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Title: Polar Bear Dreams
Post by: Bee-liever on September 11, 2012, 05:33:42 AM
ATTENTION!
Compatibility of this skin with version 2.5 or earlier is not guaranteed.

A pale light blue/white/gold skin predominately based on polar bear fur.
Originally created in conjunction with hiccup's (jistme) King Penguin (http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=7200.0).

Polar Bear Dreams

(http://i.imgur.com/D1pUF5m.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/RClLHy8.jpg) (http://imgur.com/RClLHy8)


UPDATES

August 13, 2017: now XMLC extension skin

July 22, 2016:

January 26, 2015:

February 4, 2013:

December 10, 2012:

October 4, 2012:

October 1, 2012:

September 12, 2012

DOWNLOADS
If updating from the old .xml skin, please delete that skin before installing the new .xmlc version

Download from Skins section of MusicBee Add-ons here (http://getmusicbee.com/addons/s/?type=1).

More information and other skins can be found on the wiki (http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Skins)

Like always, any comments or criticisms (hopefully constructive)  :) , or any mistakes found, please let me know.
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: beeing good on September 11, 2012, 06:59:38 AM
That a nice one! Love all the little touches you've done to it and it's easy on the eye.
Good work!
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: VX on September 11, 2012, 10:31:23 AM
Well done  :) But I'd appreciate slightly darker fonts for better readability.
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on September 11, 2012, 12:54:02 PM
I'd appreciate slightly darker fonts for better readability.

Do you realize how hard it is to find dark shades on a polar bear!!!!  :P

Joking aside, is that in general or in a specific area?


Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: lnminente on September 11, 2012, 02:03:34 PM
Pick the colour of some dirty nails :D (+1 for darker fonts too)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: VX on September 11, 2012, 07:38:16 PM

Joking aside, is that in general or in a specific area?


I mean slightly darker fonts in general, but it would be particularly useful for Now Playing list.
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: jistme on September 11, 2012, 09:46:11 PM
A very nice addition, and again some out-of the box thinking from you.
Smart using the top bar that way.

Some comments:  (only to show I have an opinion about almost everything ;-)

- doubts about the 'music' icon. Blue is a choice, but it's looking a little too sketchy compared with the rest.
- tabs when shown in captionbar could be better in style with top bar.
- I like the way you created the top bar. The small horizontal brown line in it stops a little abruptly on the left side, more clearly showing pix width of image element used.
- What happened to the Penguin and his wife after he woke the Icebear? He never returned!



 

Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: lnminente on September 11, 2012, 10:27:42 PM
- tabs when shown in captionbar could be better in style with top bar.

I add a quote for completing that:
to override the tabs bar when docked in the caption bar and the player is docked at the top:
  <element id="TabsBar.TabInCaptionBarTop.Default" bg="15,215,215" fg="30,30,130" bdr="170,10,170" />
  <element id="TabsBar.TabInCaptionBarTop.Highlight" bg="145,245,5" fg="220,220,20" bdr="10,10,190" />
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on September 12, 2012, 03:20:08 AM
I'd appreciate slightly darker fonts for better readability.

+1 for darker fonts too

I've darkened the fonts several shades while still preserving the "golden" tone I was trying to achieve.
I could go a few shades darker, if needed, but anymore than that and they start to just look brown.


- doubts about the 'music' icon. Blue is a choice, but it's looking a little too sketchy compared with the rest.

Was trying to be consistent across my skins, but have compromised by changing the one in the tab.
Might suggest to Steven that if <element id="MusicLibraryInTab"> is defined, it also changes the one in the main body?

- tabs when shown in captionbar could be better in style with top bar.

Had that in the code and somehow had the colours round the wrong way  ???

- I like the way you created the top bar. The small horizontal brown line in it stops a little abruptly on the left side, more clearly showing pix width of image element used.

Another one I had done and then didn't update. doh!

Enjoy the improved "Polar Bear"  8)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: VX on September 12, 2012, 11:45:58 AM
After the update it looks much better and it's more readable. Thanks  :)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: lnminente on September 12, 2012, 12:23:17 PM
Yep, a lot better and easier to the eyes. Thanks :)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on September 13, 2012, 02:04:05 AM
No problems. That's why I always ask for feedback.  :)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on October 01, 2012, 04:27:18 AM
Updated

Details in first post
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: jistme on October 03, 2012, 02:57:33 PM
- I think you've overlooked the colors of the spectrum analyzer when the player is on the bottom in 'flat' layout.
- also the progress bar and background then seem to have indistinguishable colors.
- the almost black borderline around the docked edit-window might be nicer if it had the same color as the border below.

(http://i.imgur.com/UzESjs.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/UzESj.png)

For the rest it's very smooth and unique.
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on October 04, 2012, 12:59:48 AM
Updated - new link in first post
- I think you've overlooked the colors of the spectrum analyzer when the player is on the bottom in 'flat' layout.


Hmmm.  Could be time for me to get new glasses. "Overlooking" something that bright  ::)

Thank you Jistme, have made changes as suggested and does blend together better (IMO)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on December 10, 2012, 02:21:07 AM
Updated!

See link in first post  :)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: jistme on December 10, 2012, 09:01:56 AM
That's becoming a very, very sophisticated Bear.
Soon he'll be starting smoking pipe...
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on December 10, 2012, 11:10:33 AM
I'll get the gentleman's dueling pistols on order  ;)
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on February 04, 2013, 09:54:17 AM
updated.

See first post for details.
Title: Re: and Polar Bears
Post by: Bee-liever on January 26, 2015, 12:23:53 PM
major update finally completed for this one

details in first post
Title: Re: Polar Bear Dreams
Post by: Bee-liever on July 22, 2016, 08:11:35 AM
updated for MB3.0

info and link in first post
Title: Re: Polar Bear Dreams
Post by: Bee-liever on August 13, 2017, 12:46:46 PM
Updated for 3.1
Details in first post
For download, see Add-ons section or link updated in first post