TuneNet update (25/05/07)

@PEB
I missed your post.
Youll have to ask Bean for that request!!

@Curty

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I think I saw something in there. But these fancy skins you can never be sure.

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I think that's fine.

@TSK

Anything you want your skin to do, you can define it. Fixed sizes, stretchable, only horizontally, only vertically, set a minimum size, set a maximun size, have text scrolling or not, use alpha channels or not, buttons can have a hover state, a pressed state or an 'on' state. You can set a titlebar area & have alternate colours if the window is active or not... I think I'll shut it for now before Paul hits me

FuZion.

@FuZion

I hope Mason comes out with some brilliant designs to highlight some of those features.
It would also be great if Ken L. could get his hands on OS4 and apply his tallent in areas like this.

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Well, then I guess a "WELL DONE, BEAN!" is in order

saimo

@Curty

This is really sweet.. can't wait to get the new TN with skin support.

RWO

@Curty

Wow! This is looking very powerful and very promising...

@thread,

Just a little update. I'm currently brushing up one or two of the features, trying to squeeze some additional speed out of the system, + I also have 1 or 2 bugs I'd like to track down.

As someone mentioned to me; there's no point releasing something I'm not entirely happy with. Therefore it's going to take a little longer I'm afraid - at least 2 more weeks before it's released as a preview.

It's very encouraging to see people's interest in the app!

Cheers,
Bean.

@bean

It's absolutely breathtaking what you did so far with TuneNet
and i'm happy to be on the boat seeing new feature arise

We are not worthy

@Raziel

Couldnt have said it better myself!!!

@bean

Thanks and good work! We can wait a little longer... maybe ;-P

Its looking great I look forward to downloading it when ready.
[wish list]
An up date to the Midi pluging with Camd output would be a nice addition.
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@Bean

Would it possible to add, through a plug in, support for ".cust" music format ?

@nubechecorre

possible, yes.
by making a plugin based on UADE.

@spotUP

please...

@nubechecorre

I did look into and may have even started a UADE plugin but it was a little beyond me at the time!!
Perhaps its worth me getting the source back out and having a skim through.

News ?

@nubechecorre

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I'm beginning to wish I hadn't made the skin capabilities so comprehensive! Still, I've been driven by what the testers have wanted, so it'll be worth it in the end.

In brief I've reduced the CPU time for software rendering alpha GFX considerably. This was really quite a complex optimisation exercise, and involved additional processing to actually save on raw pixel mix, layer and write operations. I'm pretty pleased with the results and so were the testers - It has made complex skins viable now.

I've just added left/right scrolling for playlists, as well as working listview slider gadgets. In a way I've written a basic GUI system with some pretty flexible means of positioning, moving and laying objects. (Future use... maybe..)

In a bid not to delay the release any further I'm trying to clean up the rough edges and release as frequent updates to the TuneNet site. I have 8 items left on my list to complete before I'm happy to release.

That's really all I can say at the moment, except for a big thanks to all involved in helping move this project along!

Cheers,
Bean.

@bean

WoW ! it' s a huge update !!..

@bean

Wow, it definitely does sound like a GUI engine all of its own!

Looking forward to the next release immensly.