iTunes skins???

[twister]

So they say iTunes 3 may be on it's way, soon. Well it just might have skins because Quicktime now has skins.

---www.apple.com/quicktime/download/---
6. Create designer media skins.
Make your own fashion statement with media skins that create a unique look and feel for your movie. Learn How.
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That'd be SWEET!

Twister

[Ricky]

Originally posted by twister
So they say iTunes 3 may be on it's way, soon. Well it just might have skins because Quicktime now has skins.

---www.apple.com/quicktime/download/---
6. Create designer media skins.
Make your own fashion statement with media skins that create a unique look and feel for your movie. Learn How.
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That'd be SWEET!

Twister

Actually, Twister, that ability has been around since Quicktime 5 was released. That's old news... Sorry to burst your bubble...

[twister]

Well iToons needs skins anyways. Now we have audion which has skins and works with iPod too. So for iTunes to keep up it needs skins.

Ok that's my two cents.

Bubble still intact.

Twister

[Snowball]

Sorry, BUT...
The "skins" you guys are referring to are not true skins like those you can download for Audion, SoundJam, WinAmp, etc. Instead, someone who makes a movie can include a unique skin just for that movie. This skin is movie-specific; it cannot be applied to QT permanently the way a skin for Audion would - once you playback a different movie, the "skin" goes away.

It would be great if Apple wasn't so d@*! hostile to changing their various interfaces, which have kinda gone <flameshield ON> downhill with OS X... (but not as badly as XP has). I mean, the Dock really sucks, at least when compared to the <flameshield DOUBLESTRENGTH> Taskbar which has 3x more functionality. It is the first thing I replace with LaunchBar! It could have been so much more: http://wormintheapple.gr/articles/AltDock.html
Not that I think that's the best solution but it is much better than the current one...

[chemistry_geek]

http://www.resexcellence.com/

has iTunes skins and instructions on how to apply them.

[voice-]

SNOWBALL!!! I'm a TAD angry with you! I went to that site and read it all. I started at the top and loved it all. I visited the links along the way and studied the screenshots. When I got to the bottom I was EXPECTING an app, that's how hyped up I was, but alas, no such thing. Please give a warning so that you don't waste peoples time...shiez, it must be harder to fake the screens than making the app...

[vertigo]

By forcing Mac OS to utilize the inferior GUI capabilities of UNIX, Apple has given up its greatest asset.

what an idiot. inferior GUI capabilities of UNIX? come on, get a clue.

some interesting screenshots, however. i think some of the proposed ideas would fail simply because they're _too_ thought out. the dock, if nothing else, is a simple, flat organization tool. some of those proposed ideas would require several clicks in sequence to do what the dock can do in one, or a keyboard command and one click could do from the finder.

[Snowball]

sorry Voice: I had the exact same reaction as you when I read that article, and got the link to it the same way you did (through a forum I mean) I read it, get to the end, and say "WHAT! No link!" I was actually considering learning how to program for Mac OS X so I could write a hack similar to that, but haven't had the time lately... Maybe Unsanity would be interested?
I think it would be a really cool replacement, but would need some modifications before it is truly viable, like Vertigo brings up. Also, I think some things like Dock animations (aka Toast's burning progress), Mail.app's "new mail" indicator, application's custom Dock menus (aka iTunes), and Docklings (aka MacReporter) are impossible to support in a hack like this because Apple doesn't want the Dock messed with!

vertigo: yes, this article was written (right before OS X.0 came out) by an interface nut who may take his organization concepts a bit far, but calling him an idiot is a little harsh. He's not thoughtlessly bashing Apple or anything! He just wants to see some changes, and writes a very convincing (but in some ways not viable) proposal . I agree with more of his ideas than not, and always enjoy reading interface improving suggestions. And UNIX without Xwindows, etc. DOES have an inferior GUI because it's just a command line!