A shady feather with a light pattern
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Important, Read this!
10000 downloads and counting! :D
Since there will be a Songbird v1.0 release soon I'll have to focus on shipping Sparkle 1.0.0.0 in time. I hope you'll understand, and please, if you have any suggestions or comments don't hesitate to let me know!
Inspired by some great music I decided to build yet another feather for songbird. I hope you folks out there will post suggestions so I'll have something to improve on this one.
If you happen to download my creation, please take a minute to comment and/or rate it, thanks.
//Schwadegan
Update log;
11-09-08
- Significant (color) changes on playlist table header and browser tabs.
- Performance Revamp.
- Updated all pics.
If you're wondering about the Songbird/Google screenie, I'll tell you all about it in a little while.
26-08-08
- Minor color and design improvments.
- Color changes on scrollbars & splitters.
- Modified rating stars (playlist only. faceplate will be next release.)
- More button replacements. + interactive play/pause/stop buttons as brendy suggested, Wiho!
18-08-08
- Uploaded the first gonzo styled Sparkle feather.
Due to a massive update of Songbird UI I've decided to not only update this feather to 0.7 , but also to build it from scratch on the Gonzo layout rather than keeping the less functional Rubberducky one. As a result of this you might find this release a step backwards in the development, but don't worry, It'll soon be just as good to 0.7 as it was to previous versions. If not even a little better. - Updated Screenie
22-07-08
- Changed most of the icons in this update (you might recognize them?)
- Updated Screenie + added pic of sevicepane to display some of the new icons
10-07-08
- Worked with the Miniplayer,
made it blend in better than before
10-07-08
- First off: Big thanks to DarkPassenger who found the Ratingstar-bug.
Kudos to you mate! So the updates this time is;
- Ratingstars now work as expected
- Changed to black color behind the playlist, a color you'll almost never see, but anyway.
- The tabbrowser strip is now White for increased functionality when in tabmode.
27-06-08
- Redesigned the webbar-buttons to my own design
- Updated Screenie + added pic of the new webbar
26-06-08
- Adapted the menu bar to rest of feather
25-06-08
- Feather now without graphical bugs no matter screenresulotion
- Redesigned optionmarker in leftpane and playlist + filterlists
- Gave filterlist same colors as playlist
- Updated Screenie + added pic of filterlist
24-06-08
- Changed the upper right windowbuttons
- Gave the feather SB0.7support after request
- Updated Screenie + added pic of upper right windowbuttons
(The redesigned button show icons when the pointer is hoovering them, just so you'll know)
23-06-08
- Modified the Faceplate, now more integrated look.
- Replaced the standard BugReport-button with a custom one
that goes well with play/pause buttons - Updated Screenie
22-06-08
- The LeftPane background got incresed opacity
- Removed unnecessary sparks behind playlist
- Updated Screenie
Release Notes
Ready to use with latest nightly (1.1.0rc1pre)
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This feather is very cool, I like the buttons !
Some issues :
Left Bottom white sparkle are over links
The sparkle between volume and faceplate is not needed..
Thanks!
Good you gave me a heads up there, I hadn’t thought about the sparkle that got messed up with the links :P
I’ll get right on it!
I like it, the buttons are great! Nice and creative, good work.
Maybe consider greying or slightly blurring the sparkles.
Thanks for the good work
Thank you!
I’ll be experimenting with different kinds of effects and such later today, perhaps there will be an update later today if I haven’t got to much other things to take care of …
Hello!
Would be nicer if a support for 0.7 was included
The feather seems cool to check..
Thank you for your work anyway
Hello Johny!
I’ve included support for 0.7 in the feather as you wished, you’re now ready to explore it’s coolness ;D
Hi great feather but pleas add widescreen support, because at the moment it looks this way
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3945/newbitm… .
Oh my! That will be taken care of until next update, promise! By the way, what screenresulotion are you in for? (current one is size 1280×800, I guess I’ll add about 400×250 so it will fit your screen)
Thanks for your comment, and check back later to get an update :D
its 1440×900 with a huge taskbar
good to know. I’ll get on it now.
nice, big thanks :D
No problem mate, it was a quick one!
Let me know if there’s anything else that needs attention later on.
Love the buttons
Thanks a lot Stevel
I love it, really cool, 5 stars for you. My only two suggestions are:
-New close/minimize/etc buttons are two small, in my opinion (and maybe too mac-a-like for windows users).
-The white design behind the play and pause buttons (on the upper left corner) make it difficult to distinguish from the buttons and the menu (maybe a bit of transparency?)
Just by chance, I used the background change add on when I had this also working, and I think you could try with more colors, like dark blue or green, as a background. It loos great that way, too.
Hi misterpotato!
Thank you for your comment and five stars.
Great idea with the add-on that changes the background, I haven't thought about that myself but as you said, it can be used to easily change the look and feel of this feather in seconds!
Today's update won't include any of your suggestions, but I indeed have them under consideration!
this is easily one of (if not THE) best feather i've seen for songbird. i really like the play button etc. a bug i've found with your latest update is that it makes songbird the top window. every other window is behind it. i've switched feathers and everything is back to normal. other than that its a fantastic skin. a few things i'd love to see in it though:
maybe the play, fast forward etc buttons highlight when you hover over them (like WMP 11)
i really can't think of much else. its a wonderful skin.
Whoa! Thank you so much Brendy! Its comments like yours that make feathering all worth it!
I'll take care of the on-top thing as soon as possible, good you reminded me about that.
The button highlight is a splendid suggestion too; it's very likely I'll do that!
Hello,c'est tout simplement superbe , vous devriez le proposer à Ubuntu.fr .Hello, c' is all simply superb one, you should propose it to Ubuntu.fr.
cordialement.louis.
Thank you loulou.
I dont quite get it though, where & how do you want me to propose Sparkle on Ubuntu.fr ?
Oh Man...thats a perfect work! Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot Erdhase!
I nearly cannot see the Icon if the music is been played if it isn't highlighted... Pls fix this!
As I wrote in the release note, there is more work to be done before this feather is totally adapted to the new gonzo layout. Therefore, most of this will be fixed in the upcoming release.
I don't quite get what icon you're talking about... could it be the rating stars? I haven't had time to deal with those just yet, but I have full intention to do so. If you would like to, please explain a little bit further which icon it is that causes you trouble.
Thanks for your comment!
Hello Schwadegan, (@Brendy)
I discovered while mucking about, if you right click (WinXP) on the nameplate (where the playing song is displayed) you'll get a menu that says "always on top". Un check it and you've got your desktop back with your Sparkle, [easily one of (if not THE) best feather I've seen for songbird].
PS, Songbird 0.6.1. I always keep a stable version profile.
@MCCXV
thanks alot. i was wondering why i couldn't see anything else. that helps alot!
by the way i'm really glad to see this skin make it to 0.7 and that its in the gonzo layout. i've really grown attached to it :) still the best skin i've seen so far ;)
other than changing the colour of a few elements (the sidebar, content pane etc, scroll bars, tabs, the part of the seek bar that has already been played) i think its a wonderful skin. i'm guessing the highlight over the play button etc when the pointer hovers over it is in the next release?
@MCCXV (& Brendy) ;
Yeah, that's correct, you'll find an "always on top" option there as you said. I think I've forgotten to add that to the release note for version 0.6.2.0 ( This rule only apply in 0.6.2.0 and not in 0.7.0.0, just to be completely clear. )
So thanks for your help, it's truly appreciated!
@Brendy ;
Of course I upgraded Sparkle to Songbird 0.7 and the to new Gonzo layout, considering the enormous positive response to this feather, I really feel like improving on Sparkle as much as I can and take it so close to perfection as I'm capable of.
As you said, there are a lot left to do before Sparkle reaches 0.7.1.0, and who knows? Play/pause/stop buttons just might get a little treatment too...
thats the best 0.7 skin so far :D im sure it will get better, keep up the good work! i just have one idea, that the rating stars on the playing song display panel are a bit hard to see. ^^
I'm glad you like my work, and guess what? Your wish will be granted in the next release, as I just finished working on the rating stars! I'll also change the Lastfm icons in the faceplate later on.
And thanks for your feedback Yew.
yay interactive play/pause buttons! awesome work with the latest release! just noticed though that the song notifier is now totally unreadable because the text is black and your feather has applied the black and squiggly lines on it :( which looks cool btw but its hard to read :)
also the number of items in the library is also completely invisible.
Other than that, you have my support!!
thumbs up!
@Brendy ;
Your support helping me find bugs is just as awesome as my work! I don't use song notifier myself, but thanks to you I'm aware about a bug wouldn't have seen without your feedback.
Of course I'll get on it as soon as possible. Regarding the item numbers ( and other information displayed in that area ), I'm working on that too, I just thought you could play around with 0.7.1.0 meanwhile.
@yew