Re: Web interface prototype

"mattlaun <[email protected]>" <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:30:32 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.music.equipment.slimp3.user
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Herb,

Looks fantastic. I'm new to SLIMP3, but I did feel that the shipping web in=
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terface was not visually or functionally rich. I'm not qualified in PERL or=
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HTML, so I'm afraid I'm no help, but good luck.

Matthew

--- In [email protected], "Paul Bangs" <paul.bangs@c...> wrote:
> This looks fantastic for the slimp3 world lets hope we see it in the futu=
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> Dean.
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> Paul
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Herb Caudill [mailto:[email protected]]
>   Sent: 17 February 2003 21:14
>   To: [email protected]
>   Subject: [slimp3-users] Web interface prototype
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>   Please see http://www.ibamba.net/slimp3 for a (non-functional) mockup o=
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>   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.
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>   I'm a web developer & interface designer, but I don't work in Perl. I'd=
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>   be glad to work together with someone to develop this. I don't know how=
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>   much of this can be accomplished within the current skinning framework,=
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>   and how much would require changes to the server code. I'm not sure if =
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>   should be addressing this to the dev list - someone let me know what th=
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>   best way is to proceed.
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>   Some notes:
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>   - 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 ove=
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>   a 1MB page, but even so it shouldn't be a big deal over a LAN.
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>   - Nodes in the hierarchy would open/close on the client (DHTML) with no=
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>   server round-trip required; the whole library would load the first time=
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>   and then just stay in memory.
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>   - The music library hierarchy would be organized according to the
>   options in the "View by" drop-down menu (i.e. Genre:Album, Artist:Album=
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>   Artist, etc.)
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>   - Selecting an item from the "View by" menu (or entering something into=
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>   the "Search" box) would automatically reload the frame.
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>   - The hierarchy could potentially go two-three levels deep. For example=
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>   if I was viewing by "Genre:Album" I might have this:
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>         + 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.
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>   - I want to be able to have any number of albums/genres/etc. expanded a=
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>   any given time, =E0 la Windows Explorer.
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>   - 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.
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>   Cheers
>   Herb
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