Nice music player control docklet
Bug #680600 reported by
Michele De Pascalis
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Docky |
New
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
It would be nice to see a prettier music-player control graphically integrated in docky, with buttons for commands that appear clicking on an icon, like the details of the weather applet (have you ever seen the player control in iOS 4, in the multitasker dock?).
Perhaps it would have a setting to decide the player to control (would be pointless to have a docklet per player, don't you think?).
tags: | added: feature request |
Changed in docky: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
tags: | removed: feature request |
tags: | added: docklet |
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This could be achieved with a generick docklet controling every MPRIS[1]-compliant player (MPRIS is the same dbus interface used by Ubuntu's sound menu). Newest versions of Rhythmbox, Deadbeef, Banshee, Clementine and others support it, so any of these players would be supported out-of-the-box by this generick docklet.
Also, I really like the idea of an iOS style music controller. Maybe with the album art integrated, highlighted, and the controls next to it. Another question is how this should be accessed: Click-and-swipe to left? That would be really nice ;)
Or maybe just by clicking in the icon of a supported music player?
But I totally agree with this, music controls should have an independent pane in Docky. Maybe in the future even playlist selection could be integrated (MPRIS also has playlist support, not yet stable AFAIK).
[1] http:// www.randomguy3. me.uk/mpris/