Hi Jus,
I think the skin looks great overall, maybe we can include this in 1.8 after some discussion.
I'll briefly summarize my thoughts below:
- Don't put the Mixxx logo in your skin, because it saves us changing your skin if we update our logo.
- IMO the knobs could use more "direction". At first glance, it wasn't 100% obvious to me that the red side was the tick mark on the knob.
- The drop shadows on the sliders looks weird to me. They're the only element of your skin that has depth, and they look like they're "floating". (This is hugely subjective and I'm nitpicking now, so feel free to ignore this unless someone has a suggestion on how to improve the 3D look of them.)
- PFL isn't a n00b friendly acronym.... Do you think we can throw a little cartoon image of headphones on the PFL buttons instead of that text? The outline skin has "HEADPHONE" on that button, but that won't work within your size constraints.
- I'm not sure a 1024x570 resolution is a good idea. The resolution of the outlineNetbook skin was chosen specifically so that Mixxx's UI fit on a first-generation Asus Eee PC, which is the netbook with the lowest resolution. Your skin will not fit on first generation netbooks. I'm guessing the netbook resolution you targeted with your skin is 1024 x 600, but that also raises the question about that arbitrary 30 pixels that you subtracted. What's the default height of the taskbar in Windows XP, Vista, and 7? What about the GNOME panel? KDE panel? It's tough to make a skin that cuts it close...
(Garth, correct me if I'm wrong about this skin dimensions stuff...)
Aside from these issues, I think your skin looks great. It's got a very distinct visual style and a nice colour palette. The buttons and layout are clear and the skin has fairly high contrast, which means it'll be nice to look at in the dark. :)
Thanks!
Albert
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:16 AM, jus
<j...@justmail.de> wrote:
Hello,
i would love to hear what you think.
Some remarks on the screenshot:
* The colors for the Loop overlay are same on both channels,
The loop on Channel 1 is on , the one on Channel 2 is off.
* The Loop button does currently not reflect its toggle state,
* Where to put the Mixxx logo?
Some questions for dev:
* Is there a way to display <Color> and <DisabledColor> in waveform overview
so the loop overlay appear same as in the waveform?
* Is there a way to display <cue_point> in waveform overview?
Changelog v0.80b (09 January 2010)
New
- In,Out & Loop buttons for looping function
- Color marker for cue points & loop points
- Color overlay for loops in waveform
Changed
- Size is now 1024x570 to fit Netbook`s resolution even when not in Fullscreen mode
- simple background color in Library view instead alternating colors to make it less annoying on the eyes
- small cosmetic changes
<screenshot_mixxx_r2250_latenight_080b.png>
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