[MOD] Touch! My selfmade skin for touchscreen displays - Mod based on PM3
ex_directory Wrote:Hi JohnWPB, VH should answer this but will give you my opinions.

What makes it a touchscreen skin is that all the mouse move tricks are gone and the buttons are now on screen, the obvious ones being where you need to move the mouse (or use left/right on the kb) on the home screen and the different sections slide in to view. The menus on each screen that often slide in from the left when you move the mouse to the left of the screen are gone. Good example is cover flow where a transparent menu is still displayed. Also, on the home screen the usual rollovers, weather etc are permanently displayed.

Further, the use of right click is minimised, this is a bit of a pain on a touch screen, usually involving holding down your finger for 3 seconds. This is done with the use of new buttons (Back).

I am using a 17" touch screen and I am yet to click on the wrong thing, this skin can work for any size screen but obviously if it does get down to 7" then you may need a stylus instead! As to the radio buttons, you can just click on the text for that line and it will change the radio.

This skin is awesome, taking some great stuff from other skins, I have used it as a playground for learning skinning. I hope VH continues on it and adds some more features that are coming along.

Ex
I do not think VH will shout after me if I answer too ! Nod

If you look carefully, you will notice also :
#1 : When you touch the screen when visualisation is ON, you pause the music (or video) ! With this skin, you call a menu !
#2 : You can change the volume directly with a set of buttons (in my installation everything is inside a cabinet and just the touchscreen is outside)
#3 : Vertical scrollbars has been enlarged for small displays!
#4 : I can't remember exactly the name of the view but, in some of the last original PM3-HD skin, there was a view which was completely impossible to use. I removed it ! And VH also
#5 : There is an option to hide the mouse (quite ugly to see it!)
#6 : I can't remember if VH made it also but there should be an option to hide the "onclik" valued buttons

Regards,
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[No subject] - by ronie - 2009-09-14, 23:30
[No subject] - by virtualhours - 2009-09-15, 12:34
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[No subject] - by LoloMc² - 2009-10-04, 11:31
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[No subject] - by LoloMc² - 2009-10-05, 00:12
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[No subject] - by virtualhours - 2009-10-09, 08:37
Installation - by fabischl - 2009-10-09, 10:58
[No subject] - by virtualhours - 2009-10-09, 11:19
[No subject] - by touch - 2009-10-09, 18:25
[No subject] - by LoloMc² - 2009-10-09, 20:47
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My First Post !! - by Digby Dude - 2009-10-10, 11:38
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[No subject] - by eXPoser - 2009-10-22, 19:51
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[No subject] - by LoloMc² - 2009-10-28, 03:13
[No subject] - by virtualhours - 2009-10-28, 19:04
Slideshow 'exit' problem ??? - by Bzibilsk - 2009-10-29, 10:12
[No subject] - by LoloMc² - 2009-10-29, 13:21
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[No subject] - by Marbieskarb - 2009-11-25, 11:57
Different Res - by ex_directory - 2009-12-24, 12:44
Just a simple question... - by JohnWPB - 2010-01-03, 08:56
[No subject] - by ex_directory - 2010-01-04, 11:04
[No subject] - by JohnWPB - 2010-01-05, 00:15
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[No subject] - by LoloMc² - 2010-01-05, 15:55
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Music visiualization - by spec_8472 - 2010-01-08, 16:35
[No subject] - by ex_directory - 2010-01-08, 17:00
[No subject] - by virtualhours - 2010-01-09, 12:17
Good to hear - by REI51 - 2010-01-15, 23:17
[No subject] - by Digby Dude - 2010-01-22, 19:31
Had similar problems - by REI51 - 2010-01-23, 19:09
[No subject] - by Digby Dude - 2010-01-24, 14:11
[No subject] - by Spider - 2010-01-26, 16:24
[No subject] - by virtualhours - 2010-02-01, 10:21
Fade in and out - by vikingdk - 2010-02-03, 19:31
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[No subject] - by REI51 - 2010-03-28, 14:21
[No subject] - by matrixxx - 2010-04-04, 17:55
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Where to download skin? - by ragarcia - 2010-12-01, 06:43
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