Bug 488763

Summary: Progress bar area needs a visual overhaul
Product: [Applications] amarok Reporter: Emir SARI <emir_sari>
Component: MoodbarAssignee: Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: sam, tuomas
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: kf5   
Platform: Other   
OS: Other   
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Description Emir SARI 2024-06-19 21:50:29 UTC
Created attachment 170655 [details]
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Amarok 3.0.1 Git, see screenshot.

The progress bar area of Amarok is not easily legible with a dark theme. The icon buttons are not dark-mode ready, and the buttons being justified makes it look like it wastes the screen estate. It is not designed with wide screen displays in mind.

A visual overhaul with the latest Breeze styling would be very welcome. Basing off from this something like:

- A retro music system like display, with digital numbers and equaliser visualisation
- Some ideas from a modernised WinAmp like display, but adopted to Amarok 
- Modern applications like Apple Music macOS app, which has a very striking look
Comment 1 Tuomas Nurmi 2024-07-01 11:18:58 UTC
Good comments, thank you. I think this kind of sub-divides into two aspects:
1) Making everything work nicer with dark mode and
2) maybe creating a new progress/toolbar layout to be the default for Qt6/KF6 Amarok (a third option, in addition to default "main" and slim toolbar, probably; one has to be careful with adding too many options, but maybe 3 is not too much here.)
Comment 2 Emir SARI 2024-07-03 19:43:47 UTC
Thanks for the reply, everything you’ve indicated looks on point.

Also, thanks for all your work in keeping this piece of software alive, your efforts are invaluable…