Arrr, I love this discussion 
I was very busy lately, but I will write a detailed reply soon.
1 2013-04-24 12:29:57
Re: New User Interface (12 replies, posted in Development)
2 2013-04-24 12:25:05
Re: Poll: new app/dock icons (41 replies, posted in Development)
Arrr maties! I like the one dpromsky suggests the most, too. I can add the badges and work a little more on it to make it look clearer in the dock.
If others want to work with the Illustrator project file, just ask and I will share it.
3 2013-04-24 12:12:29
Topic: Track won't start playing at the beginning (0 replies, posted in Bugs)
With some albums I have the songs won't start playing at the beginning. When the songs start playing only a faint buzz is heard. Seeking 5 seconds forward plays the track normally. I friend of mine also has this problem sometimes.
I guess it has something to do with the way the mp3 is encoded. I think this behavior started after the bugfix for crashes while seeking.
4 2013-04-24 11:55:36
Re: Cog now stops after a 5 seconds long track (1 replies, posted in Bugs)
Confirmed.
8 2012-12-29 14:41:09
Topic: Copy/cut and paste playlist items with standard keyboard shortcuts (1 replies, posted in Features)
Again, I'm a heavy keyboard user and I would like to be able to manipulate the playlist entirely by keyboard. I would find it very convenient to be able to select playlist items using the arrow keys and shift key and than paste them where the selection is, instead of having to use the mouse to drag 'n' drop. I think it can make the process much faster and more precise, i.e. the user won't have to deal with exact aiming with the mouse.
My suggestion therefore is to add the ability to copy/cut and paste playlist item with the standard keyboard shortcuts. When a single playlist item is selected before pasting, the pasted item(s) should be placed above that selected item. When multiple playlist items are selected before pasting, the pasted item(s) should replace those items.
9 2012-12-29 07:22:12
Topic: Add to Queue keyboard shortcut + queue position numbers (1 replies, posted in Features)
I really like the queue function, but I'd like to see some improvements.
Since I'm mainly using the keyboard for input it's kind of a hassle to queue songs by grabbing the mouse and using the function in the context menu.
My suggestion is to add a modifier key (alt or ctrl)+Q as a keyboard shortcut to (de)queue the selected song(s). The modifier key is needed, because there is the ability to select a song by just typing the first letters of the title.
Also I never understood why there are +-signs used to indicate a song is queued. This way when multiple songs are queued there is no way to determine in which order these songs will be played.
My suggestion there is using numbers instead of +-signs to not only show that the song is queued but also show the position in the queue list. The number should be gray (like the play sign in that same column) so that it is not confused with other numbers like the song #. Logically when the next queued song is played the numbers should all move up by 1 to correspond with the new position in the queue. Winamp also has this functionality.
13 2012-05-02 05:56:31
Re: Reanimating Cog (30 replies, posted in Development)
I'm really excited to see someone working on this beautiful project again! Homage to dpromsky!!
I use Cog for years now. I see a lot of potential to make it even better than it is. I'd love to contribute to the project.
I just downloaded this new version. All looks ok to me (Intel, OS X 10.7.3). I will post bug reports and feature requests later on.
About Mini Mode on Lion:
The "pellet" was removed in Lion, system-wide, and the function is now in the toolbar's contextual menu ("Hide Toolbar").
Cheers!