NativeBird

NativeBird

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Native stuff for your bird

Description

Native buttons, titlebar and scrollbars.

Release Notes

Too many problems with Gonzo.
I'm sticking with the old layout.

Comments (36)

  1. 8 months ago
    Juksu Juksu

    Thanks for changing MacBird to NativeBird, I like because it is native, there are other good skins too, but they does not alow to use default WindowDecorator like your skin and this is the thing why i don`t like other skins.

  2. 8 months ago
    ALU ALU

    on windows there is a huge bug on the miniplayer,
    the trackbar looks fat an the background is invisible.

    keep your work up–its a great skin.

    greetz ALU

  3. 8 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    I don’t have Windows for the moment, so could you send me a screenshot ? and I’ll try to correct that later.
    Thanks.

  4. 7 months ago
    ALU ALU

    HI
    sorry for the long time but now i have the screenshot ;)

    http://img392.imageshack.us/my.php?image=minibp1.png

    thanks for your great support keep it up

  5. 7 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Here is a new version (that uses Songbird’s default CSS for the miniplayer) :
    http://tael67.free.fr/divers/songbird/nativebird08.4bbeta.xpi
    Please tell me if it’s better.

  6. 7 months ago
    ALU ALU

    hi tael

    on your link I get an 404Error

    greetz ALU

  7. 7 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Hum, strange, the form removed some characters.
    Have a look here : http://tael67.free.fr/divers/songbird/

  8. 7 months ago
    ALU ALU

    http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mini2ea0.png

    thats the result of your work.

    in the “jump to” dialog is no close button thats another bug that i’ve found.

    PS: sorrsy for my bad english

    greetz Alu

  9. 7 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    I didn’t like the actual miniplayer and had too many problems with it, so I removed it for the moment. Please use Rubberducky’s instead, sorry.
    But I’m thinking on a new way to minimize the bird.

    I tested it on Windows XP and didn’t see any problem with the “Jump to” window.

    Thanks for your interest !

  10. 7 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Finally I added a layout similar to the JumpTo feather.

  11. 6 months ago
    beaver82 beaver82

    great addon!
    there is a bug; it’s missing the resized topbar (the one with play/pause volume….)

  12. 6 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    The topbar should be there (look at the screenshots).
    Which OS are you using ?
    Could you send me a screenshot ?

  13. 5 months ago
    effigy effigy

    There are some screenshots here: http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…

  14. 5 months ago
    ashughes ashughes

    @Tael_
    This addon is very buggy in 0.6rc5. Please correct the following bugs:
    http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…
    http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…
    There also appears to be some conflict between Native Bird and Jump To Feather:
    http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…
    I do not know if this is a problem with your addon or not, but I think it would be wise to follow that bug thread and see what comes of it.
    Cheers.

  15. 5 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Thanks a lot for reporting these bugs !
    I uploaded a new version that should correct some of the problems (but not the Windows crash).

  16. 5 months ago
    leoperbo leoperbo

    Very good! Mini player could be better, but this feather is a “must have” if we like to manage SongBird’s window like the rest of windows in our system.

  17. 5 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Dear NativeBird users, I’m trying to create a native theme for Firefox.
    You can see it here :
    https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/7792

  18. 4 months ago
    metalmarious metalmarious

    thx alot this a decent native theme that doesnt drive me crazy

  19. 4 months ago
    piet85 piet85

    Hey Tael,
    cool Theme you wrote. The screenshots are very nice.
    Sadly it does not look that nice on my Linux. So I use Glossy Coat Theme. But I usually got my close/minimize/maximize buttons on the left hand side and songbird is the only application with having them on the right. But with your theme I got my usual Window Title, also the buttons are on the left. So I just like to "mix" both themes. Can you please tell me how to set the standard window title? Where in your theme is this defined? I just need the place where the code stands. Inserting it in the other theme hopefully will not be that difficult.

  20. 4 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Sorry but I didn't make any custom changes to the "titlebar", it just uses Xulrunner's one, so I don't really know where you could change that.

    I'm currently working on recoding Nativebird from the scratch to make it compatible with 0.7 and it might correct your problem, so stay tuned.

  21. 3 months ago
    piet85 piet85

    Ok, so please can you tell me in which file on which line I can tell songbird to use XULrunner's standard titlebar? I suggest all other themes (including rubberduckly) use any other titlebar and your's is the only one using the standard bar. I hope you can help me anyway!
    Sorry for maybe annoying you, but I just want songbird to use my standard window manager and not creating it's own titlebar.
    That's a point I really don't understand why some programs want to force their own design without taking any care whether it fits in the users GUI or not. For Mac you made a solution, but for linux there is none at the moment.

  22. 3 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Open your theme's install.rdf file and in
    <songbird:layouturl>chrome://songbird/content/feathers/basic-layouts/xul/mainplayer.xul</songbird:layouturl>
    <songbird:showchrome>false</songbird:showchrome>
    change showChrome to true.

    (Note : this can cause some glitch in the theme)

  23. 3 months ago
    piet85 piet85

    Thank you a lot, it worked and looks great.

  24. 3 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    I need testers on Windows and Linux (to take screenshots and report problems)!
    Please send me an email at tael67@gmail.com

  25. 3 months ago
    GeekShadow GeekShadow

    The extension looks buggy on Windows :
    http://antoineturmel.free.fr/img/nativebird.png

  26. 3 months ago
    komi staff komi

    @ Tael_

    Can't wait for native bird based on Gonzo! Please feel free to email me directly with any suggestions/change requests you might have about the the CSS/images/layout that would make your life easier from a feather developer point of view.

  27. 3 months ago
    Juksu Juksu

    Is there any native theme for songbird 0.7 that looks earlier Native Birds, I Don“t like Gonzo at all.

  28. 3 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Once I've finished the Gonzo version, I'll make a Rubberducky version.
    Just be patient (or send me patches).

  29. 3 months ago
    sabayenda sabayenda

    Hi, I'm using Ubuntu, and I tried your feather (which is a great idea) but everything's all squashed, graphics are split in half, there's a 1pxl border all around songbird inside of the window, and all the menus are GONE. Can someone help me get my menu back? It's kind of important...

  30. 3 months ago
    ecclesia ecclesia

    I just tried this and had the same problem (should have read your thread). Try this: if you haven't closed your window try installing the feather again, this will bring up the add ons window. After that, cancel your reinstall, and you can see a place to uninstall the nativebird feather. Once you do that and restart you're back to normal. Good luck.

    This is a great idea by the way, I wish it worked better with Ubuntu, it would make songbird fit the rest of my system theme and would integrate better with Compiz. Let me know if you need a screen shot or a test machine or something. Peace.

  31. 2 months ago
    jango jango

    Fantastic...it fits very well on my Acer Aspire One linpus Linux....

    Thanks

  32. 2 months ago
    tarun2000 tarun2000

    Looks great!

    One fairly major bug I'm experiencing is that the Tools > Options dialog renders incorrectly. The tabs on top end up being vertical instead of horizontal.
    I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, but my window manager is Emerald

  33. 2 months ago
    Tael_ author Tael_
  34. about 1 month ago
    RPG_Master RPG_Master

    Do you plan on updating this feather once they make Gonzo more stable? While I do like having Songbird look like the rest of Ubuntu, I really miss the new layout.

  35. about 1 month ago
    Tael_ author Tael_

    Sorry but I don't have time to work on that anymore, so I won't add Gonzo layout (but of course if someone sends me a patch, I'll add it).

  36. 14 days ago
    Miya_ubuntu_gurl Miya_ubuntu_gurl

    omigosh i LOVE it!!!! I have futurelooks silver as my gtk theme and this goes PERFECTLY with it!!! Yay thank you!

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