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Author Topic: Suggestion: add a thumbnail to Mini View  (Read 1258 times)

RobOK

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Suggestion: add a thumbnail to Mini View
« on: October 23, 2006, 07:49:34 am »

I would love to see a small thumbnail in between the playing controls and the data area.  It would be toggle-able, much like the spectrum analyzer is.

I haven't thought too much about placement, there are probably better ideas than smack in the middle, maybe left justified in front of the play controls.

Maybe I will try a mock up later today.


An unrelated observation:  When in mini view (Noire), when I click on other programs, MC becomes transparent and on top of all the other programs, EXCEPT Firefox, which completely covers it.  Not sure why.

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Re: Suggestion: add a thumbnail
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2006, 08:34:46 am »

We've played with this, but have never gotten something we're happy with on all skins.

As always, mockups welcome.
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Re: Suggestion: add a thumbnail
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2006, 10:30:25 am »

I'm not familiar with the skinning aspects, so my mockup would be Noire specific, but I will give it a shot.
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Re: Suggestion: add a thumbnail
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2006, 11:20:49 am »

Forgive the MSpaint hack job.....










Maybe take the second one and expand the thumbnail area the whole height and the menu bar slides to the right?

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Re: Suggestion: add a thumbnail
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2006, 11:32:14 am »

like this...




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Re: Suggestion: add a thumbnail to Mini View
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2006, 08:02:22 pm »

I am liking the Mini view much more than I used too, I guess I have MC more in the background.  Someone posted the idea of having the Display for mini view be "dockable", that would be another good approach.
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