Author Topic: A Sophisticated Bee  (Read 60816 times)

Bee-liever

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So not stumbling onto any bugs either?

None to report so far

- "just pop" is good, right?

sure is. makes my coloured toolbar buttons stand out


I have yet some doubts about the vertical placing of the shuffle/repeat icons. Maybe better make it horizontal? (like I did in 'Ebony and Ivory')

Your choice (of course!) but I think the vertical look is great  :)
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jistme

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I decided on horizontal, I think it looks cleaner for this one.
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9cupsoftea

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Hey Jistme, I love this skin and just started using it yesterday but I had a small issue with invisible text that caused me to think musicbee was bugged!

I made a post in the bug section with pictures if you want to see what I mean:

http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=9363.0

jistme

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My apologies for causing your mystery problem, and thanks for reporting 9cupsoftea!

I believe I ran into this problem before a while ago, the reason being the color for this text is shared with some disabled input controls in the configuration panel.
I tried a compromise to make it work for both positions. The skin is updated.
Let me know if you think it's not quite satisfactory.

Cheers!

VX

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Thanks for the update. The skin looks really great  :)

9cupsoftea

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My apologies for causing your mystery problem, and thanks for reporting 9cupsoftea!

I believe I ran into this problem before a while ago, the reason being the color for this text is shared with some disabled input controls in the configuration panel.
I tried a compromise to make it work for both positions. The skin is updated.
Let me know if you think it's not quite satisfactory.

Cheers!

Absolutely fine now, Thanks!

jistme

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Made some small refinements.

(and updated the screenshot in the startpost to reflect the improvements since the first version)

psychoadept

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I noticed the nice visualizer improvements on this one and decided to try it out, since it's mellow enough for doing lots of library work on.

Really nice!  The only thing I would change is the background on the main tabs in the left sidebar, but that's just my personal preference.  I like for the whole thing sidebar to have a solid background.
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jistme

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The only thing I would change is the background on the main tabs in the left sidebar, but that's just my personal preference.  I like for the whole thing sidebar to have a solid background.

You refer to the title bars like 'Library', 'Playlists', Internet' etc. right?
In most of my other skins they are indeed of a solid color, but that can also make it all look a little 'boxie'

For this skin I myself really like the gradients here.
If there is any problem with readability let me know, else I'm afraid I'll keep this one to my own taste ;-)

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No worries, it was just a comment.  Actually, I think having the gradients in both sidebars keeps it balanced.
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jistme

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Updated.
Track info panel and controls are now being re-positioned depending on whether 'spectrum', 'track rating' and 'last.fm love' are displayed or not.

jistme

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Updated, major overhaul of the player panel.
Last Edit: April 21, 2013, 03:32:10 PM by jistme

ZenHarmony

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I can't seem to get the visualiser on the bottom right to work the way it shows in the screenshot, is there some configuration I might have wrong?

Thanks for your help

jistme

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I can't seem to get the visualiser on the bottom right to work the way it shows in the screenshot, is there some configuration I might have wrong?

Hey ZenHarmony,
Is it not displaying at all, or is it displaying differently from the way it looks in the screenshot?

ZenHarmony

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It's actually showing as the set of little vertical bars that appears to me to be the default for the player. I just updated to version 2.1.4922 and it still isn't working for me. Is it maybe a plugin that I'm missing?

Thanks,

Lisa