Re: Web interface prototype

Herb -

WOW!  Nice design... I would love have it work the way you describe and =
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would image being able to skin things as well.

JG


On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 04:14 PM, Herb Caudill wrote:

> Please see http://www.ibamba.net/slimp3 for a (non-functional) mockup =
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> of
> a web interface that I'd like to see for the SLIMP3. The SLIMP3 client
> interface is brilliant, but I think the web interface parallels the
> client's one-dimensional universe more closely than is necessary; I'd
> like a richer web interface that takes full advantage of desktop
> environment.
>
> I'm a web developer & interface designer, but I don't work in Perl. I'd
> be glad to work together with someone to develop this. I don't know how
> much of this can be accomplished within the current skinning framework,
> and how much would require changes to the server code. I'm not sure if =
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> I
> should be addressing this to the dev list - someone let me know what=20=20
> the
> best way is to proceed.
>
> Some notes:
>
> - The "Music Library" frame would optionally load the whole library at
> once (i.e. no paging). I find paging a nuisance, but this could be
> user-configurable. In my case (8000+ tracks) this would probably be=20=20
> over
> a 1MB page, but even so it shouldn't be a big deal over a LAN.
>
> - Nodes in the hierarchy would open/close on the client (DHTML) with no
> server round-trip required; the whole library would load the first=20=20
> time,
> and then just stay in memory.
>
> - The music library hierarchy would be organized according to the
> options in the "View by" drop-down menu (i.e. Genre:Album,=20=20
> Artist:Album,
> Artist, etc.)
>
> - Selecting an item from the "View by" menu (or entering something into
> the "Search" box) would automatically reload the frame.
>
> - The hierarchy could potentially go two-three levels deep. For=20=20
> example,
> if I was viewing by "Genre:Album" I might have this:
>
> 	+ Blues
> 	+ Brazilian
> 	- Jazz
> 		+ Bitches Brew | Miles Davis
> 		+ In a Silent Way | Miles Davis
> 		- Kind of Blue | Miles Davis
> 			So What
> 			Freddie Freeloader
> 			Blue in Green
> 			All Blues
> 			Flamenco Sketches
> 		+ Saturday Night at the Blackhawk
> 	+ Rock
> 	+ etc.
>
> - I want to be able to have any number of albums/genres/etc. expanded =
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> at
> any given time, =E0 la Windows Explorer.
>
> - I would want to be able to click column heads (Genre, Album, Artist,
> etc.) to sort the listing. The "view by" menu would determine the
> grouping structure; the column heads would determine the sort order.
> These aren't necessarily the same - I generally want a list of albums,
> but in alphabetical order by artist.=09=09=09
>
> Cheers
> Herb
>
>
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