GUI Olympics: Week 3 Results

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: GUI Championships News

Week 3 results!

After lengthy and careful consideration, here are the results for week 3 of the GUI Olympics.

Event: WindowBlinds - Most creative visual style

Rank Author Skin
MikeB314 Airlock
essorant Pixel 8
^^Gabriel G-Pod
treetog Antares
danilloOC Sektor

Event: IconPackager - Best themed (icons that fit a specific theme) icon package

Rank Author Skin
treetog Thunder Storm (Icons)
volter15 Smile 3 ))
farid nafar HFN Sapphire

Event: WinAmp Pro - Most usable Winamp skin

Rank Author Skin
Andrew Mackowski EMP 2
Anemovatis AR7
kriptoner D-Reliction

Event: WindowBlinds - Best themed visual style (a visual style that fits a specific theme)

Rank Author Skin
treetog Thunder Storm WB
- vf - Alloy Bezel 4
Scarebear 10pin
EventHorizon Mime

Event: IconPackager - Best Pseudo-OS icon package (an icon package that you could see coming with an operating system)

Rank Author Skin
Miloszwl d3A
Leothar Amdio
Rokey The Last Order

Event: WinAmp Pro - Best power user Winamp skin

Rank Author Skin
Andrew Mackowski EMP 2
a-t-o-m-i-c Impulse
Muniom Designs Resurgence

 

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Sunshine Elements
Reply #161 Friday, May 28, 2004 9:32 PM
sounds good vag..u can probly count me into it. -matt

dlinkwit27
Reply #162 Friday, May 28, 2004 11:31 PM
>>Can you list the faults as you see it? << Most useable != huge buttons. I want double click-able windows. I can double click the playlist in D-R, like I can on the wa5 modern skin and every classic skin, and get a stick mode, but for EMP I have to freakin button to get it into stick mode, and there is no non-tooltip lable. there aer some black smudges, but I can't make those out at my resolution (1152*864)closed the playlist twice before getting a stick mode out of it. All any of its mode/close buttons have are black marks which I can't see becase my MOUSE POINTER IS ON THE BUTTON WHEN THEY DISPLAY! How is that better usability than clearly marked buttons and a double-click-to-stick playlist? Explain that to me please.

dlinkwit27
Reply #163 Friday, May 28, 2004 11:35 PM
furthermore: where is the menue button on EMP2's stick mode? What about DR's docking capability? Tell me how that doesn't make it more usable than EMP?

VAG - METASKINS
Reply #164 Saturday, May 29, 2004 10:52 AM
dlinkwit27 there is not only D-R that lost on this category, have you seen GrayZ and LayerONE's usability and docking system? Anyway........

biohazard emirua
Reply #165 Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:59 AM
dlinkwit27 EMP2 is also a double click-able windows.... and also in the playlist.... and everything has lables... not like other skins.... and if you are asking for labels for the top part where ut says file, play, etc... then u most be blind... I dont understand what u are saying about the close buttons... but let me tell you that EMP2 buttons are very clear and u dont have to search them every time and wait for a label to appear to check if that is the right button.... Btw... in the stick mode u can get the menu if u make a right click... ¬¬ ... well at least I think u asked for that menu... and c'mon... all the skins have dock capabilities... and u can modify it in the winamp preferences.... but again this is just my opinion and the judges may have different ideas...

dlinkwit27
Reply #166 Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:26 PM
>>.... and also in the playlist....<< no it doesn't. Not unless he fixed it and re-submitted a new version lables, I want lables for my buttons. I don't want to have to mouse-over everything to figure out what it does. and I cant see whatever the lables are on EMP2 becuase my mouse is over them when I move my mouse on them. >>and c'mon... all the skins have dock capabilities... and u can modify it in the winamp preferences....<< oh really? where? I understand D-R wasn't the only skin that lost, but what I am trying to prove is that EMP is lacking a LOT of features that at least one other skin had. No reason in hell it got first other than it has a big assed play button.

dlinkwit27
Reply #167 Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:28 PM
damn i need an edit button. I found EMP2's area to double click to make the playlist a stick-mode. Very bottom left of the "titlebar." I accidently found it, but I did. Still though, it's a VERY small area to find, and it shoudl be the entire titlebar area which has no lables. (ie, the playlist editor text, the area in between help and the minimum (or is it close? let me wait a few seconds for the tooltip since I can't see a lable on it anywhere) buttons)

dlinkwit27
Reply #168 Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:31 PM
son of a! i'ma disable the the return key. ok, I did find the docking option. I was wrong about that. My apologies.

biohazard emirua
Reply #169 Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:40 AM
hey dlinkwit27 maybe ur problem is that u havent tried another color scheme...

President Evil
Reply #170 Sunday, May 30, 2004 1:49 PM
Stop the diplomacy and just say it: EMP2 looks liks shit. it's revoltingt o see a few hundred kb's webspaces wasted on such a horrific piece of "art". A good winamp skin is indeed a lot more complicated to make than a windowblinds skin or icons package. I said a GOOD winamp skin, not some noobs crap like 90% of the entries. Muniom, Plague and rpeterclark know something about it, they're some of the best skinners/coders in the business, and their opinion is the only that weights something in this long assboring speeches page. but right, the wincustomize people cant know that, all they do is download icons and wallpapers

Frogboy
Reply #171 Sunday, May 30, 2004 2:39 PM
Unfortunately for them, it appears that the peasantry is the one who gets to judge the entries.

EventHorizon
Reply #172 Monday, May 31, 2004 2:15 AM
President Evil said: "EMP2 looks liks shit. it's revoltingt o see a few hundred kb's webspaces wasted on such a horrific piece of "art"." ^^This is his OPINION on EMP2... Then, he said: "Muniom, Plague and rpeterclark know something about it...their opinion is the only that weights something in this long assboring speeches page." So, their opinons are the only ones that really matter, eh? What about your opinion, Mr Prez. Evil? Does it count? ...I see you do not hesitate to spout your criticism of EMP2... Mudslinging will get you nowhere, unless of course, you are aiming to be shown to the door.

President Evil
Reply #173 Tuesday, June 1, 2004 3:49 AM
It's Mr. President for you son.

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