[Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX

[VDVsx]

Hi,

I wrote a bootscreen manager last weekend in a few hours, to tell you the truth was more like a joke/fun app, but seems there's a lot of users interested.

The current UI is very simple and basic, but some users are having troubles understanding it, yes I can do a better job, but I need some designers help, because I'm zero at graphics :D

Here is the current app aspect:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4372918917_e4cf65ff71_o.png

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/4381505321_0b6c70aa74_o.png

What I need, apart from your suggestions:

- App icon;
- Small icon for each item in the list, representation a video file;
- Something like a check icon, similar to the green check in the Internet connection manager when you're connected to a network

[kopte3]

I can make you icons for app if you want. I will make small icons for both of my videos (26x26?). Check out this:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43971

[cashclientel]

VDVsx is it possible to re-use icons from the OS? For example where you mention the green check used in the connection manager can this be found and used? The un-compiled source for these things should be available?

[VDVsx]

I can make you icons for app if you want. I will make small icons for both of my videos (26x26?). Check out this:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43971

I meant a generic icon for the video files, not a different one for each video. Perhaps video thumbnails can be used, but that's out of scope at least for now.

Make them a bit bigger than 26x26 (or use SVG), that way I can resize and play with them :)

[claesbas]

I remember doing something long long time ago for this: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=349623&postcount=9 To the right of the screenshot.. Its not very pretty.. I tried shaping it up now here:

what you think?

I have not added any thing special fx-thingy here like gloss and such..

[VDVsx]

VDVsx is it possible to re-use icons from the OS? For example where you mention the green check used in the connection manager can this be found and used? The un-compiled source for these things should be available?

Yes, should be, I searched a bit, but cannot find that icon, if someone knows where it is, I appreciate :)

[VDVsx]

I remember doing something long long time ago for this: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=349623&postcount=9 To the right of the screenshot.. Its not very pretty.. I tried shaping it up now here:

what you think?

I have not added any thing special fx-thingy here like gloss and such..

That's exactly what I've in mind, but of course I'm open to more suggestions from the UX experts ;)

[biggzy]

Heres a quick alteration with some icons...

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7529/43815053210b6c70aa74o.png (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/43815053210b6c70aa74o.png/)

[claesbas]

I like that one above here with the standard media symbol.

I did a simpler one here just before I saw that post.

Added som gloss and changed color.

[biggzy]

And here is a app icon ...

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8269/boot.png (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/boot.png/)

[biggzy]

I like that one above here with the standard media symbol.

I did a simpler one here just before I saw that post.

Added som gloss and changed color.

Love that icon, very nice work ;)

[claesbas]

well that is my contribution to this :) I hope we will se more here..

I personally like the grey one best. Does not scream so much:

[biggzy]

well that is my contribution to this :) I hope we will se more here..

I personally like the grey one best. Does not scream so much:
Yes the grey one looks great.

[tangs]

love grey :)

[claesbas]

Here is a scaleable SVG of the grey one.

[F2thaK]

heres my icon
:D

but i would actually prefer this app to be in settings menu like operator name app etc


.

[rolan900d]

hahaha, nice icon indeed!

[daemonfin]

Is this safe to download?

[Spotfist]

is this app to be included in the next maemo update? Im sure I read somewhere that it was so I havent installed it yet but the pedo nokia startup screen does my head in!

[VDVsx]

Here is the claesbas' icon applied:

http://web11.twitpic.com/img/73770155-d798b1935fa0598c4b3d21aec44bc5c5.4b990bbd-scaled.png

[danx]

is app ready to download. ???

[VDVsx]

is app ready to download. ???

Only in Extras-devel, since it uses Qt 4.6. It's a control panel applet now.

[danx]

great i have installed it and i have converted my video but still won't play .. is there a step i don't know about ...

[VDVsx]

great i have installed it and i have converted my video but still won't play .. is there a step i don't know about ...

Did you add & select the video in the bootscreen app ?

[danx]

yes. i have . it works great know . but my phone seem to reboot all the time . so i deleted the app but my boot screen keep coming up.. what can i do to take this off. I always hate that you remove a app and there is always something lingering .. Maybe this is another thread but how can you really delete a app from you phone ..??

[VDVsx]

yes. i have . it works great know . but my phone seem to reboot all the time . so i deleted the app but my boot screen keep coming up.. what can i do to take this off. I always hate that you remove a app and there is always something lingering .. Maybe this is another thread but how can you really delete a app from you phone ..??

The app doesn't runs anything in background and only modifies one file that is harmless for the system, so your problem is somewhere else, I guess.
If you want to remove the bootscreen video completely, edit the config file or install BootScreen again and de-select the video. BootScreen doesn't remove the Nokia hands movie, nor the system config files, so that's the expect behavior, nothing lingering from the app itself.