I think those are great idea.. but let's try to first have something working :p
KKRT On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 02:08:48PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2008/6/10 Tom Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On 10 Jun 2008, at 03:24, Youness Alaoui wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 04:46:48PM +0100, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> 2008/6/7 Thomas Geirhovd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > > >>> Not wanting to sound too sceptical here (I like the idea of not > > >>> having > > >>> to upload skins and plugins manually anymore a lot), but in my > > >>> experience some of our skin and plugin authors does a poor job of > > >>> describing their own works, often because of poor skills in english. > > >>> Descriptions like "Skin for amsn 0.97" is not at all uncommon. Do we > > >>> want to remove this quality check? > > >> > > >> > > >> That's okay, because it's not our responsiblity :P Sorta kidding > > >> there. But > > >> I think when they can see their skin/plugin is going up into this > > >> sort of > > >> system then they may be more aware of the importance of a > > >> distinctive title, > > >> rather than when they just post in a forum. And we can always send > > >> authors a > > >> message, or leave comments (of course there'll be a commenting > > >> system ;) > > >> letting them know that a more 'branded' name might be more > > >> suitable, and, if > > >> they're stuck, make some suggestions :) > > >> > > > And if they're too stupid to put up a nice description, then > > > their skin might not be worth it anyways :p > > > > > > KKRT > > A description should just describe the screen shot.. Like "A dark > > skin, based on skin X by Y." Maybe tags would be more appropriate, > > like single words from specific categories. And have a system of > > inheritence. So a skinner can choose skin(s) that he/she based the > > work on. With that sort of info we can have a script write the > > description itself. > > > > Blah probably a bit much, > > > Lol, no, I like that! Maybe the automated description would be a little > control-freakish, but I think tags is a great idea, and inheritance also- > this way if users like the skin but think maybe it's not quite to their > taste, they can look at its 'ancestors' as it were :) > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Tom Hennigan > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> Over the summer I would very much like to create aMSN-Extras > > >>>> online. > > >>>> It would be community maintained, so that people could upload > > >>>> updates > > >>>> of their skins/plugins directly there. I think this will be the > > >>>> most > > >>>> effective way to do it.. Some examples from other projects: > > >>>> http://www.adiumxtras.com/, http://www.gnome-look.org/ > > >>>> > > >>>> I am willing to take this on, but I have 2 heavy weeks of exams > > >>>> ahead, > > >>>> so it won't be online for maybe 3-4 weeks... > > >>>> > > >>>> What do you think? > > >>>> > > >>>> - Tom > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On 6 Jun 2008, at 05:54, Youness Alaoui wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Hi all, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I don't know where our skin and plugins maintainer is > > >>>>> hiding, but I think it's time someone took care of posting > > >>>>> to the website all the skins and plugins that were submitted > > >>>>> on the forums. There are a lot of new skins/plugins and I > > >>>>> think that many users will enjoy them, if only they could > > >>>>> find them... > > >>>>> I also think we should show the screenshot of the skins > > >>>>> directly in the skins.php website (instead of having to > > >>>>> click on 'screenshot'), that will make it much easier for > > >>>>> the users to effectively 'browse' the available skins... > > >>>>> clicking on the screenshot would show it at full resolution > > >>>>> of course. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Who's up for doing that ? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> p.s.: as a side note, I finished reverse engineering the ICE > > >>>>> protocol used by MSN for the audio conversations, all that > > >>>>> is left now is to implement 'msn compatibility' support in > > >>>>> libnice and upgrade to the newest farsight... will be done > > >>>>> sometime soon. For those who don't know, this will allow NAT > > >>>>> traversal so audio conversations will work a lot better... > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks! > > >>>>> KaKaRoTo > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>>> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > >>>>> It's the best place to buy or sell services for > > >>>>> just about anything Open Source. > > >>>>> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> Amsn-devel mailing list > > >>>>> Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > > >>>> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > > > just about anything Open Source. > > > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Amsn-devel mailing list > > > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > > just about anything Open Source. > > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Amsn-devel mailing list > > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-devel mailing list > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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