Re: little nice restyling

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:44 PM, alex <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rhythmbox doesn't serve well its scope on screens up to 10", that's for
> sure.
>
> In this 40kbytes mockup 3 little things' changed to save a lot of vertical
> space.
> 1. status bar doesn't cover side pane (if an overlay status bar wouldn't
> be possible to implement)
> 2. searchbox has been reorganized to more modern standards and moved in
> a more prominent place. A click on the lens changes between n filters.
> 3. song progress bar has been moved between song title end song time.
> Song title can reduce by 1-2 points font height.
>
> that's all, the changes are not trivial and probably not difficult to
> achieve; the result it's nice.
>
> thanks, good job.
> alex

Have you tried mocking up an alternative: Give the side pane full height?
(up to but excluding the menu bar I guess, possibly the tool bar)

That does (1), but goes even further in trying to maximize use of a wide screen.

Peter