ICE³ - Mac Front End

srbatty · 10-14-2008, 02:16 AM

Hi guys,
First of all I would like to thank all of you for providing such a vast wealth of knowledge to newbies like myself.
About 18 months ago I decided that I would try to replace my headunit with a computer. After reading how easy it was to do this with a mac mini, I decided to buy one to play with. At the time this was a big risk as I had not touched a Mac for 15 years! After about a week of learning/playing with OSX, I realized that I had wasted too many years with pc's/windows. I quickly sold my PC and started my collection of Apples. After trying every front end solution that I could find, most of which I was very happy with, my brother and I decided to have a go at writing our own (mainly because we needed a good reason to learn Xcode). Anyway, after 3 months of coding this is what we have come up with: ICE³

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gLRtY12dR0

Notes:
1. This was developed by two guys with zero Mac experience.
2. This was developed by two guys with zero Cocoa/Xcode experience.
3. This was developed by two guys with full-time jobs.
4. This was inspired by YOU GUYS!!

Your feedback would be much appreciated as we are about to start work on version 2.0.

Thanks again.

Punky · 10-14-2008, 09:37 AM

Awsome interface! i love how easy it is to navigate around, very similar to the iphone!
I'm not a fan of the skin, but it isn't bad either.
Definitely best mac fe i've seen so far.

myminirocks · 10-14-2008, 10:00 AM

wow! looks great guys, will be watching this with interest, probably the best integration of coverflow/iphone-esk track selection, love the ability to select the album from coverflow and then choose the tracks from the drop down screen.

now just to add gps/google maps/war driving/multiple display support and the ability to make cappuccinos and then we are onto a real winner

seriously, well done

NeonDev · 10-14-2008, 10:55 AM

Wow. that came out of left field... makes my efforts look like a puddle of puke

Why did you wait till now to show your work and have/will you released it?

Wish I had some friends that knew how to code like this. Well done.

2k1Toaster · 10-14-2008, 12:10 PM

Good work. Looks like a great Front End thus far!

Bugbyte · 10-14-2008, 05:16 PM

Wow. Very cool. Impressive how far you've come in such a short time!

Do you plan on distributing it to others?

respo87 · 10-14-2008, 09:09 PM

WOW!! Beautiful! Is this a leopard only fe? or is it compatible with tiger. and if only for leopard, do u thinking upgrading to leopard on a max spec g4 would be sufficient?

pepsibobby · 10-14-2008, 11:45 PM

wow just wow.

onepuff · 10-15-2008, 01:22 AM

Download link please. I mean like right now. Looks awesome! Very well done.

ZEEBEES · 10-15-2008, 05:00 PM

that is nice. can't wait for an official release.

srbatty · 10-16-2008, 03:31 AM

Thanks heaps everyone. Comments like those make this whole project so much more worthwhile.
I will try to answer as many questions as possible.

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now just to add gps/google maps/war driving/multiple display support

GPS with google maps - will be released in version 3.
War Driving/multi display - not likely.

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Wow. that came out of left field... makes my efforts look like a puddle of puke
Why did you wait till now to show your work and have/will you released it?

LOL. Since we are complete Mac newbies, I thought it would be better if we figure everything out ourselves rather than fill this forum with stupid questions.
We will not be releasing THIS version officially.

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Do you plan on distributing it to others?

Eventually, probably version 2.

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WOW!! Beautiful! Is this a leopard only fe? or is it compatible with tiger. and if only for leopard, do u thinking upgrading to leopard on a max spec g4 would be sufficient?

Thanks. Not sure about Tiger. The coverflow is a 'hack'. Fairly sure it only works with Leopard.
g4....Whats that??

Lol, sorry, I only know intel Macs. Coverflow is our biggest problem at the mo. Very resource hungry!

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wow just wow.

THANKS!

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Download link please. I mean like right now. Looks awesome! Very well done.

Lol. I'm starting to see a pattern here. I have just finished setting up a server at home (Mac Mini, Leopard Server), if I get enough requests I WILL make ICE³ available for download (FREE to you guys of course).

Thanks again.