Media Player Improvements
I've a merge request that cleans up some of the media widget in the short-term by simply adjusting the layout of the pseudo-notification it is in, screenshot of those (pending) changes here:
However, from issues: #4282, #3374, #734 (closed), #4900 (and maybe others) there's some demand for a more useful widget that displays more information, some of which comes from an expectation based on how other platforms show "now playing" media. The takeaway bits on what might be worth implementing for improving the media widget are:
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showing the album title, either on its own line or as secondary information next to the artist name -
having an interactive seek bar (that maybe shows the time) and can be adjusted to get ahead/back in a track
Here's a mockup for how such a media player could look with those additional components: