LieStep NEWS
Heya, some of us on skinbase have taken up a challenge of promoting LS among base heads. So over the coming months expect a lot of annoying stuff to be going on around here.. lotsa ´shell talk´ and junk.
Oki, anyhow, I´m back to theming LS, YAY!
8)
Firstly, the Golden Shell Awards 2001
Best Shell Developer: jugg
Best Supporting Developer: BlkHawk and galois
Best Innovation: OTS
Best Promise: Blackbox for Windows
Best Website: LS2K
Best Shell: LiteStep
Best LiteStep Module: MZScript
Best Vapors Left From a Shell: Juice
Best Thorn in the Side: Bandwidth
http://desktopian.org/awards/
There you go.. notice the best module?
MZScript.. I think scripting is the future of shells, ofcourse.
get yours from http://modulo.litestep.net/download.php?id=565
BTW, there have been rumours about new LS mod that will skin your application windows. Me want one of those!
Post replies:
Reply by: Elwin
On a related note: I´ve been playing with Blackbox for Windows (a new shell).
Some EXCELLENT potential there, but -
Trust me: Litestep seems SO easy all of a sudden...
{:p
Reply by: craeonics
As for BlackBox, seems like it´s dying already. If you´ve followed the shell sites, you´ve noticed the big flame that it started.
Reply by: Elwin
(Well, except for the ones I start, that is...)
{:p
Reply by: Elwin
Reply by: Doreen
Reply by: grimspoon
Oki.. I´ve decided to set up 0.gra (Zero Gravity) page on Bkaro where I will show newbies how I put my themes together. We also need to set up a LiteStep resource page here on skinbase with relevant links and set of simple instalation and customization instructions.
Now thats an easy part, unfortunately.. with my other commitements and time restraints, we need to have maybe few more people involved here.
Oki, here is where I come short...
Themer: I do not theme LS Distro packs and general default builds, so anyone with experience in that field would be welcomed to get involved. I think that would be a good point to start with the newbies.
Scripter: Someone with a good knowledge of scripting and bang commands would be handy addition to the team, as undoubtedly.. there will be lot of questions relating to scripts. Actually, I hope that either Phar0e or Jafo get involved here over time.
Coder: Someone with experience of coding LS or it´s modules would also come in handy in the consulting role.
Now this is not an LS development venture here, but you could call it a community service to promote shell customisation on skinbase. Most of the involvment will be on the msg board and workshops and I hope it generates interest, not just in LiteStep, but also in other shell replacements like GeoShell.
Anyhow.. thats all the ideas I have, now I have ta get back to making those pages.. lots of things have changed since I last assembled a theme.
But the future looks bright.. now where are my shades?
8)
Reply by: Zathrus
Reply by: Zathrus
c´mon, give us the truth, Spoon.
Reply by: Zathrus
I couldn´t understand what sort of fuss could have errupted out of a BB port. (I read the docs and that interview thing before the war thread). I didn´t have trouble with the -rtfm thing..
I see now that it was more of a personality clash. Not something you can pickup just by looking at the program, which by the way, looks damn good.
I really hope it doesn´t die, I only found it yesturday...
Reply by: Zathrus
Brad Hughes´ (the original BlackBox author) name doesn´t appear anywhere in the credits. Brad didn´t even use the GPL, he allows you to do anything with the source, (even proprietise it.) provided that you give credit.
On the other hand, a lot of work must have gone in to the port. XWindows code is useless on Win32. But still.....
Reply by: craeonics
According to this post: [LINK] it will be dropped by the developer, but open sourced. My experience with shells going open-source is that they´ll be essentially dead then (with a few exception ofcourse).
Anyway, flames are always about ego.
Reply by: grimspoon
anyhow.. I´m not dead.. it´s just taking me ages to check out everything on offer in these LS grazing fields.
OTS (open theme standard) is cool... but it is again only someone´s preffered method. I´m sure lotsa guys thought, ´hey, whats wrong with the way I do it?´ But I will be updating my themes, it´s a good thing.
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Reply by: Elwin