because I know there's work ongoing, and there may be
other use cases for the widget which will make us glad for having it,
but we can review it closer to final release and decide if it stays.

Mark

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