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tierro · Feb 23rd, 2008, 12:45 PM

Two weeks ago, I started a project with the designers of thedesignforums.com, The plan was to make it a skinnable shell replacement. So far it's going well, and if the code gets a little more understandable I might consider making it open source.

You can learn more on the V site: http://tierro.thedesignforums.com/V/

I'll tell what's in there at the moment:
- The upper panel contains some shortcuts and a dropdown menu.
- The lower panel contains all the running tasks
- Every single element is skinnable
- The desktop also shows thumbnails of images and videos, unlike Windows and Gnome (As far as I know)
- Dynamic tooltips - I named them Hovercrafts. When you hover your mouse over an icon for a moment, on of these will pop up and shows a preview in case of multimedia, if desired
- Intelligent icon sizing
- IE Based tabbed browsing
- Easy filetype management
- Primitive control panel
- Very cool extensively tested (some members thevistaforums and thedesignforums have tested it) dropdown mediaplayer.

What's coming up soon or later:
- A cubed desktop
- Any of your ideas?

If you want to see screenshots, visit the site mentioned above. I'll upload some new screenies tonight.

Let me know what you think ,
Tierro

Grich · Feb 24th, 2008, 12:35 AM

Cool idea. What language are you using? - just curious.

tierro · Feb 24th, 2008, 2:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Grich

Cool idea. What language are you using? - just curious.

Just VB

Im learning C++, and I hope I can make the parts that are slow now, in C++ - I hope this will improve speed.

Grich · Feb 24th, 2008, 2:58 AM

Oh, C++ will be very helpful. Very much so. If you really want speed look into Assembly. Warning: you will be put off it in two weeks.

Ooble · Feb 24th, 2008, 6:45 AM

Try two hours. I wouldn't advise it, anyway: you're much more likely to screw things up than actually improve things. The tradeoff with lower-level languages is your time vs. computer time - I'd argue that your time is more important. You could probably justify rewriting part of it in C++, but I doubt you could say the same for Assembly.

tierro · Feb 24th, 2008, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grich

Oh, C++ will be very helpful. Very much so. If you really want speed look into Assembly. Warning: you will be put off it in two weeks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ooble

Try two hours. I wouldn't advise it, anyway: you're much more likely to screw things up than actually improve things. The tradeoff with lower-level languages is your time vs. computer time - I'd argue that your time is more important. You could probably justify rewriting part of it in C++, but I doubt you could say the same for Assembly.

Haha, I did some assembly before, but that's for the Microcontrollers, not microprocessors. I believe it was one from the AtTiny series somewhere in the 8000

Grich · Feb 24th, 2008, 6:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tierro

Haha, I did some assembly before, but that's for the Microcontrollers, not microprocessors. I believe it was one from the AtTiny series somewhere in the 8000

Cool!

tierro · Feb 25th, 2008, 2:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Grich

Cool!

Always handy uknow

, not sure for what tho...

Even though I told about Project V here, I'm not sure if I can allow you to test it, I'm sorry for that. It might not've been so smart to tell it here anyway - tdf offered me a secure server place for this... If you want to learn more about this and you want to try this app, you can sign up to thedesignforums.com

Grich · Feb 25th, 2008, 2:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tierro

Always handy uknow

, not sure for what tho...

Sorry, anything to do with micro controllers and assembly, I think is cool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tierro

Even though I told about Project V here, I'm not sure if I can allow you to test it, I'm sorry for that. It might not've been so smart to tell it here anyway - tdf offered me a secure server place for this... If you want to learn more about this and you want to try this app, you can sign up to thedesignforums.com

I might do that.

tierro · Feb 25th, 2008, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grich

Sorry, anything to do with micro controllers and assembly, I think is cool.

I might do that.

Cool!

I've been careful considering publishing apps on the web the last few months - I like the idea about knowing where my software is.

Feb 23rd, 2008, 12:45 PM	#1
tierro Cookies! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Project V Two weeks ago, I started a project with the designers of thedesignforums.com, The plan was to make it a skinnable shell replacement. So far it's going well, and if the code gets a little more understandable I might consider making it open source. You can learn more on the V site: http://tierro.thedesignforums.com/V/ I'll tell what's in there at the moment: - The upper panel contains some shortcuts and a dropdown menu. - The lower panel contains all the running tasks - Every single element is skinnable - The desktop also shows thumbnails of images and videos, unlike Windows and Gnome (As far as I know) - Dynamic tooltips - I named them Hovercrafts. When you hover your mouse over an icon for a moment, on of these will pop up and shows a preview in case of multimedia, if desired - Intelligent icon sizing - IE Based tabbed browsing - Easy filetype management - Primitive control panel - Very cool extensively tested (some members thevistaforums and thedesignforums have tested it) dropdown mediaplayer. What's coming up soon or later: - A cubed desktop - Any of your ideas? If you want to see screenshots, visit the site mentioned above. I'll upload some new screenies tonight. Let me know what you think , Tierro __________________ http://www.thedesignforums.com

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Grich Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sydney - Australia Posts: 194 Rep Power: 2	Re: Project V Cool idea. What language are you using? - just curious. __________________ SYNTAX ERROR ...

Feb 24th, 2008, 2:58 AM	#4
Grich Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sydney - Australia Posts: 194 Rep Power: 2	Re: Project V Oh, C++ will be very helpful. Very much so. If you really want speed look into Assembly. Warning: you will be put off it in two weeks. __________________ SYNTAX ERROR ...

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Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	Re: Project V Try two hours. I wouldn't advise it, anyway: you're much more likely to screw things up than actually improve things. The tradeoff with lower-level languages is your time vs. computer time - I'd argue that your time is more important. You could probably justify rewriting part of it in C++, but I doubt you could say the same for Assembly. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

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