Windows Media Player 11-skin [MM3] v1.3 released

Blake · Post by **Blake** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:33 am

Hey Morten
Good work, it really beats up mine lol. Cant wait to use it. I can really see how much work you have been putting into these things.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:47 am

Thanks. But remember this is a-look-a-like. Nothing more, trying to make it nothing less.

WMP · Post by **WMP** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:35 am

I can't wait to get my hands on the alpha 3 release

jcferpa · Post by **jcferpa** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:20 pm

that´s perfect!!!!

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:18 pm

I could as well have released the skin now, but it won't work right before Alpha 3 is out so...

Does anyone know how I can prevent this from happening?

I want white fonts, but only in the main menu-items (File, Edit, View etc.) not (Scripts, Options, Extensions etc.)

durden999uk · Post by **durden999uk** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:06 pm

I don't have an answer for your question, Morten, but I just had to say...AMAZING! The skin looks just incredible; I had to check it actually was the Monkey, and not a WMP11 screenshot. (Don't forget about your original design skin though, that is the one that excites me the most

). MM3 is going to be fantastic, I wonder how long it will be before a fairly stable beta comes out... Keep up the good work.

BTW - When is alpha 3 coming out? You seem to know.

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:11 pm

They got a problem to solve before they can release it. It may be postponed to tomorrow+, but it's not long before they'll release it. I can't wait to release this skin so that you can try what I've been working extensively on the last week.

And yeah, I haven't forgot Glided. The MainPlayer and the FloatPlayer is finished designed/coded. The tray-player and the rest of the skin is what I have left now, but I will not finish it now, because the skinning possibilities is easier to get covered by the developers with coding an already released program, like iTunes and WMP. I promise you it will be nice though. My iTunes and WMP skins are just practice for me at this point. I will use all my knowledge and put it into Glided. The best of three world. MM3.

WMP · Post by **WMP** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:03 pm

Glided, the miniplayer? In my personal opinion I think it's too overdone. It's not an efficient design as it comes to size. It uses more space than necessary due to the layout and seeking towards a certain point is difficult with such a small slider. The WMP player way on the other side is more efficient, a long slider, text not above the slider, but it can be better

About your issue with spacing (previous page), if the photoshop-version will be the eventual player, thumbs up!

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:23 pm

The photoshop-version is only a removal of the spacing (white line on both sides) and a move of the "5 files (1 selected)"-bar. The status-bar I mean. It will look like that when the developers have done these two things. from my side of view, the coding is finished (with exception of some viewing modes buttons).

About Glided, you're talking about this right?

If you are, then I'll have to disagree with you completely.

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:23 pm

I am loving all of these new MM3 skins. You're really doing some fantastic work, Morten. I don't know whether I'm more excited for improved MM functionality with MM3 or the appeal of all these beautiful skins being made, especially yours Morten.

For me, your 'Glided' skin looks like a must-have when a stable MM3 is released.

WMP · Post by **WMP** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:57 am

Morten9300 wrote:About Glided, you're talking about this right?

If you are, then I'll have to disagree with you completely.

Yes, I was referring to that player. And well, first of all you're developing it and therefore I'm not surprised you wouldn't agree about the player being inefficient.
Perhaps I still love the player if I use it, but at first glance the layout of the player doesn't look very space-efficient and because not everybody owns a 22" widescreen..the efficiency is in my opinion an important requirement, I'm sorry

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:27 am

What are you missing? And do you really think 372*100 is big resolution?

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:58 am

considerting i just made my new trucking one with 256 by 500 fixed player size my answer would be NO.

just hope you make the fonts lighter then what are in this screen shot.

and do you think the background can be tansparent like that in the upcoming alpha versions?

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:12 pm

The support for a player which is alpha-transoerent is not completely supported yet.

gege · Post by **gege** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:35 pm

Man, this is getting really, really great! Keep up this excellent work!

I'm counting the days to see this skin completed as well as the iTunes one.

Cheers.