Graphic interface proposition for VLC Mac

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Graphic interface proposition for VLC Mac

Postby tonydelalande » 06 May 2009 16:27

Hi everybody,

Last week, I have sent an email to videolan@videolan.org without response yet, maybe it didn't work so I try in this forum.

As a french graphic freelance designer, I would like to present you this graphic interface proposition for VLC mac :
http://www.anothergraphic.com/vlc_graphic-interface.jpg

What do you think about it ?
Don't hesitate to give your feedback...

PS : I totally ready to spend my free time in order to make modifications or adjustments maybe for a future version of VLC.

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Re: Graphic interface proposition for VLC Mac

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 May 2009 22:06

This was developed last summer:
http://www.dudiak.com/VLC-Icons/new_interface_2.mp4

And never merged, since we have no active OSX developpers...
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Re: Graphic interface proposition for VLC Mac

Postby ajmas » 16 May 2009 01:01

I must admit I prefer the suggestion by tonydelalande. It looks really slick. The one posted by J-B I feel lacks a little polish and feels more of a rearrangement of the current interface, than a rethink. One thing I might suggest is the ability to move the control bar, since I feel the progress bar feels better at the bottom, but that is probably a matter of preference, since iTunes does also have it at the top.

If there is any way to make the new Interface in Interface Builder and then hook into VLC, then I reckon that would be cool. I feel the advantage of that approach is that you would be able to leverage the strengths of MacOS UI designers and leave the functional work to the VLC team. Think of this as the relationship between Adium and Libpurple. Maybe we could have someone create a video display widget that would help here?
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Re: Graphic interface proposition for VLC Mac

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 16 May 2009 01:25

Why not, but we need someone to code. And any new interface for mac is welcome, I think.
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Re: Graphic interface proposition for VLC Mac

Postby ajmas » 16 May 2009 16:40

Having asked about this on the developers mailing list, I got a response indicating that using VLCKit would help here.
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