09-06-2009, 07:09 PM
So its been about 2 months since I have shown any signs of actually working on any new stuff. While I am still not ready to come back into skinning full steam, that doesn't mean that there won't be any releases until then.
Sometime last week whilst waiting for some feedback on some client work I began toying with a few new ideas which I had had in mind for a while now, but hadn't ever bother to experiment with because of time constraints.
So I started toying around and found that the stuff I thought wouldn't work actually did (of course with a LOT of trial and error). So I started playing around with a new layout based on this code base. At the time I wasn't entirely sure if what I was playing with would shape itself to be a skin simply because I wasn't sure if everything else would fall into play properly.
In its current stage, its highly unusable but I think I should be able to bring it into a usable skin with a bit of effort. So is this an announcement for a new skin? Yes and no.
The project for now is known as Codename Komodo. I haven't given it a name yet since its not structured. Whether or not it will be released will depend on how well it works, but either way Komodo will form that basis of another skin design I had in mind a while ago.
ETA? There is none, don't bother asking
I can't stress that point enough. Keep in mind I am still pretty busy at the moment with building my flash portfolio and some client work so skinning is at the bottom of my to-do list.
On a side note:
Apparently Messenger 8.1 and 8.5 will be slowly phased out this month and people will be forced to upgrade to Messenger 2009 (or whatever you want to call it).
Two things on this:
1: Now would be a good time to update, regardless of your opinion about 2009 its something you have to live with now. (for those wondering, no I will not be making a skin that looks like 8.5. Seriously people, stop dwelling on the past)
2: The 8.5 skins that have not been updated to 2009 yet will NOT be updated to 2009 (excluding Windows Aero Messenger, don't ask about this one yet either). Some of the movie skins may later be re-invented when sequels come out (i.e Iron Man 2). But asides from that they are now discontinued.
Yeah I think that about covers it. Anyway back to work for me.
Willz.
Sometime last week whilst waiting for some feedback on some client work I began toying with a few new ideas which I had had in mind for a while now, but hadn't ever bother to experiment with because of time constraints.
So I started toying around and found that the stuff I thought wouldn't work actually did (of course with a LOT of trial and error). So I started playing around with a new layout based on this code base. At the time I wasn't entirely sure if what I was playing with would shape itself to be a skin simply because I wasn't sure if everything else would fall into play properly.
In its current stage, its highly unusable but I think I should be able to bring it into a usable skin with a bit of effort. So is this an announcement for a new skin? Yes and no.
The project for now is known as Codename Komodo. I haven't given it a name yet since its not structured. Whether or not it will be released will depend on how well it works, but either way Komodo will form that basis of another skin design I had in mind a while ago.
ETA? There is none, don't bother asking
I can't stress that point enough. Keep in mind I am still pretty busy at the moment with building my flash portfolio and some client work so skinning is at the bottom of my to-do list.
On a side note:
Apparently Messenger 8.1 and 8.5 will be slowly phased out this month and people will be forced to upgrade to Messenger 2009 (or whatever you want to call it).
Two things on this:
1: Now would be a good time to update, regardless of your opinion about 2009 its something you have to live with now. (for those wondering, no I will not be making a skin that looks like 8.5. Seriously people, stop dwelling on the past
)2: The 8.5 skins that have not been updated to 2009 yet will NOT be updated to 2009 (excluding Windows Aero Messenger, don't ask about this one yet either
). Some of the movie skins may later be re-invented when sequels come out (i.e Iron Man 2). But asides from that they are now discontinued.Yeah I think that about covers it. Anyway back to work for me.
Willz.
*Cough*DoASteamSkin*Cough* 
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