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ONGOING DEFAULT THEME CONTEST!!!

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bluebrother:

--- Quote from: lazka on June 13, 2007, 04:11:49 PM ---imho there should only be a contest for one target (maybe one with a bigger diplay) and after that is done this WPS can be ported to the other targets.

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I disagree -- porting especially large, colored themes to monochrome, small displays will look really ugly on all except the original device. To make a theme look nicely on all supported players all those should be kept in mind while designing.

denny:
What about separate themes for the archos targets and another for all larger screened targets? The reason I ask is that keeping any sort of continuity between the large versions of my theme and the archos versions is a bit difficult. It makes more sense both visually and functionally if the theme used on the small archos screens is different to the one used as a default for the other targets.

Llorean:

--- Quote ---1) It must work on all targets. This doesn't mean it needs to look identical on all targets, or even have exactly the same information (for example, if the screen is small, you could leave off next track information if you chose to include it). It just needs to have a similar visual "feel" between versions. It can even use different fonts on each target. Note: To be considered working on targets with LCD remotes, it MUST include a RWPS.
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Clearly on the very small screens, you can stretch "feel the same" quite a bit. If you're playing with 1bpp and a very small number of pixels, you can't be expected to have them look identical, but I felt "feel the same" was vague enough to give people the elbow room they need, but not at the same time allow for vastly different themes on each. If that were the case we could just have a vote on our favorite theme from each gallery, and be done with it.

pixelma:
I think the same as Llorean. The iCatcher theme proofs that it is possible as it in my opinion provides the same feel even on my Ondio. I appreciate it more now that I also try to make an all-targets theme, having the problem the other way round because I started off with Archos, made an 160x128 greyscale version but now it's really hard for me to nicely fill larger screens...

On a related note, the Archos screens aren't that far away from the iRiver lcd remotes (in number of pixels) which should also be considered and are even more problematic 'cause at the moment there is no way to have different fonts for main screen and remote, so you probably end up using a larger font than for the Archos version.

P.S. If one candidate catches my interest and gives me an idea, I'd be willing to help with the Archos "port" (giving feedback, especially since it looks quite different on the target than in the sim).

denny:
Maybe I didn't make my point very well. What I meant was that perhaps it would make more sense to have a specific wps for targets with troublesome screens, to produce a better end result. Especially if the same wps for archos targets, according to the rules, can be very different from the same wps for larger screen targets. I don't see how it would equate to choosing the best theme for each target.

I don't wish to argue, and I'm sorry if it comes across that way.

Anyhow, I've once again run out of time and wont be able to work on my entry for a long time :(. Good luck to those attempting this, its harder than I imagined.

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