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Displaying "stop"... and other (unnecessary?) images

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Chronon:
Omitting images will shorten the time spent making a theme, though.   ;D

Though, in fairness it's only the stop image that we've discussed omitting.

linuxstb:
I would hope that in the future the status bar could be themeable in some way, so I would hope that theme designers keep producing STOP icons for their themes - they may not be useful today, but they probably will be in the future.

And if you're using bitmap strips (which are perfect for things like the playback status icons), then it doesn't add to the filecount.

hhannah:

--- Quote from: linuxstb on April 10, 2008, 02:43:10 PM ---I would hope that in the future the status bar could be themeable in some way, so I would hope that theme designers keep producing STOP icons for their themes - they may not be useful today, but they probably will be in the future.

And if you're using bitmap strips (which are perfect for things like the playback status icons), then it doesn't add to the filecount.

--- End quote ---

OK, so I guess this makes it completely clear. In other words, as long as you put your images using bitmap strips, it doesn't really matter how many subimages you have, or their size. That makes 1),2) & 4) irrelevant. Bitmap strips should be a complete chapter, which would cover 3)

As for the "stop" note, it could be:

Note: Currently, playing status 0 (stop), is only entered for a brief period of time when the last file in a playlist ends, just before “menu” screen is automatically displayed.

In that way, people writing themes could decide wether to use it or not, until what linuxstb mentions about the progress bar (or something else), changes.

Chronon:

--- Quote from: linuxstb on April 10, 2008, 02:43:10 PM ---I would hope that in the future the status bar could be themeable in some way, so I would hope that theme designers keep producing STOP icons for their themes - they may not be useful today, but they probably will be in the future.

--- End quote ---

It almost seems like producing the status bar theme would be better done once those details are nailed down though.  I would guess that a lot of theme authors would want to use different graphics for the themed status bar than they do to signify playback state on the WPS.

But I take your point about discouraging people from doing something that may be useful in the future.  Maybe we could advise people in what context the STOP icon is expected to be used (i.e. the status bar).

LinusN:
I also anticipate that the WPS may some day be able to show even when the music is stopped.

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