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It's also important to consider how the counter will behave for a
track that's over 1 hour in length.

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am a little concerned about the position indicator in Maverick's sound
> indicator at the moment. The part that bothers me is it produces a lot
> of noise to communicate something that really doesn't strike me as very
> important.
>
> Borrowing Mark's screenshot…
>
> 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'm probably forgetting somebody, so maybe a chat would help :)
>
>
> Dylan
>
>
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