12-03-2003, 05:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Sci-Fi Bar - Futuristic Today Plugin
For those of you who love to spruce up your Today screens, check this little plugin out.
Among its many features include useful memory and battery screens, skins, and launcher buttons. You can buy a copy from Handango [affiliate]. Or, if you're feeling creative, make a good skin -- if they list it on the Skins page, they'll give you a free copy of the product!
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12-03-2003, 05:37 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 545
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Too farking huge!
This thing, while cool looking, is HUGE! Justs conjures up images of evil scrolling today screens.
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12-03-2003, 06:35 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 761
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This thing, while cool looking, is HUGE! Justs conjures up images of evil scrolling today screens
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That is exactly what I thought too 
On the other hand, if skinned properly it might look cool...
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12-03-2003, 08:50 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 524
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Re: Sci-Fi Bar - Futuristic Today Plugin
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
For those of you who love to spruce up your Today screens, check this little plugin out.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
One word - Yeuk!
That is truly uuuugggglllyyyy!
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Griph
iPhone 4 32GB Jailbroken and iPad 3G 64GB .
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12-03-2003, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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As juni said, it might look better with a nicer skin. (Not using the hideous Yellow Windows Mobile theme would also help.  ) That said, I agree that it's much too large. Unless the skin system makes it possible to rearrange or resize the display elements, with apologies to the authors, I guarantee I would never use this software.
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12-03-2003, 09:21 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 524
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Originally Posted by Dave Beauvais
As juni said, it might look better with a nicer skin. (Not using the hideous Yellow Windows Mobile theme would also help. ) That said, I agree that it's much too large. Unless the skin system makes it possible to rearrange or resize the display elements, with apologies to the authors, I guarantee I would never use this software. |
I've looked at the other skins available for it - and they are no better! I use spb Pocket Plus and Pocket Mon (Sprite Software - Pocket Backup Plus) along with the standard Date/Owner/Calendar/Mail Today settings for a neat, compact screen - agree also on that yellow! I too can guarantee that this will never get on my PPC.
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iPhone 4 32GB Jailbroken and iPad 3G 64GB .
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12-03-2003, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 5
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I'm sorry you don't like the look of the Sci-Fi Bar  ,
but I assure you that there will be better looking skins coming out very soon. (Our priorities: 1. finish the program, 2. start making skins :wink: )
As for the size, yes its big (20% of your screen), but as mentioned above, if the skins look good enough....
Making skins that matches your other today-items and themes is also a high priority, so tips on what's looking good on your today-screen would be nice :idea:
By the way, not everyone agrees with you (just look at aximsite), the response has been good, with quite a few downloads, considering it's only been out a few days..
But thanks for helping us to improve it... it's appreciated!!
Willy
Sci-FiSoft.com
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12-03-2003, 01:16 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 473
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I'm sorry you don't like the look of the Sci-Fi Bar ,
but I assure you that there will be better looking skins coming out very soon. (Our priorities: 1. finish the program, 2. start making skins )
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Hope people haven't been too harsh! But a lot of users do prefer a tidy, non-cluttered today screen. And when you already have many plugins (I have owner, date, calender, inbox, tasks, microsoft money, program/batterypack bar and spb gprs monitor) then its hard to find room for an extra plugin when I already have all that information on screen anyway.
But on a positive note, I don't think it's ugly! so i'll go against the opinion trend here... I like the modern brushed metal look. But umm.... yeah, the yellow today screen is a bit too much... :wink: Others mite like it though!
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12-03-2003, 01:21 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 434
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Hmmm. A huge skin might be just the ticket for a VGA today screen.
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12-03-2003, 01:53 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 434
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Nope. Date box remains empty no matter what the skin. Settings box requires manual entry of path and file names instead of browsing the system for easy select.
And, worst of all, knocked PIToday off my today screen.
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