Skinning WAS Change the Green Online Icon to an Icon reflecting the IM Protocol?
Chris Forsythe
chris at growl.info
Thu Oct 11 12:56:22 EDT 2007
Luke Schierer wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:58:48AM -0500, Chris Forsythe wrote:
>
>> Billy Crook wrote:
>>
>>> I dont think they want the confusion that 20 different skins would
>>> bring in. If idiots are trusted to make skins, they will fuck parts
>>> up, and give pidgin a bad image.
>>>
>> I would disagree with this. Customizations is one of the cornerstones of
>> why a lot of users like Adium. In my opinion they feel a sense of pride
>> and ownership in the product, since they can make it "their own".
>>
>> If you provide the tools to do this, then the concern about skins
>> reflecting a poor image of Pidgin can be decreased significantly, imho.
>>
>> Anyhow, take a look for yourself: http://adiumxtras.com/
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
> Looking at these, I'm seeing things that change colors, graphics, and
> then apple scripts. I'm assuming these last are more or less like perl
> plugins, but in apple script instead of perl.
>
Right, basically changes some stuff inline and font settings and some
images like status icons/protocol icons.
Sorry about missing your faq entry.
Chris
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