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Title: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on June 05, 2012, 02:25:53 am
Hello kids, tis I Langstonius.

Nevermind the silly post topic, im here on serious business.

I am holding a contest. Thats right. I will give away an (model to be decided but it wont suck) Android Tablet to the person who designs a skin for QOrbiter. What is QOrbiter? well, we have youtube videos here if you don't know, but needless to say, its a new user interface.

Now, before you start thinking the tablet is all yours, you should read how this is gonna work.

Skin Requirements - PAY ATTENTION!!
To Qualify for entry into the contest you must provide screen mockups for Onscreen (think md), Phone, tablet and desktop orbiters. No, you don't have to program the darn thing, that's my job (even though its stupid easy). I just want a themed mockup of the screens listed below. You must list and fonts or anything else like that you used and such. I am allotting 60 days for this from today. Hopefully by then, we will have Qorbiter playing video on a raspberry pi...oh, did i say that out loud? ;)

Screens
*Home Screen
*Floorplan screen
*Audio Playing Screen - this will cover multiple actual screens
*Video Playing Screen -this will cover multiple actual screens
*Telephone call screen. Plan to have a video box that can come and go as it pleases.
*Security Video screen
*Security screen
*photos screen
*Media Grid screen
*User Status
*generic button screen (similar to advanced)
*room selector
*user selector
*sleeping menu
*power menu

Acceptable formats for entry include
*PSD - preferred
*PNG/JPEG/GIF (why are you submitting gifs? its 2012...)
*Some other fancy format i don't know about because im not a graphic designer

Who Decides?
The rest of the community will decide on what the best entry is. Good luck

-golgoj4
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: l3mce on June 05, 2012, 03:13:25 am
.gifs can be animated... and I like to bother people with business.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: bongowongo on June 05, 2012, 02:16:37 pm
Maybe change the topic into something that people know what it is about golgoj4.
Only bongowongo's click now.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: JaseP on June 05, 2012, 03:23:56 pm
Oh, Leave the "I'll catch yer shark..." it's funny. Plus I'm a big Jaws fan... saw it first run in the theaters when I was like 7 years old in one of those old fashioned movie theaters you don't see anymore (well you SEE them,... all boarded up or turned into a dentist's office, though).

Just add the fact it's a contest to the end in parentheses or something...
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: Techstyle on June 05, 2012, 06:06:09 pm
We're going to need a bigger boat...

like JaseP I saw it when I was young and am still scared by the black line on the bottom of the pool when I swim over it.

Golgoj4,
I am going to get my wife to look at this from a asthetic point of view.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: purps on June 05, 2012, 07:51:21 pm
Brilliant idea, Langston. And a very good incentive. I look forward to judging everybody's hard work.

Cheers,
Matt.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: davegravy on June 05, 2012, 08:57:29 pm
Brilliant idea, Langston. And a very good incentive. I look forward to judging everybody's hard work.

Cheers,
Matt.

Everyone enjoys playing the critic role :P
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on June 06, 2012, 02:05:51 am
True enough about the name, but its going to stay unless im overruled by hwmbo. I truly want some salty sea dog to design me a nice naval themed ui ;)

But seriously, if it don't spark curiosity then Im not sure what will. And im sure if we artificially inflate the post count, people will have no choice but to look!

As far as bongos looking at it, i dont want a bongo themed ui, so im ok with losing that demographic. I forgot one rule. No beating up other contestants, launching worms to destroy their hard drives or contracting 3rd parties to launch worms to destroy their hard drives. no falcon punching other contestants, no slide, shoulder or other form of tackle not listed here also including rugby. No magnets, masters of magnetism, or manipulation of gravitational, magnetic, electrical, or electro-magnetic fields. Time travel will disqualify you. This contest is closed to luddites, calvanists, and amish. No invoking of gods, seven kingdoms or otherwise. Contestants may only sling approx 1oz of mud per day, 2 on saturdays. And of course, no sharks with lasers, mechanical or otherwise.

golgoj4


Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: kyfalcon on June 06, 2012, 04:08:37 pm
True enough about the name, but its going to stay unless im overruled by hwmbo. I truly want some salty sea dog to design me a nice naval themed ui ;)

But seriously, if it don't spark curiosity then Im not sure what will. And im sure if we artificially inflate the post count, people will have no choice but to look!

As far as bongos looking at it, i dont want a bongo themed ui, so im ok with losing that demographic. I forgot one rule. No beating up other contestants, launching worms to destroy their hard drives or contracting 3rd parties to launch worms to destroy their hard drives. no falcon punching other contestants, no slide, shoulder or other form of tackle not listed here also including rugby. No magnets, masters of magnetism, or manipulation of gravitational, magnetic, electrical, or electro-magnetic fields. Time travel will disqualify you. This contest is closed to luddites, calvanists, and amish. No invoking of gods, seven kingdoms or otherwise. Contestants may only sling approx 1oz of mud per day, 2 on saturdays. And of course, no sharks with lasers, mechanical or otherwise.

golgoj4




So in other words, we can't have any fun! Are you a nun in a habit?  ;D
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on June 07, 2012, 07:43:34 am
you will note that orbital strikes are fair game.

cant wait for prometheus hehe.

_golgoj4
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: davegravy on June 07, 2012, 03:30:49 pm
you will note that orbital strikes are fair game.
_golgoj4

Also chemical and biological warfare...
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: bongowongo on June 07, 2012, 06:19:38 pm
We are all very creative in making jokes.
Draw something!
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on June 08, 2012, 01:46:02 am
We are all very creative in making jokes.
Draw something!

i cant draw. this is why im holding a contest!!!
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: DragonK on June 08, 2012, 08:18:44 am
We post screenshots here? And then when you have the winner we just send you the individual graphics? Right?

Karel
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: davegravy on June 08, 2012, 02:49:10 pm
We post screenshots here? And then when you have the winner we just send you the individual graphics? Right?

Karel

he says he prefers.PSD, suggesting he wants to present the submissions (ie no screenshots)
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: buckle on June 08, 2012, 05:54:19 pm
he says he prefers.PSD, suggesting he wants to present the submissions (ie no screenshots)


I assumed he preferred PSD so the QML would be easier to create (exported from PS).
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on June 09, 2012, 05:21:27 am

I assumed he preferred PSD so the QML would be easier to create (exported from PS).

A little from column A and a little from column B :)

_golgoj4
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: merkur2k on June 09, 2012, 06:22:44 am
just because there is only one prize doesnt mean there can only be one winner.
post usable art, for those of us that have little design skills but good coding skills. more than one skin can come out of this.
of course, nobody is going to discourage posting screenshots of work in progress...
personally I think a very good LCARS skin could be made with this. and if someone else doesnt do it i may eventually try. and you dont want that, trust me. you have been warned :)
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on June 13, 2012, 01:33:10 am
So is anyone interested in this? I think i have all of 1 person who I think is interested...

let me know if im wasting my time... that money could buy a rubix cube and accessories!

golgoj4
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: l3mce on June 13, 2012, 01:56:51 am
I am all in. People are just under the mistaken impression that I have a clue what I am doing... I don't... so please jump in. You will remember I couldn't even come up with a splash screen... and pretty is gonna win here.

So I am going to try for neat. Gauntlet is thrown.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: davegravy on June 13, 2012, 05:22:37 am
I'm actively reaching out to friends and family, and friends and family of friends and family... So far: two interested parties, but I'm still in the process of explaining the requirements and trying to give them a crash course on how the system works.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: gadget on June 13, 2012, 01:14:41 pm
I am actively playing with Qt/ QML to understand it but more from a programming perspective and have created a simple light switch and a slider. Unfortunately though my graphic skills are limited but i do intend to try and create a media remote so will learn along the way.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on August 11, 2012, 03:20:20 am
i will just buy myself a tablet since clearly there is no motivation to be found here. and yeah, i know im being harsh but goddamn if the next person that bitches about the UI doesnt get my foot so far up their bum they taste rubber...

handing out free stuff is apparently a pointless endeavor these days. maybe if i had a goddamned turtleneck on...

a very jaded developer
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: purps on August 11, 2012, 03:28:15 am
What tablet are you looking at it?

Anyone interested in chipping in and buying Langston a play thing?

This is the time for anyone who, for whatever reason, doesn't code, who are actively using the system, and would like to give something back.

Step up, and the cheaper it will be for all of us!

Cheers,
Matt.
Title: Re: Ill Catch yer shark...
Post by: golgoj4 on August 11, 2012, 07:40:35 am
What tablet are you looking at it?

Anyone interested in chipping in and buying Langston a play thing?

This is the time for anyone who, for whatever reason, doesn't code, who are actively using the system, and would like to give something back.

Step up, and the cheaper it will be for all of us!

Cheers,
Matt.

its over and ive moved on. expecting community involvement was a pipe dream. the end. and believe me i can get my own tablet, i was giving one away. was. anyways. please dont ever bother me about a ui related issue. ever. i tried to collaborate. nobody wanted to.

-golgoj4