Blue Devil Skin RELEASED

**SangreDeThor** · 11-24-2006, 03:43 PM

intresting. that never happened to me at all? so you got that when you went to music>playlist>browser?

**kbreeden** · 11-24-2006, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by SangreDeThor

intresting. that never happened to me at all? so you got that when you went to music>playlist>browser?

No, basically anytime I loaded the web browser.

**SteveC** · 11-24-2006, 04:11 PM

I use Firebox and use Johns new code for wbrowser.skin but when Firefox opens it includes the complete 'window' blue frame - if I click on a top button it overwrites that area of the window frame with the button image but how do I get Firefox to open up cleanly inside the allocated window?

Is there also a way of removing the top menu in Firefox? I guess that's not a skin issue.

**turbocad6** · 11-24-2006, 05:35 PM

hey man, just wanted to give props on an awsome skin.... its so complete & well layed out... I haven't loved a skin as much as this one in a long time, great work

**wfs1** · 11-24-2006, 06:25 PM

@john
what's the advantage of this over the second line I have listed? I'm using the second line?

/, A, x, y, w, h, color R;RGB, G, B
A01,0,74,805,527,"BROWSER",,

/, A, x, y, w, h, color R;RGB, G, B
A01,0,77,799,521,000,000,000

**JohnWPB** · 11-24-2006, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by SteveC

I use Firebox and use Johns new code for wbrowser.skin but when Firefox opens it includes the complete 'window' blue frame - if I click on a top button it overwrites that area of the window frame with the button image but how do I get Firefox to open up cleanly inside the allocated window? Is there also a way of removing the top menu in Firefox? I guess that's not a skin issue.

In RR config, you need to make sure you set the browser to FIrefox, and not the default Internet Explorer.

Originally Posted by turbocad6

hey man, just wanted to give props on an awsome skin.... its so complete & well layed out... I haven't loved a skin as much as this one in a long time, great work

Thanks! I have done my best to make it as complete as possible, and to try and make everything work as easily as possible.

Originally Posted by wfs1

@john
what's the advantage of this over the second line I have listed? I'm using the second line?

/, A, x, y, w, h, color R;RGB, G, B
A01,0,74,805,527,"BROWSER",,

/, A, x, y, w, h, color R;RGB, G, B
A01,0,77,799,521,000,000,000

The last 3 sets of numbers, 000,000,000 in this case, define the application Background color. It's is not necessary, but does not hurt anything either.

**ajamils** · 11-25-2006, 12:27 AM

John,

As instructed by you, I took out the swf lines from menu skin files and everything seems to be working fine now

but in the middle of menu page I get a big empty square

. Is there a way I can put Honda logo in there (just logo without clock)?

**SteveC** · 11-25-2006, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by JohnWPB

In RR config, you need to make sure you set the browser to FIrefox, and not the default Internet Explorer.

I did and it still shows the unfocussed windows title

Read your pm by the way

Steve

**JohnWPB** · 11-25-2006, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by ajamils

John,

As instructed by you, I took out the swf lines from menu skin files and everything seems to be working fine now

but in the middle of menu page I get a big empty square

. Is there a way I can put Honda logo in there (just logo without clock)?

When I asked you to do that, it was to test if it was a flash problem or not. Being you removed the .swf (The flash files) and it is now working OK, says that it is indeed a flash problem. This simply means that you need to work on updating the flash version on your CarPC.

Even with your (Slower machine as you called it) 1.2Ghz machine, it is not a matter of processing power, but a matter of the wrong flash version pegging the processor on your PC. A clock and a compass written in flash should in no way peg a 1.2 Ghz machine at 100% CPU usage. When I first installed RR, and tried to use the original spinning flash clock on my 3.2 Ghz desktop machine, it pegged my processor at 100%, thats FAR more than a small flash file should EVER demand!

As I mentioned, I have a much older laptop running at only 800Mhz with a 16k gfx card, and it can handle Road Runner and the Blue Devil skin with the flash clock (after fixing the flash version) and only use about 30% of its CPU. (I use that old laptop to test the skin and Road Runner to simulate a lower end PC to see how well it functions).

Originally Posted by SteveC

I did and it still shows the unfocussed windows title

Read your pm by the way

HMmmm try switching to the BMV2 skin as it comes with RR and see what happens with your settings the way they are now. Let me know if FF works ok with that, or if you are having the same problems. I say this, as I do not use the browser in the car, and really just added it for completeness of the skin.

I Got the PM BTW, and am just trying to organize things here.

**jmciver** · 11-25-2006, 10:27 AM

Great skin. Definately one of the most 'complete' skins I have seen. I have a software integration request: Software One. The software is located here.

In a nut shell, the software allows CarPC integration of the Valentine One radar detector. It is skinable and I have seen it integrated in another skin (iDrive by Enforcer).

Also, does your skin incorporate the ability to auto dim/switch to night skin based on sunrise/sunset data from GPS position? Ideally, I would like the monitor to be tapped into the vehical to automatically dim when the lights are turned on (I found a few threads on this topic but since they involved hacking into the circuit board of the monitor I backed away), but I don't think that is feasible for me now.

I searched your thread in particular but didn't find a difinitive answer on the auto dimming aspect.