Blue Devil Skin RELEASED - Page 7

Rafster · 09-19-2006, 04:28 AM

Looks amazing, but if I were you, I'd look for another place to host this for you...

Contact this guy....http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/members/snyperbob.html

Peace,

Rafster

JohnWPB · 09-19-2006, 04:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

I'm trying it out finally... Questions:
How do you get that iG menu that Ive seen you post... the 3x4 icon popup with cool iGscripts?

It's in the ReadMe!.txt file in the zip archive with the skin

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

How do you make the Gas page link to auto Nav/Map in iG... I saw someone post they had that working with some skin. Will it be added to this skin soon?

It's in the ReadMe!.txt file in the zip archive with the skin

Hehehe not being sarcastic, just those two are already coverd in the readme file. The GPS skin is available in the GPS screen, as well as the Pop=Up menu. Currently LostReception is working on incorporating sending the coordinates to iG, but is not completed yet. It's explained more in the ReadMe.

Rafster, Thanks for the compliments. I have seen that before, I know the site I am using is not the greatest, but it is fast and simple with minimal ads, no codes to enter, no waiting 60 seconds for download ect. Unlike the site you posted, there is not need to register or sign-up to download. Just a suggestion you may want to reduce the font in your sig JUST a bit. I am running on a 27" Flat Panel here at 1920 x 1080, and the font is OVERLY HUGE ath this resolution. I can only immagine what it would look like on an 800x600 screen!

Ok, keep the sugggestions and idea's coming! I really didn't do much with playlists, but that was a fantastic suggestion, and find myself saving all sorts of playlists now

Phoco is working in the skin now, and I am working on implementing the rest of Phoco's features which is a TOTAL pain in the u know what! Woah! I had no idea. To get an understanding of what's behind the scenes to completely skin Phoco and take advantage of all the features check out this thread!

EDIT: Woah! Almost 300 Downloads in 8 hours... I had NO idea so many people were interested in this skin! Not too many posts in this thread with all the downloads, so hopefully most of the major kinks and bugs have been worked out, and I can start to fill in the gaps with other GPS skins (Map Point, Free Drive ect), and any other additions you guys can think of.

skywise · 09-19-2006, 03:54 PM

Ok, I DLed the new version and "Toggle Name" is finally gone.
An interesting new feature is on the GPS screen. The button in the upper right corner which used to bring up the destination pane now brings up the load playlist pane.
I know you're proud of the playlist pane and use it alot, but I really did like the destination pane. <grin>

TimmyM · 09-20-2006, 12:43 AM

Yet another request, How about a gammacontrol button somewhere?

JohnWPB · 09-20-2006, 06:17 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by skywise

The button in the upper right corner which used to bring up the destination pane now brings up the load playlist pane.
I know you're proud of the playlist pane and use it alot, but I really did like the destination pane. <grin>

I just wanted to make sure that you saw it

LOL! I HONESTLY do NOT know how that button got changed, I never went near it (that I remember at least).
Anyhow it is fixed now.

Quote: Originally Posted by TimmyM

Yet another request, How about a gammacontrol button somewhere?

DONE! I created a new skin for skin browsing and gamma control. The button for it is on the "Settings" screen, where the "Explorer" button used to be. The explorer is available in the "Utilities(Launch)screen" and really was just a duplicate link.

As usual, the .zip has been updated in the first post to include these additions/changes.

Here's a screen cap of it:

ALL Photo's can be viewer on Flickr

JohnWPB · 09-20-2006, 09:58 AM

Ok, I have been kinda iffy on the "dual menu screens" for the past couple weeks. I decided to do a mock-up of a single menu version. I want you guys opinions on if you think this would be a better way to go. This is just a Photoshope'd render of what it would look like. Let me know what you think.

GizmoQ · 09-20-2006, 11:44 AM

2 cents: change satellite to Sat Radio and move it over with other A/V functions. Personally, I like the all in one screen, but miss the icons. Have you tried big icons/small text?

Great work so far keep it up!

JohnWPB · 09-20-2006, 12:17 PM

Well the top line is all music realted, so I thought that would work out ok... I'll move Sat Radio under Radio, and bump everything down, and carry Phone to the top right.

As for Icons, I'm sure I could add them in there with just a tiny bit smaller font ect. I just thought with all the buttons on a single screen now, that the icons might be too much. I'll have a go at it and see what it looks like.

TimmyM · 09-20-2006, 12:43 PM

Used this skin last night at night for the first time, it was pretty bright. Thanks for adding the gammacontrol! Five hour turn around is some pretty good service!

I prefer the two menus. I certainly would like the option to move what I want to the first menu, stuff I don't use or hardly use to the second. Simular to MC2.0. Dunno if thats possible or not. I.E. I would move Utilites(shouldn't that be Applications?) to the second and move Gamma to the first. I don't have Radio so I would move that to the second menu and move Weather or Rip CD to the first, etc.

mthespian · 09-20-2006, 01:10 PM

I agree that I like the larger buttons, especially with configurability of which one is where.

In other words:

Dalailama · 09-20-2006, 01:54 PM

I like the two menus skin, I've made this choice for my Crystalblue skin, because it seems clearer and on a 7" it's a bit difficult to touch the right button on the road when buttons are more and little

...
...but as I say in this case... Why you should choose when you can have both of them? Find a way that let you choose the menu you like at the moment... I'm thinking on something similar using the possibility to add a code to a button when it is long pressed...

JohnWPB · 09-20-2006, 02:19 PM

I will just make the option to install which version you want on the intstall. Changing out the images would be quite easy, just a bit of scripting to move em to a "temp" folder, and the images in there out.

HOWEVER changing the skin, would not be so easy, the only way to do that is a complete reload of the skin with the reload command.

Thanks for all the input!

Dalailama · 09-20-2006, 02:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JohnWPB

HOWEVER changing the skin, would not be so easy, the only way to do that is a complete reload of the skin with the reload command.

I don't mean that...
simply a menu.skin; menu2.skin; menu3.skin
first two with large button end a button on the first who load the third...
..the only problem is if you have a lot of "cancel" button here and there in the skins which makes the skin jump to menu.skin... in that case you need to reload it... and you can do this with a specific command...

...but I have to admit that the best way to solve this problem is choosing between the two cases..