Topic: MediaOne Skin Pack (Read 25335 times)

Pink Waters · « **on:** August 13, 2003, 10:28:41 pm »

MediaOne Skin Beta8[/u]

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support MC11
changed action window
changed library browser tabs
changed tree selection back
new splitters

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MediaOne PlayingNow Skin Beta1[/u] New!

This is my first release to the public, its just a start that i've wanted to share with you.
So your feedback is most welcome

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jleerigby · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2003, 10:54:58 pm »

Looks great so far. A really clean crisp look.

nila · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2003, 11:49:18 pm »

This is gonna be really sweet by the looks of it

WMP skin, RealOne Skin - is there such a thing as a Winamp skin? Its the only other real competitor I can think of

Jynx · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2003, 12:31:27 am »

These skins are great – iTunes, WMP and now RealOne but if I were J River, I’d be a little concerned if everyone is making their product look like someone else’s, what does that say about the standard MC skins? And what about branding, wouldn’t it be better for MC to have it’s own strong brand / design?

J

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2003, 12:58:33 am »

I would say the PIXOS deign is MCs branding design. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of product emulation. Look at how many people want to use Window Blinds on Win 98 so that they can get it to look like XP...

Polonio · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2003, 01:00:53 am »

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I would say the PIXOS deign is MCs branding design. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of product emulation. Look at how many people want to use Window Blinds on Win 98 so that they can get it to look like XP...

But none XP user want to emulate Win 98 interface...

Marko · « **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2003, 01:08:24 am »

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But none XP user want to emulate Win 98 interface...

You'd be surprised at how many do just that

Keep up the sterling work Tomy00. Looking forward to trying this one out too.

nila · « **Reply #7 on:** August 14, 2003, 02:05:06 am »

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These skins are great � iTunes, WMP and now RealOne but if I were J River, I�d be a little concerned if everyone is making their product look like someone else�s, what does that say about the standard MC skins? And what about branding, wouldn�t it be better for MC to have it�s own strong brand / design?

J

iTunes, WMP, Real - all spend a LOT of time and effort coming up with their designs - they're all good designs so why not make them available.

And there are no standard MC 9.1 skins - PixOS is the only one which is why guys like tommy are makin new ones

Jynx · « **Reply #8 on:** August 14, 2003, 04:31:27 am »

People change skins for two reasons 1. They get bored with looking at the same old interface all the time 2. The existing skin is unclear or doesn’t look pretty. I don’t think 1 can apply to MC 9.1 given that it hasn’t even launched yet. So it must be 2, the WMP, RealOne & iTunes interfaces must be better than MC.

I’m not against skinning (I use the iTunes skin myself) and I think the guys who put this stuff together do a great job and I’m looking forward to trying out the MediaOne skin. I just think it’s a shame that we make MC look like inferior products (none of the above apps can touch MC in terms of functionality).

You want to sell a product in today’s market (and I’ll assume that J River do) then making it look great goes a long way. Do you think the iMac & iPod would have been as successful if they had looked like just another grey box?

J

Kurt Young · « **Reply #9 on:** August 14, 2003, 07:29:04 am »

Nice lookin' skin! Can't wait until I have something to download!

Skinners: mad thanks for doing the job that I wish I could do but can't. Nice work on everything that y'all have made us this far, keep 'em coming.

But don't forget the matching mini-me and track info templates. Matched sets are the bomb.

Edit: Mad bananas to the first skinner that makes a set of matched mega, mini, hairstyle and track info all bundled into the same .mjp file. Yeah, baby!

nila · « **Reply #10 on:** August 14, 2003, 07:30:27 am »

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Nice lookin' skin! Can't wait until I have something to download!

Skinners: mad thanks for doing the job that I wish I could do but can't. Nice work on everything that y'all have made us this far, keep 'em coming.

But don't forget the matching mini-me and track info templates. Matched sets are the bomb.

Amen to everything he said - some REALLY nice skins being made these days

Doof · « **Reply #11 on:** August 14, 2003, 07:58:23 am »

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People change skins for two reasons 1. They get bored with looking at the same old interface all the time 2. The existing skin is unclear or doesn’t look pretty. I don’t think 1 can apply to MC 9.1 given that it hasn’t even launched yet. So it must be 2, the WMP, RealOne & iTunes interfaces must be better than MC.

I couldn't disagree more. It's all about asthetics. What I find to be a pleasing interface is different than what you find pleasing or what Nila would find pleasing. Some people in here like the WMP skin. I happen to love the PixOS skin. So much so that I bought the entire PixOS suite so the rest of my PC could look the same way.

It has nothing to do with being "better". It's all about taste. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that.

jcouch93 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:11:40 am »

Great looking preview! One question I have is how many skins are there for 9.1? I use 9.0.180 and the Doreen's TV skin since I have a dark desktop, are there any dark skins out there for 9.1? Thanks all!

phatrabt

nila · « **Reply #13 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:13:13 am »

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I couldn't disagree more. It's all about asthetics. What I find to be a pleasing interface is different than what you find pleasing or what Nila would find pleasing. Some people in here like the WMP skin. I happen to love the PixOS skin. So much so that I bought the entire PixOS suite so the rest of my PC could look the same way.

It has nothing to do with being "better". It's all about taste. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that.

Amen to everything he said - some REALLY nice skins being made these days

(well I had to say something - you've used my name even!)

What's the 'whole suite' your talking about? I've heard people talking about it before but have no idea what it is

Doof · « **Reply #14 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:16:38 am »

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(well I had to say something - you've used my name even!)

What can I say? I like picking on you.

Doof · « **Reply #15 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:23:54 am »

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What's the 'whole suite' your talking about? I've heard people talking about it before but have no idea what it is

http://www.pixtudio.com

It's an entire suite of skins, icons, cursors, and other themes for programs like Windowblinds 4 (which I did finally check out), DesktopX, CursorXP etc. (all made by Stardock http://www.stardock.com ) as well as a program called Sysmetrix.

Pretty nice stuff. You can see a (censored) screenshot of my home desktop here.

nila · « **Reply #16 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:30:56 am »

aww

I'm touched - I'm gonna have to start picking back!!

So I take it you need to have all those other programs installed too then??

I want your desktop - send it to me (I dont mind if you just send me the whole machine!!)

nila · « **Reply #17 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:42:40 am »

And I'm not sure what your taste in wallpapers is like but check out these wallpapers:

http://www.quiksilver.com/wallpaper.asp?filename=94%2D284%2D553%2DfilenameLarge%2Ejpg

http://www.quiksilver.com/wallpaper.asp?filename=94%2D284%2D554%2DfilenameLarge%2Ejpg

They're what I use and love

Love the total just relaxness of them - totally natural and chilled and mellow

Doof · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:43:34 am »

Yeah, you need all those programs installed.

Windowblinds (skins Windows)
CursorXP (3D, animated, alpha blended mouse cursors)
IconPackager (changes all the system icons)
DesktopX (does many things - I use it to make sure windows don't cover up that sidebar, the dock, or go under my taskbar, as well as making my desktop icons semi-transparent)
ObjectBar (the lower half of that sidebar that has the weblinks on it)
ObjectDock (the Mac OSX like dock at the bottom)
Sysmetrix (the top half of the sidebar that has all of the meters and controls on it)

Plus there's LogonStudio which changes your XP logon screen.

nila · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:45:21 am »

what can I say - Hello Unstable system!!

lol.

I'm gonna do a system restore them give it a try I think - urs looks too ppeeerrrtttyyyy

Doof · « **Reply #20 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:52:28 am »

I actually haven't had any problems running it like that. I'd had a lot of problems with earlier versions, but after the recommendations of somebody here on Interact, I gave it another try. So far, I like it.

I'm not sure if you can make it out, but you can see that Sysmetrix is reporting my uptime as over 4 days in that screenshot. I had to reboot after installing DesktopX and haven't rebooted since. Believe me, if the system starts to feel unstable, all the pretty stuff will go away. I treasure stability over beauty when it comes to my PC.

I actually read an article where some guy ran 3DMark and some other benchmarking apps and games on his PC after a fresh format\install of Windows and after installing and turning on all the stardock apps. His scores were either the same, or only a frame less per second. Pretty interesting. I originally had my PC configured with one account that I do most things from (the one in the screenshot) and another that I game from that only loads what's absolutely necessary. I may change that now, though after reading that article.

Galley · « **Reply #21 on:** August 15, 2003, 02:46:38 am »

Thank you for this skin; I'm looking forward to using it!

Pink Waters · « **Reply #22 on:** August 15, 2003, 09:32:47 am »

well i was out of town and never got even an internet smell

i finished something in my MediaOne Center skin and i might upload it today..if this thread topic didn't chance to Stardock co.

nila · « **Reply #23 on:** August 15, 2003, 10:03:51 am »

how do I say this politely:

gimme, gimme, gimme

It looked sweet - lets play with it

Pink Waters · « **Reply #24 on:** August 15, 2003, 10:18:40 am »

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how do I say this politely:

gimme, gimme, gimme

It looked sweet - lets play with it

You're darn right pal

phelt · « **Reply #25 on:** August 15, 2003, 11:41:09 am »

ToMy00: any skin needs beta testers. Just upload as soon as possible please. These are not the droids you're looking for

Pink Waters · « **Reply #26 on:** August 15, 2003, 02:02:43 pm »

MediaOne Beta1

still unfinished items like frames and so stuff..

Important:
Try it and tell me how are you

Screenshot
Download (MJP)

jleerigby · « **Reply #27 on:** August 15, 2003, 02:19:04 pm »

It's coming along really nicely. I have to admit that it's not really my color scheme (I haven't seen media 1) but it's really different and plenty of people will love this skin once it's finished. It's kind of FUN. Maybe add some more bright colors here and there to go with that green.

I know it's not finished yet but the Action Window needs to be a different color so it doesn't merge into the tree (not that we'll have a tree for much longer!)

Nice work.

matshif · « **Reply #28 on:** August 15, 2003, 03:08:22 pm »

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MediaOne Beta1

still unfinished items like frames and so stuff..

Important:
Try it and tell me how are you

here is a screenshot:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/MediaOne/MOne_b1.jpg

download here:
http://www.netspaceonline.net/netspace/tomy00/MC_Skinning/MediaOne/MOne_b1.zip

Have not the right to visit this page

Mats

Pink Waters · « **Reply #29 on:** August 15, 2003, 04:11:59 pm »

I Think there is a host problem of the web space service you see..even my logo on the right doesn't show up...

soon servers will be on i thought.

Pink Waters · « **Reply #30 on:** August 15, 2003, 07:58:40 pm »

Well.. i changed the server as quick as i can so you can test MediaOne..

have a nice time all

nila · « **Reply #31 on:** August 16, 2003, 04:52:42 am »

Um - whats the working url for this??

Neither of the two listed seem to work for me

Pink Waters · « **Reply #32 on:** August 16, 2003, 10:05:57 am »

Well, i changed the web storage service... all links sould be working now

sorry again for that confusion~!

sraymond · « **Reply #33 on:** August 16, 2003, 10:15:13 am »

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Well, i changed the web storage service... all links sould be working now

Except that the URL inside the .mjp is incorrect. If anyone is impatient, they can always save the .mjp locally, edit the file by replacing the URL with http://sharemation.com/tomy00/MC_Skinning/MediaOne/MOne_b1.zip, and then launching.

Nice skin, by the way!

Scott-

Pink Waters · « **Reply #34 on:** August 16, 2003, 10:21:59 am »

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Except that the URL inside the .mjp is incorrect. If anyone is impatient, they can always save the .mjp locally, edit the file by replacing the URL with http://sharemation.com/tomy00/MC_Skinning/MediaOne/MOne_b1.zip, and then launching.

Nice skin, by the way!

Scott-

Done too...oh boy drinking is not good at all

nila · « **Reply #35 on:** August 16, 2003, 11:22:02 am »

Ooooohhhh

Got it - it's peerrrrtttyyyy

Nice one!! - I'm VERY glad they gave you the free copy of MC.

Few comments - the alternating rows are VERY similar gray - any chance of a tad (english word = tiny) darker for the dark one or lighter for the light one so we can see the difference more?

Also - not sure how or where - but could we have some more bright colours in it? I dont have RealOne installed right now but I remember it being really bright and colourful (if I'm wrong tell me to shut up).

Overall though it's great - so is the WMP skin!!

Thanks

Pink Waters · « **Reply #36 on:** August 16, 2003, 12:12:25 pm »

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Few comments - the alternating rows are VERY similar gray - any chance of a tad (english word = tiny) darker for the dark one or lighter for the light one so we can see the difference more?

supply a screenshot of your idea.. coz text doesn't draw up in my mind (every person explains in a different way you know)

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Also - not sure how or where - but could we have some more bright colours in it? I dont have RealOne installed right now but I remember it being really bright and colourful (if I'm wrong tell me to shut up).

well,...
the colors in that skin is the same colors in the RealOne Player..
except for the liberary, tree and list views... in realone this stuff is tabs and every tab has its own colors.. like brown, darkblue.. and i didn't see them match the other part of the player skin.. so the bottom part of my skin which includes the library is my very own matched colors..

hope that helps

LisaRCT · « **Reply #37 on:** August 16, 2003, 12:56:33 pm »

Looks GREAT!
But I would have some concern over the name in the upper left corner . . . . isn't that a 'trademark'?

phelt · « **Reply #38 on:** August 16, 2003, 01:04:29 pm »

Looks really nice overall, ToMy00.

Issues, with apologies for the ones you already know about:

bottom right corner seems to be... odd. Perhaps because the statistics display region is too close to the right edge of the app window?

Is the BG color for the tree area supposed to be the same grey as the dividers/frame?

Pink Waters · « **Reply #39 on:** August 16, 2003, 01:20:02 pm »

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Looks GREAT!
But I would have some concern over the name in the upper left corner . . . . isn't that a 'trademark'?

for me i think not.. its just a something came up on my mind like:
MC is called Media Center..
and skin name is RealOne Player
so do you play crosswords!?

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bottom right corner seems to be... odd. Perhaps because the statistics display region is too close to the right edge of the app window?

that would be fixed up in the next beta..

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Is the BG color for the tree area supposed to be the same grey as the dividers/frame?

i guess not.. coz i used the same skin color (from boarder to the areas around the white playbar window on the top) to be the same tree color

JimH · « **Reply #40 on:** August 16, 2003, 03:23:50 pm »

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for me i think not.. its just a something came up on my mind like:
MC is called Media Center..
and skin name is RealOne Player
so do you play crosswords!?

And we own the media01.com domain. Right now it is forwarded to music01.com, also ours.

LisaRCT · « **Reply #41 on:** August 16, 2003, 03:45:07 pm »

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for me i think not.. its just a something came up on my mind like:
MC is called Media Center..
and skin name is RealOne Player
so do you play crosswords!?

Ahhh, I see . . . pretty slick.

Pink Waters · « **Reply #42 on:** August 16, 2003, 07:54:15 pm »

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And we own the media01.com domain. Right now it is forwarded to music01.com, also ours.

i've checked it out.. its cool jim

matshif · « **Reply #43 on:** August 17, 2003, 01:24:47 pm »

"Bottom right corner seems too be odd"

Looking forward for BETA2.

Mats

nila · « **Reply #44 on:** August 18, 2003, 01:04:01 am »

Still using this skin - Just gotta say - I LOVE IT

I love most the skins made for v9.1 so far.

Some GREAT skins being made.

so far we have:

PixOS
RealOne
iTunes
WMP

LOVELY collection

Pink Waters · « **Reply #45 on:** August 18, 2003, 02:01:37 am »

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so far we have:

PixOS
RealOne
iTunes
WMP

LOVELY collection

Don't worry .. be happy

nila · « **Reply #46 on:** August 18, 2003, 02:28:41 am »

I am happy

All I want now is the old 'Winamp 2' feature - chose a random skin at startup - and I'd be VERY happy - that way I'd get a bright new look each time I started MC - that'd be too cool

I used to love that in Winamp - I just kept skins I liked and got a fresh one each time - they killed it for v3 (reckon the programmers were boring guys who didn't understand the concept of 'change is as good as a break' and so couldn't fathom wanting a new look randomly!!)

lol.

Thanks for the skins - any plans for new ones?

Not sure if you've looked at mini me skins - but WMP9 has some quite nice mini me ones - u could port some of those too if u get bored and felt like it

Someone ported one of them and it looked/worked great

Pink Waters · « **Reply #47 on:** August 18, 2003, 03:36:37 am »

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Not sure if you've looked at mini me skins - but WMP9 has some quite nice mini me ones - u could port some of those too if u get bored and felt like it

Someone ported one of them and it looked/worked great

well iam planning for one of 2 things...
finishing MediaOne skin first for sure

then making another one .. would be winamp! or start making mini-mes and hairstyles for the skins i launched till now!

johnfriend · « **Reply #48 on:** August 18, 2003, 05:23:27 am »

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well iam planning for one of 2 things...
finishing MediaOne skin first for sure
then making another one .. would be winamp! or start making mini-mes and hairstyles for the skins i launched till now!

Work on some Hairstyles!!!!
Love youe WMP skin...big thanks.
This Real One Skin looks great but I cam't download.

Pink Waters · « **Reply #49 on:** August 18, 2003, 05:30:41 am »

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Love youe WMP skin...big thanks.
This Real One Skin looks great but I cam't download.

And why you can't !?

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