Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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I'll make this short.
Problem: I don't like some of the UI and theme changes with iTunes 7. Solution: Hack iTunes 7 as much as I can (within reason). My solution entails:
I actually made this last weekend, but when I saw that AguaT was making the rounds, I figured I didn't need to release my own version. After trying out AguaT, though, I didn't like its use of Aqua elements everywhere (and the implementation didn't quite get all the colors right) and I thought there might be some interest in a theme that brings iTunes to a more moderate mix of Aqua and custom brushed-metal stylings. So, I cleaned up the loose ends of my iTunes mod and have it ready for sharing now. Obligatory screenshots: Download link: Brad's wicked awesome iTunes 7 skin/mod Installation instructions:
Yes, I'm only altering the menus and source list headers for the English localization. If you use another language primarily, too bad. I provide (virtually) no support for this modification. You install and use it entirely at your own risk. Though, I would appreciate knowing if anyone here uses it and likes it. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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It's beautiful. gonna try it now.
Use a better EQ. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Way OT... Can you tell me what you put as the album name for Jurassic Park? Mine just says "Jurassic Park" and it can't get the art for it. :/
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It's in the pic. (well, half of it)
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Actually, I usually have the equalizer turned off. I just selected one for the purpose of demonstrating the widgets in the screenshot.
I put the Jurassic Park album art in there manually. iTunes doesn't seem to do a good job of gathering artwork for soundtracks. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Hm, I'd apply this but I don't agree with all the changes, especially #10. Nice work though!
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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If you like the mod otherwise, just skip the Localized.rsrc file. That file just has the changes to the menus (if I recall correctly). The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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I'd prefer cmd-opt-0 through cmd-opt-3 over 7 through 0, personally. Quote:
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Thanks so much, Brad. iTunes isn't ugly anymore. Hurray!
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25 chars of wasted space.
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It's iTunes again!
The headers (name, time, artist) still look a little weird being bold. Were they always? |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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wow! I already like it better...
do any of you know if there is a program somewhere that lets you make your own skin for iTunes 7 (I think there was one for previous versions). because I would like iTunes to match the coverflow plugin, if possible.. (like I quickly did in this cut and paste job in PS.) |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Resorcerer, ThemePark, and the graphics editor of your choice. Skinning iTunes works essentially the same in version 7 as it did in previous versions. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Thank you very much for this Brad. The return of the command-1 and command-2 to bring the windows up is especially welcome.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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I'm still deciding whether I like the new UI. I thought it was great at first, but the all-caps library categories got annoying. I removed those, and that alone was a big improvement. However, I'm liking the aqua-ness of this mod. I'll have to keep this bookmarked, I think.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I like the skin, though for now I'm sticking with the default. Seeing if I can get used to it. Otherwise Leopard might be too much UI goodness (screw-ups) to handle.
One thing I would like to change is the colour of the source list. I rather liked the dark blue they went with in that now changed help document that got posted. What do I have to modify just to change that? I ask out of pure self-interest noting that you changed it to a slightly lighter shade to match Apple Mail so it must be possible. Thanks in advance. |
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Yarp
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Road Warrior
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Very nice work, you raise the bar of what it means to be a geek. I don't agree with a handful of your changes personally(they make sense, but I think the end product doesn't look as good as you think it does), but it's great to see you did this, especially after we(collective we) had discussion over the various UI inconsistencies and what not. Few among us would actually go out of their way to try and correct them.
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Is there any way to get Command-1, Command-2, and Command-3 to control the vew (List, Album, CoverFlow respectively)? That would be awesome.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Fitting with the trend of iTunes UI decisions, the development team decided it would be best to omit these options from the menus. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I must be the only person in the world who likes the new iTunes look
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reticulating your mom
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Brad, this is hawt.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Yeah, I like the new current version.
Still, you have to give people options I suppose. |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Can't say I took much notice of the changes - until I read this. More often than not I open iTunes, select a playlist, and minimise - that way I don't get to see much of it. Taking a closer look, I like the new interface. For the most part, the muted interface colour scheme lets the content speak for itself, and the ALL CAPS LIST HEADERS 'stand out' enough to be noticable with just a cursory glance so affording quick selection of SOURCES.... Nice!
Good work on the mod Brad, I wish I had your free time but I won't be installing. |
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Thanks Brad, I like this much more than the current skin.
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Multi-touch Piñata
Join Date: May 2004
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I had a few custom transparent PNGs (i.e. non-rectangular artwork) I was using for some podcast "album" artwork but after doing this mod they aren't transparent anymore. Quite weird.
Could be a coincidence/bad timing? :shrug: "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: london and københavn
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Nice. Those weird scrollbars. Wtf?
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I coupled it with this fantastic icon and now I feel much better.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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is there any way to get the brushed aluminum bezel loo?
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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