Use screen space better

[Jendrik Seipp]

Hi Francois, thanks again for this awesome music player!

One thing that annoys me though is that it is taking up much screen space for stuff that isn't really needed. This is especially important on netbook screens. I can see at least 2 areas where screen space could be gained:

- Hide shuffle, repeat and clear buttons: I cannot remember a single time in my life when I have used the shuffle or clear button in any music program. The repeat button maybe got used once or twice. Those buttons could be moved to the menu bar.

- Make borders smaller: In my opinion 5px (instead of 12px) should be enough.

Applying those changes let's me view 15 tracks in the playlist at once instead of 12 on my netbook. Still not very many, but an improvement.

Those adjustments could be incorporated by adding a new mode called "Netbook" for example. Changing to that mode would then hide the three buttons and make borders smaller.

What do you think? Would you be interested in a patch?

[Anonym25712 (anonym25712)]

Added a 'lean' mode that removes the bottom buttons, but kept spacing as those are recommended by the Gnome HIG.

[Anonym25712 (anonym25712)]

See v1.07