2011-05-22, 00:15
I can throw together some layouts for you based off of the work I did earlier. I agree that the stations list needs to be hidden until called upon. Maybe do it like most skins do the pop out menu to change view types.
What information can you pull from Pandora? Artist/record/track? Need to know so I know what to make room for in the layout.
What information can you pull from Pandora? Artist/record/track? Need to know so I know what to make room for in the layout.
smorloc Wrote:Yes it always has. I changed it so it doesn't do it as quickly as previous versions. Personally I don't like the fading so a I turned it down a bit...
That can be easily done. I'm guessing he won't mind.
I am not familar with the iOS application. Do you have a screen shot so I can understand what you are refering to?
Pandora offers quite a bit in the way of additional information and I would love to give access to it. My problem is working within the current layout and my lack of graphic artist capabilties. I am not all that fond of the current layout. If I could, I would use the current window/dialog to display much more interesting info. Some ways to adjust the space could include:
- Reduce or eliminate the real estate taken up by the station list. Typically I put on a station and listen to it for hours. I don't need to see all my other stations all the time
- Make the "Pandora" graphics much smaller
- Tighten up the layout of current information, buttons and progress bar
- Add additional fields such as playlist, artist info, album info, genre, lyrics, etc
What doesn't fit in the current real estate could be moved to a secondary dialog.
50/50 beteween having the Pandora dialog up and watching the screen saver...
I completely agree!
Can anyone work with me on a new layout? You'll work on the layout & graphics. I'll work on coding the interface and pulling/parsing the information from Pandora...
Regards,
Steve