Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:56 am   Reply with quote      

Any reports from Mac users? I don't own a Mac so your input is greatly appreciated!

Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:42 am   Reply with quote      

I'll test it out tonight mate...

Is it a UB?

Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:44 pm   Reply with quote      

Thanks joel!

The editor is not currently available as a UB. However, I am seriously considering porting it.

Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:28 pm   Reply with quote      

where can i get it from?

a UB would be great!

Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:43 am   Reply with quote      

I downloaded last night and unzipped.

File is called SkinEditor.bin... I haven't seen a .bin file since the good old days of System 7 (ok, OS 9.2 a few years ago). Bin files were MacBinary

I don't think this will install in OS X - most OS X applications end in .app. I'm guessing if you can port it to BSD, then it might work on OS X....uh..unless I'm missing something obvious.

Cheers,
-JamesW-

Oh, and I did change the suffix from .bin to .app and my computer said I needed OS 9 classic to open it.

Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:26 am   Reply with quote      

Duh..

Nevermind - my DAW PowerBook is stripped down for music only so I didn't have stuffit installed. I opened it on my iBook instead.

Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:45 pm   Reply with quote      

I'm glad to hear it worked out. It sounds like this is kind of confusing for Mac OS X. The final version will have a separate download for OS X and Classic.

Thanks so much for testing this out.

Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:51 pm   Reply with quote      

Thanks for releasing this application!!
The OSX (experimental) version will not start up on my MacBookPro. The 9 & OSX version does though.

Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:17 pm   Reply with quote      

Yes the same here,
the experimental versions opens,
then a window pops up and says:
An exeption off class NilObjectExeption was not handled,
the application must shut down.
The editor crashes when clicking ok.

Greetings

Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:09 am   Reply with quote      

Version 2.0 of the skin editor is coming out very soon. I just recently got the newest compiler used to build the editor. This will allow for a Universal Binary release and should also fix the NilObjectException problem, too. Thanks for testing it out and stay tuned for the next release

Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:40 am   Reply with quote      

like shite.

the OSX version doesnt launch at all, behaves like an app with zerolink turned on in development mode. (this would run when launched in xcode, but once moved wouldnt do anything)

the .bin version runs, is very unresponsive, and the skin files generated do not work.

Powerbook G4, OS X 10.4.8, Live 6.0.1

im considering writing a simplified browser based editor if anyone is interested.
you would need only pick your colors and download your theme file.

Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:49 am   Reply with quote      

I'm sorry you had such a bad user experience. This is the first time I've heard the performance is so bad on some Macs. I tested the editor on a few different G4 systems and it ran great. So I guess it depends on the system.

I'd love to solve any issues you have with the editor. If you would send me a copy of the faulty skin file I will happily look into it.

Thanks for testing the software.

Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:02 am   Reply with quote      

i didnt mean to sound overly critical, i think its great that youre working on this software for everyone. i just think you may be taking a much more difficult approach than is necessary.
if you were to write a (solitary) web version (perl would suffice), you wouldnt have to worry about it functioning on different platforms, and you wouldnt have to worry about gui code.

Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:03 pm   Reply with quote      

You're absolutely right. A solid flash, java, or ajax interface would provide all the functionality needed for the editor. It would probably be a lot easier to code, too. The reason I chose to do a multi-platform client-side app is because I wanted the experience of doing a multi-platform client-side app. It sounded like fun, and it was

Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:42 am   Reply with quote      

Well i think it is awesome of you Matt- putting in your own time making something that a lot of people will bennefit from- and enjoy!