mySkin 1.75 beta

[pruss]

I need beta testers, especially T3 and LifeDrive...

Only one new feature: Recoloring should have much better memory usage. Try (at your own risk, after making a backup) http://www.prussfamily.us/mySkin175.prc

I would appreciate if after loading and colorizing you tried:
portrait 16-bit
portrait 8-bit (use the mySkin menu to change display depth)
landscape 16-bit
landscape 8-bit

Thanks!
Alex

[pruss]

In build 1.75b (same URL as above), I added 8-bit colorize feature to save memory.

[superD]

can you tell me more about this before i go and crash my lifedrive again?

[pruss]

can you tell me more about this before i go and crash my lifedrive again?

There is little more to say. Previously I called an OS function to do bitmap compression when generating recolored bitmaps (or 8-bit bitmaps to match a 16-bit input, to ensure functionality across apps), but it turns out that that OS function doesn't work for ARM-format bitmaps and so I had to write the compression function myself.

Alex

[superD]

im actually gonna be away from my normal computer for a long time so i cant afford to potentially screw up my life drive.

[05Edge]

I'll test it. I downloaded it, but the trial period on my original had already expired. Even though it updated with the new one. I can't do anything with it. Should I uninstall, then clean install?

[Demonstar]

Runs well on my T5; no problems so far.

[pruss]

1.75d uploaded. Fixes left-handed landscape home button on TX. New trial period for people who tried older versions.

[superD]

how about we get a 100% free version for testing your software?

[harpgliss]

how about we get a 100% free version for testing your software?


Hi,

Alex has been charitable in the past, to those who give creditable feedback for his apps.

In your earlier post, it sounded as if you could not be bothered to test this app, have things changed or are you simply looking for a free app?

David

[superD]

things have changed slightly. i'll download it and break out a stop watch. lets see what my LD can do!

[superD]

loaded program in about half a second, read a little bit and it told me about the close the keyboard thing, tried to exit program and froze up on me. (couldnt close keyboard the way it suggested) got it booted back up, risked the freeze. loaded quickly then went back, i noticed no change in anything.

[superD]

and what is the dia button?

[mello_newf]

superD My Skin is for changing the way your virtual graffiti area looks. You can get different DIA's from this form and load them into your LD then My Skin will enable you to replace the original graffiti area with the new one.

Here is a picture of my DIA changed with My Skin...

[pruss]

loaded program in about half a second, read a little bit and it told me about the close the keyboard thing, tried to exit program

How did you try to exit?

and froze up on me.

Just halted with no activity? What was on screen?

(couldnt close keyboard the way it suggested)

Hmm. Did holding down the minimize button in the lower right not pop up a list of options? How do you normally switch between keyboard and other modes?

got it booted back up, risked the freeze. loaded quickly then went back, i noticed no change in anything.

Did you load any skins?

Alex

[filber]

I am having a problem with the T|X Status bar buttons not functioning properly if both SkinDIA and SharkNav are enabled. When I tap the clock, for example, the popup info box shows up for a split second then disappears. The same occurs with all the Status Bar buttons, rendering some of their functions useless. After a few taps on the same button, the T|X crashes and resets. If I disable either of the two, and soft reset, the problem goes away. I am wondering if someone else with a TX can reproduce the problem? I have other background apps installed, such as UDMH, Warpspeed, SkinUI, etc, which I will disable to see if any of them are contributing. Any suggestions?

Edit: I think the problem may be with SharkNav, since I am able to reproduce the problem with SkinDIA disabled and uninstalled.

[pruss]

How did you try to exit?



Just halted with no activity? What was on screen?

A bit of experimentation suggests that instead of pressing cancel you pressed a home button. This probably did not result in a freeze, but in an endless loop of the keyboard warning dialog. I expected users to press cancel and didn't think they might just try to exit the program, as of course they might reasonably do. This is fixed in 1.75e: www.prussfamily.us/mySkin175e.prc

[05Edge]

Everything seems to be in order on my LD so far. I will keep you posted if anything changes.

[pruss]

I've released this as 1.75 on palmgear.com and zlthemes.com/Programs.php . Thanks for all the testing!

[SoS]

Hi Alex,

brilliant update. My statusbar file has decreased from 1.3Mb to 315Kb!!! As you said, factor of 4...thanks again!

steve

[snark]

I've released this as 1.75 on palmgear.com and zlthemes.com/Programs.php . Thanks for all the testing!Hi Alex,

on zlthemes, the year for the 1.75 release in the modification log should be 2006, not 2005 anymore! http://www.1src.com/forums/images/smilie/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://www.1src.com/forums/images/smilie/images/smilies/wink.gif

[superD]

got the problem sorted out. my fault. i love my keyboard being red. but my wifi status symbol doesnt change color with the rest. i did all this on the palm OS bar.

[pruss]

got the problem sorted out. my fault. i love my keyboard being red. but my wifi status symbol doesnt change color with the rest. i did all this on the palm OS bar.

The WiFi icon is not a part of the status bar resource file. Eventually, I would like to make the WiFi icon skinnable, but it's a bit of a nuisance.

[superD]

sorry about the short reply but that was from my LD. i wish i could have helped you out more with your testing but im new to palm. so if you ever need someone to try and screw it up everyway possible let me know.

[05Edge]

I just bought this software (My first software purchase for Palm...thanks Pruss!) So, I still have the "e" beta installed. Is it any different from the one on ZL themes, or can I just use the registration code I get and register it.