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Songbird light
This idea is mainly for linux, but windows would also be very useful. I am not sure how much faster one can make songbird run, yet I was thinking that it would be great to have a very small audio player that looked good and would be able to use the playlists from songbird (this would also make linux a much more unified OS, by providing a nice audio player to both KDE and Gnome.)
for example, I may want to only play a song (if i double click it and not search through a playlist), then the Songbird Light could load very very quickly to play it. The look would be the same as Songbird, but without all the features and the library (so it would just be buttons and the artist information), and would also have a menu with some important options such as "save playlist, open playlist...") when someone saves a play list it will also be in the Main Songbird program. This Light version can also add a right click option "add to playlist" like windows media player does (since I havn't yet found that option on linux.)
Some advantages:
1) Allows those who don't need a full media player can play a few songs very quickly with few used system resources.
2) provide linux with a default media player, similar to windows media player (but less junk on it, such as the graphics)
for example, I may want to only play a song (if i double click it and not search through a playlist), then the Songbird Light could load very very quickly to play it. The look would be the same as Songbird, but without all the features and the library (so it would just be buttons and the artist information), and would also have a menu with some important options such as "save playlist, open playlist...") when someone saves a play list it will also be in the Main Songbird program. This Light version can also add a right click option "add to playlist" like windows media player does (since I havn't yet found that option on linux.)
Some advantages:
1) Allows those who don't need a full media player can play a few songs very quickly with few used system resources.
2) provide linux with a default media player, similar to windows media player (but less junk on it, such as the graphics)
I’m confident that linux could dominate!
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Or maybe not a separate version, but a feature that allows you to open a song with Songbird in a slimmed-down interface, but could then load up the full program from there. -
Inappropriate?"Or maybe not a separate version, but a feature that allows you to open a song with Songbird in a slimmed-down interface, but could then load up the full program from there."
I love that idea!!! Then it would save loading time if the user decides to use the full featured songbird, since some has already been running.
I’m excited
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Exactly what I was thinking! It'd save time on the 'firstrun' [since it'd be loading a slimmed down version], and parts of it would already be loaded if they decided they want to open the full library, saving time there too. I'm making some mockup diagrams. I'll link to them when I'm done. =]
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Inappropriate?Here's a rough mockup [made in Dia] of my interpretation:
I’m excited for this to get implemented
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A few notes on this mockup:
- Songbirdlite would be loaded when opening an audio file from the system's file manager
- Songbird's core features [gstreamer, parts of the feather, etc.] are loaded for use
- Library, Add-ons, etc. are not loaded
- A small playlist is available for a temporary play queue
- Songbirdlite could launch full-blown Songbird while already having core features loaded
- Songbirdlite is just a placeholder name as far as I'm concerned
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Inappropriate?This sounds like a great idea. It can currently be a pain to listen to an audio file that isn't in your library, such as when you download a new song and aren't sure if you will add it to your library or delete it. OSX has quick preview, and I set .mp3s to open with Quicktime by default because I often just want to play an audio file quickly without adding it to my library. Maybe it could just play the audio file or files in the slimmed down interface, and then if the user wants, they can choose to import the tracks to the library, sort of like the import assistant I suggested a while ago.
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I see what you're getting at, and I love it. Very nice mockups, by the way... maybe you could help mine out a bit. =D
I think both things could be implemented similarly, with the focus of both features being slightly unique; Songbirdlite for enabling a quick play of one or more tracks when Songbird's not open, and Import Assistant for easy importing of tracks once Songbird is open. Heck, if you clicked an "Import" button in Songbirdlite it could open Songbird to the Import Assistant!
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Inappropriate?I never understood why it included a crippled version of Firefox. In my opinion cut it out, or include the FULL Firefox.
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