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Gigabeat F WPS mockup..needs criticism

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afruff23:

--- Quote from: Llorean on March 03, 2008, 02:08:16 AM ---Well yes, in theory, there's a practical limit to how much computation the CPU can do, but I don't think you can reasonably make a WPS that hits this limit.

Remember, these players can also play video, not a simple computational task at all.

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While I notice any big difference in battery life between a simple WPS and a complex one? Or is it a nominal change?

Llorean:
It's been shown that there's a measurable difference in battery life between the menu and a WPS, so it seems reasonable that added complexity will show an impact in battery life. On a gigabeat I couldn't even hazard a guess how much though, or if it will actually be a measurable amount.

afruff23:

--- Quote from: Llorean on March 03, 2008, 02:57:49 AM ---It's been shown that there's a measurable difference in battery life between the menu and a WPS, so it seems reasonable that added complexity will show an impact in battery life. On a gigabeat I couldn't even hazard a guess how much though, or if it will actually be a measurable amount.

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Back to optimization I go. At least I only have to deal with pseudo-code (is that the right word?), while you guys have to deal with the tougher stuff.

EDIT: Here it is again with some tentative updates. I am still trying to figure out where to stick the HDD activity icon and hold sign while not ruining whatever semblance of canon my WPS has left.

Here are the changes I am thinking of:
-Remove the "score:0" and replace it with the day of the week and just dedicate that whole line to time and date
-The score and total play tags will likely not be used. I never really looked at them in the past, so I won't incorporate them.
-Remove the wording of the playback status and replace it with status icons consistent with the theme (e.g. hold, repeat, shuffle).
-Since the repeat and shuffle icons will be moved to the top, the space taken up by their current position will be taken up by an extended volume meter.
-I'm not so sure about the battery icon (made from scratch BTW).
-The gradient of the top bar seems to change dramatically near the bottom.
-When there is no "next song info" available and no album art either, there will be a huge gap in between the song info and the progress bar. I will have to move the song info down some in this case and this will require each line's conditionals to be considered carefully (e.g. a line displays album info in one condition and title info in another condition).

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