Hi,
i would like to know if there is a plugin to view the skins before to install them ?
Geplaatst op 22 september 2022 - 19:46
Why? You have this preview thing here so you can judge the look and feel, well, at least the look
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Or just install the skin. Installation and GUI reboot takes almost no time. If you don't like it, remove it afterwards.
Veranderd door scriptmelvin, 22 september 2022 - 19:50
Geplaatst op 22 september 2022 - 20:22
The preview in my screenshot isn't a complete rendered skin, it's just a pixmap (prev.png). Installable skins could show such a preview (screenshot by the skin author) in the plugin browser.
By the way, why doesn't OpenPLi show previews in the plugin browser? I've seen other images that do.
Veranderd door scriptmelvin, 22 september 2022 - 20:22
Geplaatst op 23 september 2022 - 10:03
The preview in my screenshot isn't a complete rendered skin, it's just a pixmap (prev.png). Installable skins could show such a preview (screenshot by the skin author) in the plugin browser.
Not every skin author has included a preview image.
By the way, why doesn't OpenPLi show previews in the plugin browser? I've seen other images that do.
Because nobody has made it?
Besides that, to be able to find the preview image (if it exists), and show it in the plugin list, you need to:
First two will be slow, the last one introduces unwanted bloat.
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Geplaatst op 23 september 2022 - 15:42
Not every skin author has included a preview image.
All skins on the NB feed have a preview. Most (non-skin) plugins don't have one. So maybe do it for skins only?
Besides that, to be able to find the preview image (if it exists), and show it in the plugin list, you need to:
- download every ipk, unpack it, check if the image exists, and pull it out of the tarball
- or do this server side and have the plugin browser download images
- or include the images in the base image and have them local
HDMU uses the second option, and they use jpg for smaller files.
First two will be slow
Not noticeable with the second option on modern internet. The images are ~15k each, and they could be downloaded lazily, and only if the selection remains on the same option for, say, 0.3 seconds.
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