Ideas: Desktop Compact Player Option

[jcruz34420]

I would like to see a compact player option. Maybe by clicking a button and all you see is a small screen with the options to go next back thumbs up and play and pause on it. Sometimes I just want to switch screens and having the full application open can be a hassle. I want to see the work that I'm working on as well as paying attention to what music is playing.

Moderator Edit: Changing title for clarity

[thwaitesj]

I got frustrated waiting on this so figured out how to get a browser window to show with no headers, etc. and you can use the web Pandora and than shrink the browser window down to display just the Pandora search, controls &now playing. 

[RickNSB]

@thwaitesj will you share the hack with us?

[thwaitesj]

I tried posting my solution but some of the code I included caused the post to error and it did not save.

You need to use a browser that you do not use for anything else as the customizations apply to all windows for the browser, in my case I used Firefox.

You need to turn off the Title bar. Right click on the toolbar and select Customize Toolbar then uncheck "Title Bar" at the bottom left.

Again right click on the toolbar and select Bookmarks and Toolbar then select Never Show.

That get part way but now you need to use a custom CSS for Firefox to hide all the other top stuff and that is where I had a problem posting what you need. You need to create a userChrome.css file in you profile, Google how to do this, then there is a bunch of CSS you need. I found it by Googling "Hide toolbar with one tab" and "Hide address bar". I can share the code if you have anther way for me to get it to you.

[RickNSB]

Thank you so much, first for figuring this out and, second for trying to post the solution here. 

I run Safari and my choose not to run Firefox for the sake of a single app, as good as Pandora is for me. But you have showed us all - most importantly the support staff here - that IT CAN BE DONE! 

Thanks again for this good work. 

[rhettorical]

The problem was never if it could be done, the problem is that it WAS done in the past and they killed the app. It should not be difficult to create an applet for this.

[RickNSB]

Just learned from an outside source (thank you to U-No-Hu) to give a look at the Hermes app. Reviews here: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/51255/hermes

[thwaitesj]

@rhettorical totally agree but of waiting I got tired of waiting so experimented a little. Now I have a Pandora player that takes up about a vertical inch of screen space.