[jmarshall]

just asking for ideas. layout etc. is up to the skinner, but visual layout does help provide ideas in it's own right (we only have a certain amount of screen realestate, as is shown quite well in loto's drawings above).

i think must-haves are:

player controls: either on screen, or fairly large popup.

now playing items: info on current track + a list of the next 10 items or so on their way.

visualisation: clickable to get to fullscreen would be nice, or times out to fullscreen perhaps. doesn't have to be large, and in-fact it isn't even required to be there - perhaps it could be just a custom spectrum analyser partially hidden in the background or something subtle like that - up to the skinner ofcourse.

other stuff: a way to get to the library/filelists so that users can easily add more songs etc. i don't think there's enough room to show it on the same screen - tabs may be the way to go on this front, though i'm not sure that they are an ideal way to navigate. it could perhaps be incorporated where the "switch view" button is now - library, files, playlists (top 100), now playing.

anyway - just want to get ideas on how to best set this up. want to get it as right as possible first time.

cheers,
jonathan