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11-18-2008, 01:58 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawrenceville GA
Posts: 709
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New RR Skin
Looking for some feedback and critique on this before I go any further.
I love the Teknik2 skin by Valheru but I wanted more icons on the front page so I came up with this. It is transparent so the background is changeable. I also need a name.
Main Menu
Audio Player
Audio Browser
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11-18-2008, 03:46 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,129
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wow, LOOKS GREAT!
I GOT A killer idea. im working a new feature of RR
i want you to do some GUI 
mitch
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11-18-2008, 05:28 PM
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The Last Good Gremlin
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: St Louis
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I'd call it TableTop!
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11-18-2008, 06:00 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: War-Town, GA.
Posts: 1,915
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Nice perspective. Seems like it needs a sofa and some chairs in the background to complete the picture LOL! JK.
Font don't look like it goes with the skin IMO.
Otherwise, looks good.
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11-18-2008, 08:12 PM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Posts: 11,942
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GlassShelves?
Too many icons on first page.
Also if icons have to be explained they shouldn't be there.
And it's missing the family snapshots in picture frames.
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11-18-2008, 09:13 PM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mechanicsburg, PA
Posts: 119
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I like your music choices!
A little less cluttered, maybe get rid of some of the icons
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11-18-2008, 09:23 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: War-Town, GA.
Posts: 1,915
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Maybe the choice of background don't do it no justice.
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11-18-2008, 10:15 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,653
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Quote: Originally Posted by fixerofallthing  Looking for some feedback and critique on this before I go any further.
I love the Teknik2 skin by Valheru but I wanted more icons on the front page so I came up with this. It is transparent so the background is changeable. I also need a name.
Main Menu
Attachment 52720
Audio Player
Attachment 52721
Audio Browser
Attachment 52722
You have to take a look at your icons. The NEXT button becomes your BACK button on the same spot and your PREV button becomes an ENTER button and the PLAY button becomes the SELECT button. It is going to be very confusing. If you like to work with shelfs, then keep the bottom one only for player controls, otherwise you have to look at the screen constantly while driving....Not a good idea.
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11-18-2008, 10:16 PM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 200
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Nice and colorful! I like it a lot!
What about 'On the Shelf'?
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11-18-2008, 11:58 PM
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Admin. Don't bug or I'll byte.
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Corning, NY
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I like the idea, it's kind of like the dock on OSX but in three layers. However, I find the background to be very distracting.
Also agree with the comment that if you have to explain the icon, you need a better icon. For example, the picture of the XM direct box and the HD radio box don't make sense unless you know that's what those boxes are. Think about the function rather than the hardware.
Also, I'd get rid of the shelf along the bottom and reserve it for functions. Instead of a volume icon, go with a + and a - button for volume. I adjust my volume often and find skins that don't have an easy way to do that while driving (e.g. put the buttons in the lower left and right of the screen) to be more difficult to use.
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11-19-2008, 10:44 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: hijacks small portable city
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bugbyte I like the idea, it's kind of like the dock on OSX but in three layers. However, I find the background to be very distracting.
Same take on the background, it's awful. Easy enough to change though.
Some of the icons are pretty cool though. Change the XM box to the XM logo though and the HD box to the HD logo.
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11-19-2008, 12:12 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ireland
Posts: 509
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1 .. there are way too many icons on the main menu - too distracting and confusing when driving ...
2 .. background really does not do it justice ...
3 .. I do hope you are not just going to "lift" all of the TEK2 skins and transfer them into this new skin, that really wouldn't be a cool thing to do, considering you went down the road of modding TEK2 and gave up because there was a little critism of your initial designs ...
4 .. as for a name .. humm let me think about that one, I'm sure we can come up with something suitable !
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11-19-2008, 03:24 PM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Posts: 11,942
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11-19-2008, 11:28 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawrenceville GA
Posts: 709
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Quote: Originally Posted by Valheru 1 .. there are way too many icons on the main menu - too distracting and confusing when driving ...
2 .. background really does not do it justice ...
3 .. I do hope you are not just going to "lift" all of the TEK2 skins and transfer them into this new skin, that really wouldn't be a cool thing to do, considering you went down the road of modding TEK2 and gave up because there was a little critism of your initial designs ...
4 .. as for a name .. humm let me think about that one, I'm sure we can come up with something suitable !
1. I agree so I went back to the drawing board.
2. I agree.
3. I would never just lift your code. I like the design and layout so I emulated them to start with.
I dropped the extra screens because I did not want to step on your toes with the extra screens and I wanted to get fewer button presses for volume and such. I think all the suggestions were good that is why I dropped it. Although my wife loves it and is using it everyday.
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11-19-2008, 11:33 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawrenceville GA
Posts: 709
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Took some of the suggestions and put this together as a test.
Went with fixed buttons along the bottom with slight transparency and got rid of the HD and XM boxes and did some logos up. I think this is the direction I will go. I am going to make the icons dynamic so you can put whatever you want on the menu with 2 "shelves" so 8 icons. I think that is enough without being too busy and if I have to I will add a second menu screen. Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions.
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