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new theme (kinda): retroTape
Strife89:
--- Quote from: peaceful1 on May 03, 2010, 04:40:35 AM ---do you know when the 3.6 well be released
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It will be ready when it's ready. There is no real release schedule.
Llorean:
You mean other than the release schedule we decided about before 3.0 that has led to 3.0 through 3.5 (and has been adjusted slightly for future releases)?
kostkoro:
--- Quote from: Yotto on April 28, 2010, 10:24:06 AM ---
I'm working on what you could call a "fork" of Audio-i's original theme. We're working together and sharing images and code but we have different needs for a final product. He's not releasing (as I said above) until 3.6 comes out, and I'm not releasing until some (hopefully short) time after that. I'm planning on putting some of your ideas (genre and clock most notably) in my theme somewhere, and while I agree that the meter looks nice it may just have to go :) We'll see.
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Hi again, allow me to participate in the interesting discussion.
First, I would like to notice some problems with the theme wich I have installed in my H3xx.
When status bar is off, everything works fine. When status bar is on (actually "custom") its elements are visible in the .wps, confusing the outcome. This is more obvious if it's the "B" side of the tape displayed. Apart form that: date/time from the menu mixes with the top of the counter, which seems to flicker constantly, it also mixes with the top grey edge of the tape. The letter "B" (capital) displays on the left top corner of the casette. More confusing, the "NOW: title" displays in the middle of the text info on the yellow part of the tape. This lasts a few secs, then it dissapears, as if a kind of refresh happens. But if the "NOW: title" scrolls, (because it is quite long), then it constantly appears and reappears, exceeding (of course) the limit of the tape area.
Here you can see what it looks like (screenshot from the simulator):
Second, I have some ideas about what info and where to be included in the .wps
--- Quote ---...while I agree that the meter looks nice it may just have to go
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I certainly vote for the peakmeter to remain! It is a must for a tape deck!
Other info: I managed some small modifications to original .wps, although totally newbie in code.
Thus the last line of text displays in an alternating way: A. {genre+year} B. {file format+bitrate+khz} as you can see here:
Yotto:
--- Quote from: kostkoro on May 04, 2010, 04:14:45 AM ---When status bar is off, everything works fine. When status bar is on (actually "custom") its elements are visible in the .wps, confusing the outcome.
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The obvious solution to this is to not turn the status bar on. I think this actually isn't a problem with the theme so much as a problem with backwards compatibility to a time when the status bar was actually just a status bar.
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--- Quote ---...while I agree that the meter looks nice it may just have to go
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I certainly vote for the peakmeter to remain! It is a must for a tape deck!
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I don't *want* it to go. But if I'm going to get some of those things that you want from the inaccessible status bar... something has to. Plus, I want the "next" track to be printed on the side of a cassette case so I'm losing even *more* vertical room.
The good news is - at least as far as I know - that audio-i is not planning on killing the peakmeter.
--- Quote ---... the last line of text displays in an alternating way: A. {genre+year} B. {file format+bitrate+khz}
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More info is generally better, but my personal opinion is that the info "printed" on the cassette should not change unless absolutely necessary. To me, that means it's ONLY acceptable to allow changes between tracks and to scroll long lines.
kostkoro:
--- Quote ---The obvious solution to this is to not turn the status bar on. I think this actually isn't a problem with the theme so much as a problem with backwards compatibility to a time when the status bar was actually just a status bar.
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It is the obvious solution, but this makes the (custom) status bar non-functional. I don't see the reason - from the designer's point of view- to put effort to do something that noone can use.
--- Quote ---The good news is - at least as far as I know - that audio-i is not planning on killing the peakmeter.
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Really good news!
--- Quote ---More info is generally better, but my personal opinion is that the info "printed" on the cassette should not change unless absolutely necessary. To me, that means it's ONLY acceptable to allow changes between tracks and to scroll long lines.
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It's a matter of taste, for sure. I was going to suggest a possible "placeholder change" between next track (bottom area) and the other (current) track info, bitrate, genre, year etc (tape area), but it also scrolls...
Well, I will wait for the next version- I don't forget the "promised" rounded tape! (Although it's from audio-i).
Thanks again.
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