Question on Quality Control
Brad Wardell should probably read this as well
Sunday, February 18, 2007 by Skinned Alive | Discussion: Skinning
I have a question. And please don't take this in any way disrespectful.
I was wondering if any of the BootSkins ever actually get tested before being approved?
I have scrutinized many numerous BootSkins just to see if people are getting their Skins correct. Mainly because before I did any BootSkinning I would download alot of BootSkins and sometimes I'd get a Skin that would mess up on my computer. I didn't know why at the time, so I thought the BootSkin Program had bugs and flaws in it. Anyway, wouldn't it be a good idea to have Quality Control on these BootSkins? If it's because the Moderators or whomever it is that does the approving doesn't want to actually test out the BootSkins by restarting their computers, I'm sure there's quite a few of us around that would be willing to do so. There's a guy who just had his Skin approved. No bad regards to him, you can tell it's his first Skin. The Skin itself is made up of 15 colors for the Screen and 4 colors on the Progress Bar. None of them even match. When you restart your computer, you get the old psychedelic inverted screen colors with the Progress Bar dragging artifacts along side of it. His Background is Blue, but of course the Master Palette Color isn't, so it creates a big black rectangle. This Skin already has 91 downloads has only been up a few hours.
This isn't the only Skin I've came across. I literally come across dozens. That's why I figured I'd ask this question.
I was wondering if any of the BootSkins ever actually get tested before being approved?
I have scrutinized many numerous BootSkins just to see if people are getting their Skins correct. Mainly because before I did any BootSkinning I would download alot of BootSkins and sometimes I'd get a Skin that would mess up on my computer. I didn't know why at the time, so I thought the BootSkin Program had bugs and flaws in it. Anyway, wouldn't it be a good idea to have Quality Control on these BootSkins? If it's because the Moderators or whomever it is that does the approving doesn't want to actually test out the BootSkins by restarting their computers, I'm sure there's quite a few of us around that would be willing to do so. There's a guy who just had his Skin approved. No bad regards to him, you can tell it's his first Skin. The Skin itself is made up of 15 colors for the Screen and 4 colors on the Progress Bar. None of them even match. When you restart your computer, you get the old psychedelic inverted screen colors with the Progress Bar dragging artifacts along side of it. His Background is Blue, but of course the Master Palette Color isn't, so it creates a big black rectangle. This Skin already has 91 downloads has only been up a few hours.
This isn't the only Skin I've came across. I literally come across dozens. That's why I figured I'd ask this question.
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Skinned Alive
Reply #22 Monday, February 19, 2007 3:55 PM
Reply #22 Monday, February 19, 2007 3:55 PM
Hey Brain, you're a well known Author.
You wanna get in on the action when you put up a BootSkin?
I already posted Links to Xander's Download Page and Cyberworld's Tutorial on my latest BootSkin in the Comments area.
All we have to do is just put a Link back to the two pages with a little explanation. Heck, you can just Copy and Paste what I wrote on mine if you want.
I'm sure his downloads on his Program would pick up really quickly, especially after getting noticed.
You wanna get in on the action when you put up a BootSkin?
I already posted Links to Xander's Download Page and Cyberworld's Tutorial on my latest BootSkin in the Comments area.
All we have to do is just put a Link back to the two pages with a little explanation. Heck, you can just Copy and Paste what I wrote on mine if you want.
I'm sure his downloads on his Program would pick up really quickly, especially after getting noticed.
Jafo
Reply #23 Monday, February 19, 2007 6:29 PM
Reply #23 Monday, February 19, 2007 6:29 PM
I did mine with a little trial and error....but following the actual requirements of a boot. Any attempt at deviation from, say, 22x9, or some contrived palette discrepancy proved the 'standard', not allowed change, not really.
If Bootskin Buddy follows the base requirements and flags all deviations from that I would be inclined to reject those that were flagged, certainly not assume some creative person had made 'wrong' work.
In the latter case the onus would definitely be on the uploader to demonstrate the boot's viability/success, stating deviation and function success in its description.
rabidrobot
Reply #24 Monday, February 19, 2007 8:22 PM
Reply #24 Monday, February 19, 2007 8:22 PM
Aw, shucks. I'm glad you were willing to give it a closer look Skinned Alive, and appreciate you spreading the word.
Thanks too, I.R.Brainiac (best nick ever) for your comments and suggestions! I saw those just today! I am especially glad to hear that you have found the gadget useful.
Jafo the eternal optimist.
But if we can't convince authors to try their bootskins once before uploading, I doubt we will convince them to explain their skin's idiosyncrasies. But, on the other hand, I'm with you that a strict definition of what constitutes a proper bootskin could be a useful culling point during moderation, although this also puts a certain extra responsibility on moderators to explain rejections.
[EDIT] Didn't mean to overlook Zubaz! Thanks, man!
Thanks too, I.R.Brainiac (best nick ever) for your comments and suggestions! I saw those just today! I am especially glad to hear that you have found the gadget useful.
Jafo the eternal optimist.
But if we can't convince authors to try their bootskins once before uploading, I doubt we will convince them to explain their skin's idiosyncrasies. But, on the other hand, I'm with you that a strict definition of what constitutes a proper bootskin could be a useful culling point during moderation, although this also puts a certain extra responsibility on moderators to explain rejections.[EDIT] Didn't mean to overlook Zubaz! Thanks, man!
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Reply #21 Monday, February 19, 2007 3:45 PM
Once I used BB,I never had to guess at something again...the speed and ease of creation more than offset the lost ability to fudge certain aspects(which no one noticed anyway...except when they didnt work as expected)
Yes,the interface is gawdy but it functions flawlessly and if you screenshot it without the alignment grids you have a ss with the progress bar already in the image.
And if you have a lot of prog bars...you can quickly test them in succesion.
Rapidrobot...I noticed how unique this was and I did comment.go look.