I'm really surprised with the way of development...
Each version, beta or release, we're offered new control bar, play window features visual mixing and appearing or disappearing...
Each time user have no opportunity to return visual appearance that is just started to become familiar.

Let me to remind, that all this happens same time that we still lacking basic functionality (CUE for example).
Am I only one, who think that visual design is not main part of player?

Sure, developers can take it on their own and go even further in experiments with visual designing but what it made for? Just for fun?

hope on understanding.

seleko wrote:I'm really surprised with the way of development...
Sure, developers can take it on their own and go even further in experiments with visual designing but what it made for? Just for fun?

Absolutely not "just for fun", I can guarantee you that. We are simply trying to find the best possible interface, and that requires being innovative, and doing radical changes at times.

However, with things like the new toolbar in 2.3, we have finally reached the look that we desired, so you can expect to it stay. We were simply not happy with all earlier attempts (this is very difficult to design), and so it took some time to find the best concept.

We like to offer optimal solutions, and not just something half-assed, you see. And this requires a lot of work and experimentation

I appreciate your response, but, please, let user to decide what look is acceptable.
Why not realize skin infrastructure and let other (not so tech-skilled community) to play with it?
It may be very useful for developer too, as allow spend more time for coding and implementing things that not yet done:)

JFYI: Amarok is skinable, please search this forum, it has been discussed before.

@Mamarok

I don't think seleko meant changing the colours or icons, but rather the layout via skins.

ivan wrote:@Mamarok

I don't think seleko meant changing the colours or icons, but rather the layout via skins.

Right, but please have a look at this thread nonetheless: viewtopic.php?f=123&t=74093&start=0&hilit=lfranchi

Changing the layout is extensively possible already, all existing elements can be moved, stack on top or over each other using Tabs and even completely removed.
Ditto for the playlist, there is a PlaylistLayoutEditor that allows considerable changes. Please see also these threads:
viewtopic.php?f=121&t=86115&p=151234&hilit=freespirit#p149165
viewtopic.php?f=116&t=84268&start=0&hilit=Layout+amarok+editor

I really don't think Amarok lacks customisation options currently

thank you for response