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NativeBird Tael_

Native stuff for your bird


Description

Native buttons, titlebar and scrollbars.




Release Notes

Compatibility release (no bugfix)




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(46)


Juksu
Juksu

Thanks for changing MacBird to NativeBird, I like because it is native, there are other good skins too, but they does not alow to use default WindowDecorator like your skin and this is the thing why i don`t like other skins.

about 1 year ago
ALU
ALU

on windows there is a huge bug on the miniplayer,
the trackbar looks fat an the background is invisible.

keep your work up–its a great skin.

greetz ALU

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

I don’t have Windows for the moment, so could you send me a screenshot ? and I’ll try to correct that later.
Thanks.

about 1 year ago
ALU
ALU

HI
sorry for the long time but now i have the screenshot ;)

http://img392.imageshack.us/my.php?image=minibp1.png

thanks for your great support keep it up

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Here is a new version (that uses Songbird’s default CSS for the miniplayer) :
http://tael67.free.fr/divers/songbird/nativebird08.4bbeta.xpi
Please tell me if it’s better.

about 1 year ago
ALU
ALU

hi tael

on your link I get an 404Error

greetz ALU

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Hum, strange, the form removed some characters.
Have a look here : http://tael67.free.fr/divers/songbird/

about 1 year ago
ALU
ALU

http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mini2ea0.png

thats the result of your work.

in the “jump to” dialog is no close button thats another bug that i’ve found.

PS: sorrsy for my bad english

greetz Alu

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

I didn’t like the actual miniplayer and had too many problems with it, so I removed it for the moment. Please use Rubberducky’s instead, sorry.
But I’m thinking on a new way to minimize the bird.

I tested it on Windows XP and didn’t see any problem with the “Jump to” window.

Thanks for your interest !

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Finally I added a layout similar to the JumpTo feather.

about 1 year ago
beaver82
beaver82

great addon!
there is a bug; it’s missing the resized topbar (the one with play/pause volume….)

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

The topbar should be there (look at the screenshots).
Which OS are you using ?
Could you send me a screenshot ?

about 1 year ago
effigy
effigy

There are some screenshots here: http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…

about 1 year ago
ashughes
ashughes

@Tael_
This addon is very buggy in 0.6rc5. Please correct the following bugs:
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…
There also appears to be some conflict between Native Bird and Jump To Feather:
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?i…
I do not know if this is a problem with your addon or not, but I think it would be wise to follow that bug thread and see what comes of it.
Cheers.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Thanks a lot for reporting these bugs !
I uploaded a new version that should correct some of the problems (but not the Windows crash).

about 1 year ago
leoperbo
leoperbo

Very good! Mini player could be better, but this feather is a “must have” if we like to manage SongBird’s window like the rest of windows in our system.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Dear NativeBird users, I’m trying to create a native theme for Firefox.
You can see it here :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/7792

about 1 year ago
metalmarious
metalmarious

thx alot this a decent native theme that doesnt drive me crazy

about 1 year ago
piet85
piet85

Hey Tael,
cool Theme you wrote. The screenshots are very nice.
Sadly it does not look that nice on my Linux. So I use Glossy Coat Theme. But I usually got my close/minimize/maximize buttons on the left hand side and songbird is the only application with having them on the right. But with your theme I got my usual Window Title, also the buttons are on the left. So I just like to "mix" both themes. Can you please tell me how to set the standard window title? Where in your theme is this defined? I just need the place where the code stands. Inserting it in the other theme hopefully will not be that difficult.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Sorry but I didn't make any custom changes to the "titlebar", it just uses Xulrunner's one, so I don't really know where you could change that.

I'm currently working on recoding Nativebird from the scratch to make it compatible with 0.7 and it might correct your problem, so stay tuned.

about 1 year ago
piet85
piet85

Ok, so please can you tell me in which file on which line I can tell songbird to use XULrunner's standard titlebar? I suggest all other themes (including rubberduckly) use any other titlebar and your's is the only one using the standard bar. I hope you can help me anyway!
Sorry for maybe annoying you, but I just want songbird to use my standard window manager and not creating it's own titlebar.
That's a point I really don't understand why some programs want to force their own design without taking any care whether it fits in the users GUI or not. For Mac you made a solution, but for linux there is none at the moment.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Open your theme's install.rdf file and in
<songbird:layouturl>chrome://songbird/content/feathers/basic-layouts/xul/mainplayer.xul</songbird:layouturl>
<songbird:showchrome>false</songbird:showchrome>
change showChrome to true.

(Note : this can cause some glitch in the theme)

about 1 year ago
piet85
piet85

Thank you a lot, it worked and looks great.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

I need testers on Windows and Linux (to take screenshots and report problems)!
Please send me an email at tael67@gmail.com

about 1 year ago
GeekShadow
GeekShadow

The extension looks buggy on Windows :
http://antoineturmel.free.fr/img/nativebird.png

about 1 year ago
komi
komi

@ Tael_

Can't wait for native bird based on Gonzo! Please feel free to email me directly with any suggestions/change requests you might have about the the CSS/images/layout that would make your life easier from a feather developer point of view.

about 1 year ago
Juksu
Juksu

Is there any native theme for songbird 0.7 that looks earlier Native Birds, I Don“t like Gonzo at all.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Once I've finished the Gonzo version, I'll make a Rubberducky version.
Just be patient (or send me patches).

about 1 year ago
sabayenda
sabayenda

Hi, I'm using Ubuntu, and I tried your feather (which is a great idea) but everything's all squashed, graphics are split in half, there's a 1pxl border all around songbird inside of the window, and all the menus are GONE. Can someone help me get my menu back? It's kind of important...

about 1 year ago
ecclesia
ecclesia

I just tried this and had the same problem (should have read your thread). Try this: if you haven't closed your window try installing the feather again, this will bring up the add ons window. After that, cancel your reinstall, and you can see a place to uninstall the nativebird feather. Once you do that and restart you're back to normal. Good luck.

This is a great idea by the way, I wish it worked better with Ubuntu, it would make songbird fit the rest of my system theme and would integrate better with Compiz. Let me know if you need a screen shot or a test machine or something. Peace.

about 1 year ago
jango
jango

Fantastic...it fits very well on my Acer Aspire One linpus Linux....

Thanks

about 1 year ago
tarun2000
tarun2000

Looks great!

One fairly major bug I'm experiencing is that the Tools > Options dialog renders incorrectly. The tabs on top end up being vertical instead of horizontal.
I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, but my window manager is Emerald

about 1 year ago
RPG_Master
RPG_Master

Do you plan on updating this feather once they make Gonzo more stable? While I do like having Songbird look like the rest of Ubuntu, I really miss the new layout.

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Sorry but I don't have time to work on that anymore, so I won't add Gonzo layout (but of course if someone sends me a patch, I'll add it).

about 1 year ago
Miya_ubuntu_gurl
Miya_ubuntu_gurl

omigosh i LOVE it!!!! I have futurelooks silver as my gtk theme and this goes PERFECTLY with it!!! Yay thank you!

about 1 year ago
cjnd
cjnd

i have t-ish gtk theme installed and it looks nice, but the bars above the album art panel and the right panel shows vertical to the right side of the panel and take like half of the space of the panel, can you tell me how can i fix it?

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

There is a lot of bugs because NativeBird still use the old Rubberducky layout. The best would be to create a new version based on Gonzo, but I don't have time for the moment.

about 1 year ago
LIB53
LIB53

I recommend you add the tag "feathers", because under tools>feathers>get more feathers, it looks up the tag "feathers". Just a little recommendation... :)

about 1 year ago
Tael_
Tael_

Done. Thanks !

about 1 year ago
oatmealsnap
oatmealsnap

I don't know what it looks like on windows/linux, but for Mac, instead of making it look like iTunes, you could make it look native using other elements from OS X. Try taking cues from the Finder and Safari.

about 1 year ago
dharmaurchin
dharmaurchin

Hi, running Songbird 1.2.0, Build 1146 (20090616030029) and works perfectly, I just changed install.rdf for 1.2.0. and it can be all compiz wobbly now.

Thank you!

5 months ago
dharmaurchin
dharmaurchin

actually...kind of wonkey so I changed my theme's .rdf as in tael's post, now everything is fine but there are two Songbird titlebars.

5 months ago
rossmoore
rossmoore

How did you get this working against Songbird 1.2? My copy says that this isn't compatible.

4 months ago
server_cra
server_cra

seve weno

16 days ago
SoMuchFunk
SoMuchFunk

this sounds promising. any plans to make this compatible with Songbird 1.4?

Using Version: Songbird 1.4.3, Build 1438

11 days ago



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