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cabbiev2 theme update discussion

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JdGordon:

--- Quote from: Llorean on March 03, 2010, 02:06:38 PM ---I disagree about the "show off as much as possible" aspect.

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What I meant was that where it makes sense we should try to make use of some of the more advanced tags available.
I mean on targets with a big enough screen the default shuold have a sbs, and maybe use the playlist viewer instead of basic next track info. multifonts when there are lots of text lines close together, etc.

I obviously didnt mean to make sure we do get every avilable tag in the one screen no matter how stupid it looks.

Llorean:
I didn't think you did. I just meant that I think we should err on the side of usability, rather than err on the side of "fancy." There's a broad spectrum of things that can be done without being miserly in our use of tags, and without just stuffing every last one on there either. I just wanted to state which way I'd like to lean.

TexasRockbox:
An "all-in-one" theme might be helpful for those wanting to create a theme.  Sometimes a functioning example that can be picked apart will illustrate more than a manual.

Still, I would agree that the theme should be usuable.

Perhaps each release can have a basic, usable theme incorporating only theme changes new to that release.

MaW:
Just some considered use of multifont would be of great benefit to Cabbie, I think. I used it on iPod Video for a long time, and it's a good solid theme but it would definitely benefit from a font size bump for the title and artist information.

A nice SBS would be good as well, but I know there's been work on that in another thread.

karashata:
I don't see why updating everything that can be themed to be themed would be a bad idea, as long as it was done well. I know when I first started making themes myself I had to borrow bits and pieces from other themes until I really got a grasp on how everything went together. It would be nice to have a theme that incorporates as much as it can while still remaining usable and clean, even if it wasn't set as the default.

Maybe it's time to start working on a theme for inclusion in Rockbox as something to show off the available theme features..? Rather than updating cabbie to theme everything possible, it might be better to make a new theme and leave cabbie a little more simplified, at least until the code matures a little more and cabbie starts to look old.

As for cabbie, it might not be a bad idea to make use of multifont in some instances, and a base skin for the menus wouldn't be too bad an idea either since the old statusbar is rather tiny on the larger-screened DAPs. Anything else could probably be left as is as long as the base screen is set up correctly.

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