A first attempt with WA3

[simarilius]

Was wanting to try my hand at skinning wa3 and saw an article about the ipod, and it led to this... (I'm trying to get used to the xml down at the minute)
The volume will be as on the real thing, the disc in the middle of the buttons.
Any suggestions would be welcomed.

[s0be]

ok, I know what inspired this, and i know where it came from but I just thought I'd throw this out here.

It reminded me of a thermostat.

I like it and all, but it makes me want to crank up the AC

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[whiteflip]

very apple mac like. nice work

[mc^^^^]

is that circle a speaker? that'd b cool. also give it a background teaxture or gradient of some sort

[simarilius]

yeah, I'd already decided it was too flat and given it a bit more texture. the circle is meant to be the volume control, only I cant for the life of me work out how to do rotational controls, I've realised it uses a script, just no idea how to call it.
Also cant work out how to get the seeker bar to fill in behind itself (see the first shot for the effect I was wanting to achieve)
The other thing I was wanting to do but dont know if its possible is to use one button for both play + pause, ie if it aint playing play it, if it is playing pause it and if its paused resume playing. Can I do that?
anyway heres a shot of how it currently looks in wa3 rather than the mock up I posted before.
comments or advice would be appreciated

[Bizzeh]

that is one cool ass skin...

if you need any help just feel free to ask

[Naamloos]

Originally posted by simarilius

The other thing I was wanting to do but dont know if its possible is to use one button for both play + pause, ie if it aint playing play it, if it is playing pause it and if its paused resume playing. Can I do that?
anyway heres a shot of how it currently looks in wa3 rather than the mock up I posted before.
comments or advice would be appreciated

Yup that's possible

[simarilius]

Originally posted by no*name


Yup that's possible

care to tell me how?

[Naamloos]

Yes, I have to look for the code

[Bizzeh]

post! post! post! post! post! post! post!



come on post the skin please

[simarilius]

I'll probably post a first version this weekend.
just got a few things to sort out.

[tunah]

Suggestions:
1) Grayscale the screen, it looks kinda yellow and blotchy.
2) Post it! I can't afford a real one... so i may be forced to finish mine

[SarCaSM]

actually, it fine to me. I don't see a lot if any yellow in there.

[simarilius]

Originally posted by tunah
Suggestions:
1) Grayscale the screen, it looks kinda yellow and blotchy.
2) Post it! I can't afford a real one... so i may be forced to finish mine

1) I dont really want to greyscale the screen, in all the shots of the ipod I've seen its backlit and is actually a kind of yellowy green color anyway, i might tidy it up a bit tho, as your right it is a bit messy.

2)ok I've not had any time to work on this over the last week or so, works been crazy and I was graduating from uni too, so this version doesnt have most of the things i wanted to add. ie, the disc doesnt do the volume yet, (cant work out the scripting lark, and havent had time to sit and try) only the main window is skinned and none of the buttons depress when you click them. It gives you the idea tho of whats intended.

you can get it at
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/simarilius/
the font for it is in there too.

feedback would be welcomed, and if anyone feels like enlightening me on how to do the things I was asking about above then it'd be appreciated (volume dial, seek bar and play/pause, just look up a few posts)

[Naamloos]

code:


#include "lib/std.mi"



Function updatePausePlay();

Global Button playButton, pauseButton;



System.onScriptLoaded() {

  Layout yourlayout = getContainer("Main").getLayout("Normal");

  playButton = yourlayout.getObject("play");

  pauseButton = yourlayout.getObject("pause");

  updatePausePlay();

}



System.onPlay() {

  updatePausePlay();

}



System.onPause() {

  updatePausePlay();

}



System.onResume() {

  updatePausePlay();

}



System.onStop() {

  updatePausePlay();

}



updatePausePlay() {

  if (getPlayItemString() == "") {

    playButton.show();

    pauseButton.hide();

  } else {

    pauseButton.show();

    playButton.hide();

  }

}

Fill in the above (mylayout etc... :P) good luck

[Spirit.Within]

Yahoo Briefcase requires a password :/

[simarilius]

Originally posted by Spirit.Within
Yahoo Briefcase requires a password :/

Doesnt when i try it, even when I'm logged out, or logged in as another yahoo username. You should see a folder called pod. Its public, so if it aint working I dont know why not.

Anyone else not able to see it?

[Gonzotek]

It works for me, downloading now. I'm looking forward to this skin, because I'm not shelling out $400 for one.
-=Gonzotek=-