When I use the dock, I set it so that the application gets minimized into the application icon. This keeps my dock a lot cleaner. I have noticed that some applications(like Adium) give me the option when I right click/option click to view the application window. With Cog, I have no such option. I only have the music control options. I am requesting that you add an option to the right click menu in the dock that allows me to maximize/bring to front the cog main application window. Right now I need to use Expose to show all windows and then I can get to the window. It would be a lot easier if I could just use the Dock Icon.
Thanks,
Larry
1 2009-12-18 11:33:37
Topic: Option to show Cog from Dock (1 replies, posted in Features)
2 2008-11-13 08:46:55
Re: Cog Library and Development Help (8 replies, posted in Development)
Thanks for the reply. I'll check it out. Let me ask you this. Is your vision for more of a song-centric player or an album-centric player? I love the album and I really dislike how iTunes has kind of destroyed the concept of an album.
I like Cog a lot. It's just that when I am looking for something in my 500GB collection, a directory tree just doesn't cut it. I need to be able to filter on genre/year or better yet browse by album cover. All my music is in Artist/Album directory format. Each album directory has a cover.jpg in it. Couldn't we do a cover art browser without adding a library?
I want to help on this project but I just want to see what your plans are for the future and if my skills/ideas will be useful.
Larry
4 2008-10-29 10:58:17
Topic: Cog Library and Development Help (8 replies, posted in Development)
Hello,
I recently migrated to OS X as my full-time platform for office and home. I was on Windows for years and then had a brief two year stint with Ubuntu. Anyway, I love my music collection and I take it very seriously. I absolutely detest what iTunes does to my pristine directory structure. Not to mention how much of a pig it is with memory and cpu resources. I played a key role in the development of a Java-based music organizer/player called Jukes(http://melloware.com). This project is now pretty much defunct and I am trying to find a home for my music collection. Cog is the best player I have found out there on OS X. It's simple and lightweight. Very lightweight. Maybe too lightweight? I mean I love the small memory/cpu footprint but I just think that Cog needs some kind of ability to manage a collection. Is this in your plans at all? The killer app for me is Media Monkey. I think it has everything you could possibly want in a media player but its for Windows only.
Also, what's the status on contributing developers? I would help develop this if necessary. I have a grasp on C++ but have never programmed Cocoa specific stuff. I just have the sense that with the recent influx of power users moving to Mac that many of them will be looking for a music player that puts the music collection first and not the store.
Larry