NOW we can upload UNFINISHED WORK for approval ??????
Monday, April 30, 2007 by Murex | Discussion: Community
I sure would like to know what guide lines moderators use to accept DXthemes. When I make a theme I try to upload a working theme. And to me a working theme is one that requires very little modification by the user to have a working desktop. I go to the trouble to name all objects so if the user ever has to find it in the objects list they can find it easily. I list all the most popular programs in the menus. If it's a text list I always put some text on the menu so the user can just clone the text and choose the program .exe and chance the name to the desired program. I include DXplayer, meters. time, weather and calendar. The themes usually received a rating of 2 .5 from the mods. a couple received a rating of 3. Well I accept the rating mainly because there is nothing I can do about it. Here lately it seems skinners are doing less and less all the time and still receiving 2.5 to 3 rating. But today I saw a DXtheme that was approved with a rating of 3 and all the skin had was task bar, system tray, clock and a few lines of text. And most of them didn't even bring up any programs. Oh it also had a couple of blank menus. Even the author of the skin stated it was an unfinished skin and wanted people to tell him if it was worth finishing and even listed 2 know problems with it. And the text is in a different language which is ok except there isn't any tool tips to let you know what will happen when clicking on the object. So you have to click on it to see what it does.... BIG surprise it shuts the computer down.
Are we now able to upload unfinished work and ask the users. Do you like my work, should I finish it..
It is not fair to the customers of Wincustomize to approve unfinished work to be downloaded.
So I ask you JUST WHAT do you use as a guide line when you approve a skin. I really would like to know because I have spent the last 3 years trying to figure it out.
Are we now able to upload unfinished work and ask the users. Do you like my work, should I finish it..
It is not fair to the customers of Wincustomize to approve unfinished work to be downloaded.
So I ask you JUST WHAT do you use as a guide line when you approve a skin. I really would like to know because I have spent the last 3 years trying to figure it out.
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Bebi Bulma
Reply #62 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:26 PM
Haven't seen many of those, it's the "i downloaded this file but wut do i do wit it?!!?" that annoys me, seeing as how a quick search would answer most of those questions.
Reply #62 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:26 PM
Am I the only one who gets tired of seeing noobs (don't mean to use this word in a negative way) start threads because this or that screwed up something on their PC. Yes, I know, it's not always because of a WIP.
Haven't seen many of those, it's the "i downloaded this file but wut do i do wit it?!!?" that annoys me, seeing as how a quick search would answer most of those questions.
buzzh58
Reply #63 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:38 PM
Reply #63 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:38 PM
C'mon Po, a WIP gallery is way too difficult to set up. The poor moderators , as Boss keeps telling us, are overloaded as it is, I mean just looking after those far more necessary galleries like Coolplayer, Colorpad, Beatnik, Objectbar, etc etc, can send the moderators to the brink of exhaustion.
A WIP gallery, nah, wont happen. Makes too much sense.
A WIP gallery, nah, wont happen. Makes too much sense.
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Reply #61 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 8:09 PM
Which is why a gallery for WIp would be beneficial. A gallery with a clear understnading that these would be WIP's and may not function as expected, etc.
Granted, you take a chance with anything you download...but..especially for the noobs and such..this would alleviate some of the problems and guesswork.
Am I the only one who gets tired of seeing noobs (don't mean to use this word in a negative way) start threads because this or that screwed up something on their PC. Yes, I know, it's not always because of a WIP.
I think it would be helpful and actually save time in the long wrong, like with threads like this, for example. And all the other reasons I mentioned in post #54.