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Songbird (Gonzo) Skin

First released: 16-04-2009

Last update: 29-09-2009

Current Version: 1.0.0.1


Greetings

Here is my first look a like skin.
With the agreement from magicalpic i update the Songbird skin. (thanks)

It's based on the default Songbird Gonzo skin.

I was curious if the songbird style can copy with the MediaMonkey engine,and the results are not so bad.
But look your self,maybe you like it.

Theme:


MiniPlayer:


MicroPlayer:(with pop up info)


Alternative version Player:


Download:

Songbird(Gonzo)1.0.0.1.mmip

Songbird (Gonzo)alt 1.0.0.1.mmip

MonkeyRok 5 Skin's link

MR Songbird(Gonzo)1.0.mmipfor MonkeyRok4

LV Songbird(Gonzo)1.0.mmipfor Lyrics Viewer

Note:
Difference between Gonzo and Gonzo alt.
Theme:
brighter ControlBar and Button colour
more contrast ad rows in List View and Now playing View
MiniPlayer:
add Shuffle Button,Playlist Button,Continous Button,Maximize Button
Player:(version 1.0.0.1)
add DJ Button,EQ Button,PL Button,Minimize and Switch Button


fixes
v 1.0.0.1

fix the behavior from Play/Pause button on the microplayer
and a little Graphic bug on the close button at first start

Enjoy

I'm sorry DreadM there is something wrong with my 'net connection, for some reason it is not showing the matching MR skin....... Just kidding, you know this is not complete without the full set right? But you are off the hook for the LV skin since LV already comes with one.

Seriously, it looks nice I will have to install the other one to see if I can see the differences.

Nyn

Fantastic skin (feather )!
Crisp and clean, and with much more efficient layout than many of the other skins.
Some input for the road to perfection:
- "Now playing"-button for mini/micro player. Ideally make the list the same style as the player
- Make the time come ontop of the miniplayer when the mouse hovers over the seek bar (always on top toggled)
- Some subtle backgroundlines in the now playing list. I loose the grey color of the main window when trying to override the now playing background
- If possible, ability to browse albums by clicking on the artist. Shown here

Your skin's are amazing, but this one just blew me away. Going to be my main skin for a very long time

Greetings

@nynaevelan: yes i know,but i just hide the titelbar from MR (see Biography)

@AndréVonDrei: remember it's just a look alike skin .

1;Songbirds miniplayer looks like this, so i use the same styl for playbuttons,also for microplayer when i use round buttons it look like Mortens I tunes player's.

2;on this we can't take influence,but in MM 3.1 it works like this

3;don't know exatly what you mean, nowplaying window got different colored lines like listview

4;it's not possible

But thanks anyway.

I think that this a great skin, keep up the good work!

I'm very impressed with this skin, simply just beautiful done. IMHO it's the best looking skin for MM yet.. I've been an iTunes user for a couple of years, and I'm getting pretty tired of using it. So for the last couple of weeks, I've been looking at alternatives, most Mediamonkey and Songbird.. I've almost decided to go with Songbird because of the easier integration with add-ons, but now I just might have to rethink that decision since MM is just as pretty (I like a pretty gui)... Any chance of doing this skin with native Vista colours like this http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1362 ?????

So I just wanted to show my appreciation for this skin, and say a BIG thank you for your work.... So Thank you!!!

Have you tried turning off skinning so you use the Windows default theme instead?

No, I didn't know that, so thank you. I'll be sure to look into it.. Well after trying out Songbird and Mediamonkey for a couple of weeks, it becomes clear (to me atleast), that the only thing Songbird is better at, is it's genius integration with it's add-ons, and the very easy way to update them all with just one mouseclick.. Maybe I should make a post about that in the wishlist forum..

But thank you for your advice..

Plugins is a feature that is been worked on and will be added to a later version of MediaMonkey, but it's surely planned already.

Hey m8 Would you care to add an SMALLPLAYER version?
Thank you so much

Well done, very faithful to the original. One question though (this is more of a general question): how do I apply the custom icons?

UssjTrunks wrote:Well done, very faithful to the original. One question though (this is more of a general question): how do I apply the custom icons?

You need MM3.1 in order to use custom icons. 3.1 is still in testing but anyone can try it (its available in the beta-testing section of the forum).

Greetings

Thanks people,i'am glad you like the skin,

I think i must say something basic to this skin.
Normal it was not plant to publish this skin,it was just a quick experiment where i try to come so close as possible to the orginal SB skin,
and the result was ok so i decided to bring it out for the people who like the songbird style,
but i get no plans to make other versions or player for this skin , shure if you find bugs i will fix them .(sorry)

I want more focus on my orginal skins to update them for MM 3.1.

Very good! Tho the gray theme is getting boring. Plz change to other colors if you have a chance.

mmfan wrote:Very good! Tho the gray theme is getting boring. Plz change to other colors if you have a chance.

Are you serious? That's the whole point of the skin. If you want other colors, there are dozens of great skins to choose from.