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2008-11-28 08:35:21 UTC
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Stuff to cleanup before the first release: - Make everything match the preferred coding style - Function/class/attribute main brackets on new line - switch statement brackets on new line - if/for/while/foreach/etc. brackets on same line - Private variables have _ in front - space between if/for/while/foreach/etc and the ( - Check every API call and make sure that we handle any errors it can return - Check every spot that a string is used and make sure any unicode stuff is taken care of - Look into automated code scanning/bug finding tools? - Figure out how translations are done - Make sure that any long running task doesn't block the UI (i.e. drag/dropping a lot of tracks) - Write unit tests of some kind? Features to have for the first release: - Multiple user-defined libraries, configrable in the way they show up in the browser and what icon they use - Multiple playlists in each library - Cover art from mp3 tags, and from cover.jpg/folder.jpg files - Tabs: - Now Playing - Library view - Album view? - Playlist from library - Playlist from file - Scrobble tracks to last.fm Features for future releases: - Ability to change the location of the library without losing all the metadata (ratings, tags, etc) - Ability to watch videos - Ability to watch visualizations - Support for iPods - Ability to view the Now Playing/Coverart/Video/Visualization thing fullscreen as well as in the now playing tab, in an external window, and in the TrackInfoPane - Cover art downloaded automatically - Ability to edit mp3 id3 info - Ability to have different views in Library View tab such as ones that show cover art by album or by artist, and allow you to double click a cover art to see a track list or an album list, with a bar on the top showing the hierachy you've travelled (like naulatus does) - Ability to tag songs with arbitrary strings, potentially suggesting tags by looking them up in last.fm - Smart Playlists based on a search query allowing usage of mp3 id3 info, tags, rating, times listened, etc. - "Suggested" song ratings based on times the song has been listened to and/or using last.fm data, etc?