Dopamine

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

 

I am using the native MS Mouse and Keyboard Center with a Digital Media Pro keyboard

KeyboardTest showed

nCode='0', wParam='&H100', vkCode='176'
nCode='0', wParam='&H101', vkCode='176'

 

on pressing "next"

Was this while playing a game or similar situation as when pressing media keys don't work in Dopamine?

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Nice, waiting for the next preview!
I expected that the problem was something like that, thank you for the explanation.

Something else, as i use really often use Dopamine lately, someone already ask about to have, in the "cover play mode" ("lecteur pochette" in french), an option to show the playlist under the visualisation instead of "on the cover", like in the "micro play mode"? I think it would be a nice option.

I understand your request. But I have to think about it. For now I would like to leave it as it is. But as the playlists on all mini players can use some improvement, I don't know yet what direction I'll go in.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi everybody. A new Dopamine preview is available:

14-09-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.372 (Preview)

- Added a Genres screen
- Fixed blurry images on the list of Artists and Albums at Windows scaling of 125% and 150%

Download here

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Hi again,

I noticed a small issue with the build I just published: the elapsed and total time is not displayed on the Now Playing screen. This will be fixed in the next build.

And here is a first draft, quickly put together tonight, of the tray controls (just a mockup for now). The real one will have transparency and blur in Windows 10 and a subtle shadow (like the notification popup). Let me know if you have suggestions.

 

 

[accuratecopy]

Hi everybody. A new Dopamine preview is available:

14-09-2015: Dopamine 1.0.0.372 (Preview)

- Added a Genres screen
- Fixed blurry images on the list of Artists and Albums at Windows scaling of 125% and 150%

Download here

Good job! Covers aren't blurry anymore
About the tray controls, it's well rendered, i have no idea what could be more perfect than your draft.

[Jackaluichi]

Hi again,

I noticed a small issue with the build I just published: the elapsed and total time is not displayed on the Now Playing screen. This will be fixed in the next build.

And here is a first draft, quickly put together tonight, of the tray controls (just a mockup for now). The real one will have transparency and blur in Windows 10 and a subtle shadow (like the notification popup). Let me know if you have suggestions.

 

 

Hi, Raphael!

I'd like to know whether it may be possible to add an option to have transparency without blur.

Thanks and keep up the awesome work, mate!

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

 

Hi, Raphael!

I'd like to know whether it may be possible to add an option to have transparency without blur.

Thanks and keep up the awesome work, mate!

Yeah it's called Window 7 and 8 J/K I don't know, I mean, almost anything is possible, but I need the blur in some parts of the UI (e.g. in the awesome semantic zoom below ). I'd like to keep blurring consistent in the whole UI.

Edit: semantic zoom is not a mockup. I'm feeling ill, and when I'm ill I can't sleep, so I do crazy coding stuff at night

Edited September 15, 2015 by Raphaël G.

[Jackaluichi]

Yeah it's called Window 7 and 8 J/K I don't know, I mean, almost anything is possible, but I need the blur in some parts of the UI (e.g. in the awesome semantic zoom below ). I'd like to keep blurring consistent in the whole UI.

Edit: semantic zoom is not a mockup. I'm feeling ill, and when I'm ill I can't sleep, so I do crazy coding stuff at night

Fair enough

You should try and get some rest, man

[Ravensky]

Hi again,

I noticed a small issue with the build I just published: the elapsed and total time is not displayed on the Now Playing screen. This will be fixed in the next build.

And here is a first draft, quickly put together tonight, of the tray controls (just a mockup for now). The real one will have transparency and blur in Windows 10 and a subtle shadow (like the notification popup). Let me know if you have suggestions.

 

 

That looks sick!!!!  Windows 10 Transparency blur would be nice too... so it matches the notification center, etc.  Linux users are drooling ... lol

[Ravensky]

 

That looks sick!!!!  Windows 10 Transparency blur would be nice too... so it matches the notification center, etc.  Linux users are drooling ... lol

Guess I need to read better you already said that...lol

[Tejoenardo]

Yeah it's called Window 7 and 8 J/K I don't know, I mean, almost anything is possible, but I need the blur in some parts of the UI (e.g. in the awesome semantic zoom below ). I'd like to keep blurring consistent in the whole UI.

Edit: semantic zoom is not a mockup. I'm feeling ill, and when I'm ill I can't sleep, so I do crazy coding stuff at night

Release it!

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

Was this while playing a game or similar situation as when pressing media keys don't work in Dopamine?

 

Yea, it happens with pretty much every game and some media apps. Works fine with native Windows

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Release it!

 

It's not ready yet! Unavailable 'letters' are not disabled in the semantic zoom buttons and the scrolling is still kind of crappy

[Tejoenardo]

 

It's not ready yet! Unavailable 'letters' are not disabled in the semantic zoom buttons and the scrolling is still kind of crappy

Alright. Then I have another request. Please add the colored 1 px line outside dopamine window, and increase the amount of shadows, to better match the universal windows app.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Alright. Then I have another request. Please add the colored 1 px line outside dopamine window, and increase the amount of shadows, to better match the universal windows app.

No possible (well the 1 px border would) but increasing the shadow means losing the nano player. Long story short: the nano player is smaller than the default minimum size for a standard Windows window. I created a window without style, which  as as advantage that it can be smaller than the default, but it loses the standard shadow. So I had to add a custom shadow (which I know doesn't look like the standard shadow).

So, choice people: you want a nano player or not? For me it would be much easier not to

[accuratecopy]

Alright. Then I have another request. Please add the colored 1 px line outside dopamine window, and increase the amount of shadows, to better match the universal windows app.

I 2nd that!
 

No possible (well the 1 px border would) but increasing the shadow means losing the nano player. Long story short: the nano player is smaller than the default minimum size for a standard Windows window. I created a window without style, which  as as advantage that it can be smaller than the default, but it loses the standard shadow. So I had to add a custom shadow (which I know doesn't look like the standard shadow).

So, choice people: you want a nano player or not? For me it would be much easier not to

My opinion is "remove the nano player"

[Tejoenardo]

No possible (well the 1 px border would) but increasing the shadow means losing the nano player. Long story short: the nano player is smaller than the default minimum size for a standard Windows window. I created a window without style, which  as as advantage that it can be smaller than the default, but it loses the standard shadow. So I had to add a custom shadow (which I know doesn't look like the standard shadow).

So, choice people: you want a nano player or not? For me it would be much easier not to

well, then just add the 1px border. I like the nano player

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

I 2nd that!
 

My opinion is "remove the nano player"

 

 

A slightly higher nano player (approx double the height of the current one) is possible. But that means it doesn't fit the title bar anymore.

What are your opinions on this?

[th3rEsa]

Why do all links in the OP lead me back to this thread?

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Why do all links in the OP lead me back to this thread?

I think it is a forum upgrade bug I noticed the same issue in other topics.

Check out http://raphaelgodart.tumblr.com/dopamine if you are interested in more info.

[th3rEsa]

Makes me a sad panda. Mind to fix?

-e- Been there, done that. Waiting for Last.fm support while watching the new AIMP betas growing.

[accuratecopy]

 

A slightly higher nano player (approx double the height of the current one) is possible. But that means it doesn't fit the title bar anymore.

What are your opinions on this?

Go for the higher nano player, the current nano player with height doubled is for me still a "nano player".

[floopydoodle]

Wow. Nice progress since I last tried it. I might start to use it as my default player now.

A small suggestion...
You could hide the search box and make it fade in and expand only when the search glyph is clicked. And of course contract and fade away when the search box loses focus.
One of my pet peeves is visible search boxes. =P

[Tejoenardo]

Go for the higher nano player, the current nano player with height doubled is for me still a "nano player".

Agreed. If the nano player doesn't fit the title bar, one can simply place it below the screen, just above the taskbar, like I did.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Tejoenardo

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Makes me a sad panda. Mind to fix?

-e- Been there, done that. Waiting for Last.fm support while watching the new AIMP betas growing.

I can't A moderator will have to do it.

By the way, I wanted to add Last.fm a few weeks ago. But they upgraded their website and broke some functionality it seems. I can't ask for a developer api key now. So I'm waiting. As soon as they fix their thing, I can continue.