[Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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/...cf65ff71_o.png

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2731/...6c70aa74_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

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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?

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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 :)

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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..

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

Heres a quick alteration with some icons...

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7...b6c70aa74o.png

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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.

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

And here is a app icon ...

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8269/boot.png

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

Love that icon, very nice work ;)

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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:

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

Yes the grey one looks great.

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

love grey :)

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

Here is a scaleable SVG of the grey one.

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

heres my icon
:D

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


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Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

hahaha, nice icon indeed!

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

Is this safe to download?

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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!

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

Here is the claesbas' icon applied:

http://web11.twitpic.com/img/7377015...bbd-scaled.png

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

is app ready to download. ???

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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 ...

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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 ..??

Re: [Help Wanted] - BootScreen app - Graphics & UX
 

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.