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bluebrother:

--- Quote from: soap on April 26, 2007, 07:34:51 AM ---Feedback on this silly idea.
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I like the idea.

Another thing I'm disliking since quite a while is the fact that we ship several themes with Rockbox that aren't working on all targets. Take the Ipod mini, only a few themes are available, while on the h100 series it's much more. I'd really like to see (and was thinking about working on it myself, once I find time) the shipped themes adjusted so they work on all supported targets. As the license for that themes is clear there shouldn't be a problem (except the time ;-)

RedBreva:
In addition,

Ensuring the same case is used in the wps name etc. as in the .cfg file
  Without this you get a  failure to load in sims on linux

Every theme should set a backdrop, if none required, set it to NULL
Every theme should set Foreground and background colours
Every theme should load an iconset - the default if no custom one required
  Otherwise when changing themes, you can get unreadable display, in appropriate backdrops and massively oversized icons etc.

Personal thing, all the files Backdrops, WPS's and cfg files should reflect the name of the theme - hate having to try and tidy up, and not being sure which files belong with which theme.

I have made a start on the themes held on rockbox-themes, I always check the layout of the zip file to ensure .rockbox etc, File naming and I have check most of the 'daily build' compatible 240x320x16 files to ensure the dates are displayed correctly and that they actually load in the sim....

soap:

--- Quote from: RedBreva on April 26, 2007, 03:10:52 PM ---In addition,

Ensuring the same case is used in the wps name etc. as in the .cfg file
  Without this you get a  failure to load in sims on linux

Every theme should set a backdrop, if none required, set it to NULL
Every theme should set Foreground and background colours
Every theme should load an iconset - the default if no custom one required
  Otherwise when changing themes, you can get unreadable display, in appropriate backdrops and massively oversized icons etc.

Personal thing, all the files Backdrops, WPS's and cfg files should reflect the name of the theme - hate having to try and tidy up, and not being sure which files belong with which theme.

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All solid points.
Perhaps tonight I (or someone else (feel free to beat me to it)) should write up a wiki page on "WPS Certification"(or some such phrase) - a minimal standard of good WPS practices you can use as a checklist.  

lights0ut:
Great idea Soap, good point about the icons RedBreva, I'm done with my exams now so I can give some of the 320x240 WPS's a go, and maybe the 240x320's (as I now have a shiny new gigabeat ;) )

Llorean:
I will say, I don't think resetting to the original iconset is mandatory.

If I find an iconset I like (say a 12x12 one that'll fit many themes), it would be extremely frustrating to have to re-set the icon-set on every theme change.

When you pick a theme using too small a font for your iconset, the icons just overlap, and you can very easily pick a new one, but I think on average themes tend to use fonts in a near enough range that forcing a resetting of icons every single time is perhaps not ideal.

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