Soundbox's controls looked nicer, I think the current volume applet of rhythmbox any many other multimedia apps from gnome nowadays SUCK HARD. Having to press an icon to get a slider is lame. It's not like the UI doesn't have loads of space in it to just make the volume bar displayed at all times... and it's even horizontal, not taking loads of vertical space. Stuff like this annoys the shit out of me, that's why I don't give a crap about Rhythmbox, fugly UI.
@arpia49 ofc. But that's not cool, considering (multi) touch technology. And imagine non-geeks, such as my parents... they won't do that kind of stuff, because it's not intuitive. The point is that widget sucks.
lol, I think that's the definite proof that GNOME 2.0 is much different from GNOME 2.30. Can't believe everything looked so 90s back then while I was already involved in GNOME.
Well, it would be pretty funny to take one of those ancient themes (like gorilla or flat) and try to use them on a modern gnome and see how they look like :)
Ahh, your old Bobbi background...those were the days.
12 August 2010 at 03:36
Some of us were discussing olden UIs during this year's GUADEC, including the original Totem UI. Searching through my old files, I found some interesting screenshots. That includes an early version of Soundbox, the predecessor to Rhythmbox (it was later renamed to Rhythmbox as the name Soundbox was already used by some piece of software). [Image]CDDB-enabled, incredible Also of interest, abc, the audio-CD burner equivalent of sound-juicer, a bonobo-ised version of Rhythmbox, early versions of Vanity (my Cheese-before-Cheese webcam tool), and instructions on how to flash my netBook (click the link, you'll be surprised). And a screenshot of Totem circa June 2002 (the first public release was in July 2002). [Image]Totem with the original interface designed by task-pooper man
"Old skool GNOME"
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IiO, lol, had some awesome songs.
Soundbox's controls looked nicer, I think the current volume applet of rhythmbox any many other multimedia apps from gnome nowadays SUCK HARD.
Having to press an icon to get a slider is lame. It's not like the UI doesn't have loads of space in it to just make the volume bar displayed at all times... and it's even horizontal, not taking loads of vertical space. Stuff like this annoys the shit out of me, that's why I don't give a crap about Rhythmbox, fugly UI.
11 August 2010 at 06:36
@Dread Knight
Have you tried to scroll over the volume icon?
11 August 2010 at 07:32
@arpia49 ofc. But that's not cool, considering (multi) touch technology.
And imagine non-geeks, such as my parents... they won't do that kind of stuff, because it's not intuitive.
The point is that widget sucks.
11 August 2010 at 07:40
lol, I think that's the definite proof that GNOME 2.0 is much different from GNOME 2.30. Can't believe everything looked so 90s back then while I was already involved in GNOME.
11 August 2010 at 08:10
Well, it would be pretty funny to take one of those ancient themes (like gorilla or flat) and try to use them on a modern gnome and see how they look like :)
11 August 2010 at 12:57
Ahh, your old Bobbi background...those were the days.
12 August 2010 at 03:36