Glasklart Open Thread

[jfelchner]

I thought we needed a place to just shoot the crap, ask random stuff, etc.

This issue will never be closed and I'm expecting it to get rather long. :)

Unless you're using Github notifications or sorting your issues by "Updated" rather than "Submitted" this issue will probably fall below page 1 very quickly.

Hopefully that will keep the noise to a minimum. :smile:

/cc @glasklart/maintainers @glasklart/feature-contributors

[jfelchner]

@dreamnet dang it! The freaking #'s are markup for headers.

One more time señor.

\#\#\# THIS IS FOR GLASKLART MAINTAINERS DO NOT MODIFY THIS LINE OR WRITE BELOW IT. CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMMENTS SHOULD BE IN A SEPARATE COMMENT. \#\#\#

The \# will tell Github that it should be a literal #.

[jfelchner]

sigh :frowning:

I honestly thought FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING DO NOT MODIFY THIS FREAKING LINE in all caps would be enough to stop people from modifying the line.

Evidently I'm too optimistic about people's ability to follow directions.

[MagnaMike]

Some people just want to watch the world burn. :wink: :tongue: On Mar 1, 2013 6:29 PM, "Jeff Felchner" notifications@github.com wrote:

sigh [image: :frowning:]

I honestly thought FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING DO NOT MODIFY THIS FREAKING LINE in all caps would be enough to stop people from modifying the line.

Evidently I'm too optimistic about people's ability to follow directions.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/glasklart/hd/issues/1323#issuecomment-14317497 .

[alldayremix]

Maybe if it said IF YOU MODIFY THIS LINE YOUR REQUEST WILL BE REJECTED it would stop people from modifying it (sadly, probably not)

[rentiak]

@Youppi3 You can check out this video I made which includes a step of stroking an outline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSGLtXZi8g That's the best way in my experience - stroke with a contrasting color, then magic wand the stroked line and delete if you want it to be a negative-space outline

[dreamnet]

@jfelchner No problemo, amigo - "Accepted Artwork" line updated.

[jfelchner]

Hey all, anyone have a good app for figuring out how much memory/CPU is being used by running processes? Like the top Unix command but as an app?

[jfelchner]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! @dreamnet just got overtaken by @trevormeiss!!!!

Better watch out @scottbuckley. He's comin for YOU! :gun:

:wink:

[gaetan-petit]

Do you know guys why some app will use the theme in notifications and some others the default one?

[jfelchner]

@gaetan-petit as far as I know, it's based on how they code it. If they have a separate 50px icon they use that, but some devs just use the 114px icon and have iOS size it down. Those are the ones that show as the Glasklart icon in notifications/settings.

[ghost]

@jfelchner is there a reason why my iPad won't display all of the icons correctly? the only ones that change are the screen lock and settings, and maybe cydia. the font becomes white on my calendar. If there is already a thread for these please refer me to it so I can keep my noob questions for other pages lol

[alldayremix]

@BTG2013 as mentioned in this comment Glasklart is barely compatible with iPad at all.

The iPad uses a different size of icon compared to the iPhone (144px vs 114px) and most (if not all?) icons haven't been made to that spec.

[alldayremix]

@Dream-Spinner here are answers to your questions from #1419:

1. The instructions and such aren't getting to me. Anyone have an exact process (for iPhone 4) HD retina icon making?
2. How do I submit icons do I make?
3. Can you add the repos you 'make' here on Cydia?
4. Are there rules? If so, where?
5. @dreamnet has a very nice tutorial on his site here: http://glasklarthd.dreamnet.at/how-to-make-an-icon
6. Submit icons according to the section titled Fulfilling Your Own Icon Requests in the README -- basically, make an icon request for your app, then reply to it with the icon you've created.
7. The repositories here on Github are not the same as repositories on Cydia, so no, but @jfelchner publishes a new version of Glasklart (with the latest icons and updates) to Cydia on a regular basis.
8. Anything you might term a 'rule' is probably specified in the README -- what to do, what not to do, etc.

[ghost]

@alldayremix thanks for the share.

[dreamnet]

@glasklart/maintainers I have done some optical enchantments to the script on http://getart.dreamnet.at - just to look a bit more "professional". I also added a short "explanation" what is to do to request a new icon. If anyone want's some changes or correct my poor english - please let me know.

[jfelchner]

@vinstic I'm really sad to hear that. :frowning: but we all only have 24 hours in a day. Just spend as much time as you can!

As far as Accepted Artwork, I haven't said anything because @dreamnet and I are just trying it out for now. But I think how it's going to work is that, after the Accepted Artwork line, we're going to paste the dreamnet preview for the contribution that we are going to officially add to Glasklart.

There's no need to add a literal URL, the script will grab it out of the preview.

[jfelchner]

@dreamnet it looks fantastic!!

[jfelchner]

@vinstic no, can you not edit other people's comments? Isn't there a :pencil2: icon that you can click on?

I click that, copy the preview text for the preview that I'm accepting, and then click the :pencil2: icon on the issue and paste it below Accepted Artwork

[dreamnet]

@vinstic Rightyright!!! Corrected and autofocus is now set on the input field. THX!

[jfelchner]

@vinstic autofocus was a great idea.

@glasklart/maintainers BTW, as you know I don't like having issues open for too long. I like to keep our list of things to look at manageable. Because of this and the high volume of requests we're getting, I'm being a lot more harsh about invalid icon requests and just closing them out.

Once the user corrects their issue, we can reopen it.

I'm reserving invalid status for something like where the requester follows all the rules but maybe we still don't have a good 'iPhone Icon Name' candidate.

[jfelchner]

@vinstic ok, I can get behind that.

[ryjacs]

How do we request cydia icons? Is it similar to the process that was used before to request new icons?

[jfelchner]

@ryjacs you'll need to manually find all of the information that is specified for non-Cydia icons and put an icon request together with that information.

AppInfo will be your friend there. We require at least a 512px artwork.

[cr0w-69]

@ryjacs s a really easy way to get the icon and bundle names and icon name (theres only one) for cydia icons is to do the following in AppInfo

1. Tap on Springboard
2. Tap On Cydia
3. Tap the Icon you want to make (im using ProTube as an example)

4. It would say the following

   Id: de.j-gessner.ProTube IconFile: icon.png

Hope this helped!

[cr0w-69]

BTW when is the next update coming?

[jfelchner]

@cr0w-69 today.

[gaetan-petit]

Rule 1 of the glasklart club, you do not ask about an update from the Glasklart club. :D

Le dimanche 3 mars 2013, Jeff Felchner a écrit :

@cr0w-69 https://github.com/cr0w-69 today.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/glasklart/hd/issues/1323#issuecomment-14356797 .

[dreamnet]

@gaetan-petit :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

[scottbuckley]

Rule 2 of the Glasklart club: You DO NOT ask about an update of the Glasklart club.

:p

On Monday, 4 March 2013, Günther Kirchmair wrote:

@gaetan-petit https://github.com/gaetan-petit [image: :laughing:][image: :laughing:][image: :laughing:]

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/glasklart/hd/issues/1323#issuecomment-14357736 .

[jfelchner]

@gaetan-petit I almost peed my pants! LMAO!!

[kennatken]

If there is an Icon already made for an app (e.g. Flipboard) and the default logo is being displayed instead of the custom GlasKlart Icon, how to I get the default logo to be overriden by the custom icon?

[jfelchner]

@kennatken wait for the update.

[nekholm]

How about requesting an icon for an app that technically has a glasklart icon, like there's a different app for different countries (like NRJ Radio, McDonald's), but it's only been made to match one of them? Make a request and a comment with the existing file?

[dreamnet]

@nekholm One request per app is needed, because they have all different Bundle ID's, iTunes ID's and maybe different icon names.

[Dream-Spinner]

The instructions and such aren't getting to me. Anyone have an exact process (for iPhone 4) HD retina icon making?

How do I submit icons do I make?

Can you add the repos you 'make' here on Cydia?

Are there rules? If so, where?

[jfelchner]

@Dream-Spinner the README and @dreamnet's icon-making page are our "exact process". I don't know what we can do besides give you a step-by-step process.

[Dream-Spinner]

Is the one for homescreen usage the Cydia folder one in the PSD files folder?

[MagnaMike]

@vinstic Yea, go ahead - delete the default themes, I did. If you ever want them back, re-install/when you update Winterboard they'll be back. :wink:

[jfelchner]

@dreamnet would it help you if I set the assignee to you whenever I process an icon into Glasklart?

[dreamnet]

@jfelchner Hmmm... Yes, this would help - if it's not to much work for you.

[BenChaimberg]

When you say "10 icon requests per week," does that reset after the update, or after exactly a week after your 10th? Also does this apply to icons you have created but need uploaded?

[jfelchner]

@Youppi3 you contribute enough icons, you don't have a limit. :)

But to answer the question, it's 10 icon requests as reflected on your public Github profile page. Yours is here.

[nekholm]

Can the background in an open folder be made transparent, so you'd see your transparent icons against your background picture instead of a greyish black background?

[jfelchner]

@nekholm yes, but it's already slightly transparent. If you made it more so it would look horrible.

[BenChaimberg]

100th comment! Also, with the release of the new Glasklart Settings, how would one theme the app icons in settings/is this coming in the future?

[jfelchner]

@Youppi3 #551 is required before we do that.

[rentiak]

In other news - my head hits the desk every time I see a flashlight or camera app request show up with their lens flare and gradients... and I haven't even been doing this very long...

[jfelchner]

@rentiak It's like, how many different features can you have for "it turns on the flash". It's on. It's off. It strobes at varying intervals. THAT'S IT! How can there POSSIBLY be a need for 1,000 different apps to do the same damn thing!?

[jfelchner]

@glasklart/maintainers I'm going to be out of town and not getting on the internet very much for the next few days. I'll be back on the 18th.

I will probably be able to do basic Glasklart icon updates this weekend but feature updates will have to wait until I get back.

While I'm gone, @dreamnet, @vinstic and @scottbuckley will have the final say in all things related to icon contributions. @MagnaMike and @Tr1pTr0p will be in charge of any theme changes/discussions.

I will not be reviewing any conversations on icon contributions when I get back but I will review all of the threads around everything else.

While I'm out, any time I check in, this will the the only thread I check. So if there's an emergency, post it here.

Do me a favor, if you burn the house down, do it with style. :fire: :house: :fire: :fire_engine:

:grinning:

[dreamnet]

@jfelchner Have a nice time!