http://lifeisgrand.disqus.com/enFri, 27 Feb 2009 10:09:39 -0000http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/12/03/ui-songbird-vs-spotify/#comment-6700867<p>Make songbird look like spotify: <a href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1440" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1440">http://addons.songbirdnest....</a> </p>GuestFri, 27 Feb 2009 10:09:39 -0000http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/12/03/ui-songbird-vs-spotify/#comment-4380171<p>Good points Shog9. In fairness to both apps I "maximised" them. They usually don't take up the whole screen nor have lots of empty space.</p>paulmwatsonFri, 12 Dec 2008 19:38:53 -0000http://paulmwatson.com/journal/2008/12/03/ui-songbird-vs-spotify/#comment-4371749<p>I donno, Paul. Both of those apps are ugly. I mean, how hard is it to display a huge list of songs? You're right about Songbird's bad font, but Spotify pisses away the advantage by choosing a horrible low-contrast color scheme; i had an easier time reading titles in the former.</p><p>And what's with the messed up spacing? Both apps appear to chew up the whole screen, yet shove everything to the left leaving a big empty space on the right. What about a bit of a margin between that bulky useless sidebar and the list? Or maybe use it to display info on the currently playing track, or a nice animation or something. Heck, since you're blocking my view of everything else, maybe let me see incoming emails? Or at least a clock? Or, god forbid, put some frickin' labels on those tiny little buttons?</p><p>Ugh. I'm sure the differences you focus on are more noticeable in use than in screenshots, but i'm simply disgusted by how *both* apps look like shoddy iTunes / Napster knock-offs circa 2001. For shame...</p>Shog9Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:54:38 -0000