Literally just a webview in an X window.
This is not a 'desktop app'. This is bastardized web.
Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
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Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#12I noticed the tray icon for this in OSX isn't black. It would seem more native if it matched.
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#13> Never again will you have to hunt through your tabs to pause your music, > Supports media keys (play, pause, stop, next, previous) A relatively recent Chrome feature that many aren't aware of is the ability of extensions and apps to use Chrome- or desktop-wide (global) hotkeys. So if you're using the Google Play Music extension, you can, for example, hook it up to your media keys and it will work even when Chrome i…
There is an extension that enables this for multiple music sites too: http://www.streamkeys.com/
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#14Literally just a webview in an X window. This is not a 'desktop app'. This is bastardized web.
When does a 'desktop app' become a 'bastardised web' (sic). Is it when it communicates via http? When it renders HTML? Lots of apps that you may be running (e.g. iTunes, the Mac app store) do this. If it's well integrated with the host OS, I don't see what the problem is; would you rather it weren't cross-platform, or it used another cross-platform framework, or it were several separate codebases?
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#15> Never again will you have to hunt through your tabs to pause your music, or stop listening to your favourite song because Chrome is guzzling up all your RAM..
> Dev Requirements
> Node.js (Recommend 4.2.x)
Yeah, right....
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#16Literally just a webview in an X window. This is not a 'desktop app'. This is bastardized web.
When does a 'desktop app' become a 'bastardised web' (sic). Is it when it communicates via http? When it renders HTML? Lots of apps that you may be running (e.g. iTunes, the Mac app store) do this. If it's well integrated with the host OS, I don't see what the problem is; would you rather it weren't cross-platform, or it used another cross-platform framework, or it were several separate codebases?
> When does a 'desktop app' become a 'bastardised web'
When it is a chrome over a gigantic web view instead of properly making use of native UI widgets.
> iTunes, the Mac app store
Both good examples on how not to do it, specially on Windows.
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#17Heyyyyyy ... http://i.imgur.com/VucG9gy.png ... That's basically Spotify (desktop application). The resemblance being so high makes this a little iffy, and suggests this project won't stay up (at least in its present form) for too long. That said, why hasn't Google yet created a desktop application for Google Play Music? It's mind-boggling to me. I would love to ditch Spotify (primarily because 1) I don't like its se…
>That said, why hasn't Google yet created a desktop application for Google Play Music?
I don't understand the need (and I guess that Google does not either).
Is it because you need an offline mode ? That's the only addition I can think of.
With the play music chrome extension, the website responds to media keys, so outside of a dedicated app icon in the tray (even though the miniplayer has one), I don't see what a desktop app would bring.
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#18Literally just a webview in an X window. This is not a 'desktop app'. This is bastardized web.
When does a 'desktop app' become a 'bastardised web' (sic). Is it when it communicates via http? When it renders HTML? Lots of apps that you may be running (e.g. iTunes, the Mac app store) do this. If it's well integrated with the host OS, I don't see what the problem is; would you rather it weren't cross-platform, or it used another cross-platform framework, or it were several separate codebases?
Give me a native app that uses native widgets, works with native toolkits, and can be themed with my Qt theme.
Give me a native app that feels native, that looks native, and that is native.
Any included WebView to display content is an instant "nope" criterium, because the WebView content won't be themeable or look or feel native.
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#19> Never again will you have to hunt through your tabs to pause your music
Not exactly the same thing, but in Chrome, you can enable "Tab audio muting UI control" in chrome://flags which allows you to click the speaker icon on tabs that play music to mute it. Click again to unmute. Very handy for when you get a phone call!
Re: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client
#20Literally just a webview in an X window. This is not a 'desktop app'. This is bastardized web.
That doesn't make it any less useful--even though I find it a bit unnecessary. To note, that a program like that can be made within 10 minutes in Visual Studio (there is a video on Yt for a similar one integrating Fb Messenger).