New Theme for the Gigabeat: Derivative

[Monkeytamer]

Hey all, I had created this theme a long while ago, but refrained from uploading and releasing it due to previous limitations in the display of the WPS. With the advent of Viewports, and in my opinion, very manageable and straightforward syntax, I would like to get some final feedback on my theme before adding it to the Wiki.

I updated it just last night, so the WPS code is a bit hackish, but it definitely displays the manner in which I intended. This is evident by the somewhat excessive amount of whitespace, but if anyone knows a better way to circumvent transparent lines that run across the album art (this is due to conditional lines that update along the album art's location IIRC), I would greatly appreciate your assistance.

Note that this is an adaptation from Deft's BeatMP theme, and hence is why I named it Derivative.

 

Features:
- Large album art (220x220)
- Application of Viewports for precise margins when scrolling track information
- Easy-to-read font (nimbus-12)

I'm open to any suggestions for modifying it's appearance, as I haven't made any aesthetic changes since I had first created it almost a year ago. Thank you for looking!

[Chronon]

It looks nice and clean.  Maybe when I get another Gigabeat. . .

[Monkeytamer]

I've added the theme to the Wiki, in spite of my ineptitude in editing at this time in the morning. Thank you for the kind words Chronon

[hhannah]

Nice!
What do you mean by this?:

...This is evident by the somewhat excessive amount of whitespace, but if anyone knows a better way to circumvent transparent lines that run across the album art (this is due to conditional lines that update along the album art's location IIRC)...

[Febs]

This is a very nice theme, and I hate to be too much of a stickler, but I don't see any license posted for Deft's BeatMP theme, so in order to post your theme on the wiki, you will need to get Deft's permission.

[Monkeytamer]

I actually did, although that was quite a while ago. I may still have the email, but what exactly would be the appropriate method of getting his permission? I know I did ask for it and obtain his approval in advance though.

Nice!
What do you mean by this?:

Oh, I simply mean in the .wps code, it looks a bit sloppy, as I was running into issues where transparent lines would cut across the album art. I simply moved all of the code down enough lines to work around the issue. I haven't observed any issues with this, and it was a recommended solution on the tracker for Viewports.

[hhannah]

Oh, I simply mean in the .wps code, it looks a bit sloppy, as I was running into issues where transparent lines would cut across the album art. I simply moved all of the code down enough lines to work around the issue. I haven't observed any issues with this, and it was a recommended solution on the tracker for Viewports.

Oh OK... well album art could be in it's own viewport, I don't think that "whitespace" is necessary, and it would be good if anything else would be in a viewport (not necessarily of it's own, though!) to avoid such issues (since volume, battery, hold, repeat, etc are not placed within any additional viewports) Also sometimes those empty space lines you have inbetween commands are actually "displayed" on the wps and can sometimes cause images clipping 

[Monkeytamer]

Thank you for the advice hhannah. I tried the method of implementing more viewports to contain dynamic bitmaps, yet this seems to prevent images from loading. Perhaps you might be so kind as to take a look at some of the code, because I am uncertain as to how I can implement viewports for bitmaps. I made an attempt, but the images refused to display.

[terrence1019]

Cool theme. Can you port it to Sansa e200 series?

[Monkeytamer]

I might give it a shot, depending on whether I have enough time to work out the dimensions for how to properly display the WPS. Unfortunately, I don't look forward to writing a .wps file any time soon, so it could be a while.

[bzavala]

Monkeytamer:

I like it! How cool is it that for gigabeat screens you can fit a lot of info in there while in the ipod, being a horizontal screen, you are very limited .

I love the size of the album art!

Ben

[Monkeytamer]

Monkeytamer:

I like it! How cool is it that for gigabeat screens you can fit a lot of info in there while in the ipod, being a horizontal screen, you are very limited .

I love the size of the album art!

Ben

Thank you for the support! The main thing I was aiming for in this theme is large album art, while sacrificing as little real estate as possible for other aesthetics/features, such as the status bar and track information.

My apologies to anyone who may have downloaded a corrupted copy of the .wps I had uploaded earlier today. I had a bit of a coding mishap I neglected to verify, but everything should be fixed now.

[soap]

I actually did, although that was quite a while ago. I may still have the email, but what exactly would be the appropriate method of getting his permission? I know I did ask for it and obtain his approval in advance though.

The best way would be to convince him to put a license on the WPS, so that it is clear for everyone now and into the future.
Hint Hint.
 

[Monkeytamer]

Thank you for clarifying that bit of information. I'll get to contacting Deft as soon as possible.