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Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Re: Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Post by zzalpha »

It is essentially like running Google Play Music in your Chrome browser, but as a native standalone app with some extra controls, nicer styles, and without having to use Flash.

So why not just deliver this as a plugin for Chrome that reskins Play with alternative stylesheets and so forth? At least then my OS can use COW to share memory across Chrome processes instead of requiring a dedicated WebKit instance just for Play.

Re: Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Post by pmsaue0 »

zzalpha wrote: post #2

It is essentially like running Google Play Music in your Chrome browser, but as a native standalone app with some extra controls, nicer styles, and without having to use Flash. So why not just deliver this as a plugin for Chrome that reskins Play with alternative stylesheets and so forth? At least then my OS can use COW to share memory across Chrome processes instead of requiring a dedicated WebKit instance just for…

That sounds cool... I've not tried making a plugin before. Do you know of a good reference / demo?

Another reason that I wanted a standalone app, is that I hate when I have to flip through tabs or browser windows to find Google Play. I much prefer having the app by itself.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Post by zzalpha »

pmsaue0 wrote: post #3
zzalpha wrote: post #2

It is essentially like running Google Play Music in your Chrome browser, but as a native standalone app with some extra controls, nicer styles, and without having to use Flash. So why not just deliver this as a plugin for Chrome that reskins Play with alternative stylesheets and so forth? At least then my OS can use COW to share memory across Chrome processes instead of requiring a dedicated WebKit instance just for…

That sounds cool... I've not tried making a plugin before. Do you know of a good reference / demo? Another reason that I wanted a standalone app, is that I hate when I have to flip through tabs or browser windows to find Google Play. I much prefer having the app by itself. Thanks!

Probably logical to start here!

https://developer.chrome.com/getstarted

Re: Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Post by tw04 »

zzalpha wrote: post #2

It is essentially like running Google Play Music in your Chrome browser, but as a native standalone app with some extra controls, nicer styles, and without having to use Flash. So why not just deliver this as a plugin for Chrome that reskins Play with alternative stylesheets and so forth? At least then my OS can use COW to share memory across Chrome processes instead of requiring a dedicated WebKit instance just for…

Please don't. Sometimes I just want to listen to music. Having to open chrome means several gigs of memory and 30 tabs.

Re: Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Post by jwong_ »

Wouldn't call it minimalist -- hard a super hard time reading the following:

> the U N O F F I C I A L G O O G L E M U S I C P L A Y E R with M I N I M A L I S T S T Y L I N G S.

with all those icons and mixed fonts and the background image.

Is this just a skin for loop? I see that it's based on loop, and I can't seem to find any differences in functionality.

Re: Show HN: Minimalist Google Play Music Wrapper – Electron

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Post by pmsaue0 »

jwong_ wrote: post #8

Wouldn't call it minimalist -- hard a super hard time reading the following: > the U N O F F I C I A L G O O G L E M U S I C P L A Y E R with M I N I M A L I S T S T Y L I N G S. with all those icons and mixed fonts and the background image. Is this just a skin for loop? I see that it's based on loop, and I can't seem to find any differences in functionality.

haha, yes the website is just a fun thing. Boilerplate websites get so boring ;)

Yes, it is in part a skin for loop. Some of the added functionality is to replace the small album art with larger album art when in the album-view. But really, I just wanted the keyboard shortcuts that I like, and I wanted the look that I like. Pretty much, that's it.

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