Movist GUI looks bad

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open Movist
2. Look at the Main movie window

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect a nice looking GUI that is expected of a video player, with more
normal buttons.
I get some weird < and > for seeking.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Mac OS X 10.5.7

Please provide any additional information below.
Doesn't need to be like WMP11 or something like that. More like Quicktime.

This mod is nice: http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16786536
I think it should be included into the official DMGs.
I also updated the .nib for using in Movist 0.6.4 if you want it, click on
the attachment. You just need the images that the MOD comes with. You
should ask the author for permission, however...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mikeloc...@gmail.com on 27 Jul 2009 at 5:43

Attachments:

• MainMenu.nib.zip

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I meant official downloads (which are ZIPs)

Original comment by mikeloc...@gmail.com on 27 Jul 2009 at 5:43

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This is purely subjective and not a bug in any way. Don't waste the dev's time 
with
stuff like this. The current UI is perfectly usable and if you want something 
fancier
than just use the mod you linked to (I personally prefer the default UI over 
any of
the mods I've seen thus far). 

Original comment by kevin.se...@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2009 at 11:17

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sorry, I just think this should be marked as Enhancement ^^

Original comment by mikeloc...@gmail.com on 1 Aug 2009 at 4:44

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I think Movist has a fantastic interface in comparison to VLC and QuickTime, 
but i
agree that it could use work. The one specific area that i think needs 
attention is
the seek/skip buttons — accordingly i'd posted the following a while back:

http://code.google.com/p/movist/issues/detail?id=41&sort=-opened&colspec=ID%20Op
ened%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary

I certainly don't think it's a 'waste of time' to fix confusing and non-standard
interface elements, in any case.

Original comment by okd...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2009 at 5:43

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I aggree. Only the seek/skip buttons need to be improved. I love that singular 
play
button! Not sure if it should have skip (i use the keyboard instead) or seek 
(rarely
use em) buttons next to it.

btw, okd, as far as I've seen, these buttons are simple tiff's. can't you 
include
those from your mockup in the releases?

mikeloco14, yeah, this should be marked as an enhancement, so do many others. 
some
issues should also be marked solved. Did you notice all are marked type: defect 
|
status: new | priority: medium?! though, I don't care that much honestly.

Original comment by armin.r...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2009 at 11:47

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Yeah I noticed they are all marked as medium priority...strange.

The pure subjectiveness of front-end's often results in the ability to apply 
skins or
themes a.la. Firefox and many other apps. Themes as in, you don't have to hack 
the
.app to apply them. Maybe if Movist searched "~/Library/Application
Support/Movist/Themes" for theme / skins and had an easy in-GUI method to 
switch.
That could make everyone happy...

Original comment by james.si...@gmail.com on 23 Jan 2010 at 5:31

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Yeah... I complete agree.

It is not subjective. There are standards for symbol meanings.

In movist they are non-standard. Specifically, and perhaps singularly, the skip 
and seek buttons.

Also... it would be nice if there was an option to make the play button smaller 
to streamline the interface.

Otherwise, very nice!

Original comment by guydewin...@gmail.com on 5 May 2010 at 1:52