Support and General Use > Theming and Appearance Customization

Rockboxed - gigabeat - proposed revisions

<< < (3/3)

jmsunlinenet:
Yes, I see what you mean. But since Rockboxed comes with the initial install, the user does not have to know how to install a WPS to be able to use it, so the idea of having a number of config files is not a bad one, because selecting one from the Browse Themes menu is easy to do.

If you have to choose from

Rockbox pink
Rockbox yellow
Rockbox blue

that is pretty easy to do.

Of course, using Rockbox as an end user like me is a bit different, maybe from being a developer. If I want to edit, say my background screen or config files, all I have to do is hook up the Gigabeat, then look on the Recently Edited list in Paint.net or Open Office and make the changes I want.

Ultimately this issue goes to the question of who is Rockbox for? I discovered it a few weeks ago, because I bought my very first mp3 player just before Xmas, then was disappointed that it did not work the way I wanted. With Rockbox I could organize my albums, podcasts, and photo exactly the way I wanted.

With the orgininal Gigabeat software all sort of problems would arise. For example was the album Exodus by Bob Marley, or by Bob Marley and the Wailers? I would have to go into two different submenus to look for it, and then when it came to music by Various Artists, that was a nightmare. And was Grease! filed under Broadway, or under Rock? The list of problems was endless. And I did not want to be solving them at 70 mph in heavy traffic on I 75.

Having an mp3 player in the first place pretty much presupposes the user having access to a laptop or desktop computer, and knowing how to use it, which rules in many people, but also rules out a large number.

However, whichever way you look at it, it seems a no brainer that Rockbox should come with a user interface installed that would have clarity, simplicity, and functionality, and please most retail users and not need to be modified except by those who enjoy fiddling.

My current WPS is attached, and I don't anticipate making any more changes as it is good enough, and I have spent far too much time playing around with it! I added in the Estimated Battery Life at the top, because that seemed to me one of the few functions that is pretty useful.



[attachment deleted by admin, too old]

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[*] Previous page