Zune GUI

[Cobalthex]

I will be making a custom Zune GUI system for all to use (open source)

some of the contents will be
13+ menus (ill define them in the below)

1. Landscape/Portrait Keyboard
2. Edit boxes
3. Rich edit boxes
4. Buttons
5. Radio Boxes
6. Check Boxes
7. Combo Boxes / Drop Boxes
8. Context Menus
9. Draggable controls
10. Progress Bars
11. Popups
12. Widgets
13. Tabs
14. Canvases
15. Swipe bar (Ad bar)
16. And more

I will be rolling them out probably one at a time, they'll all be individual components so you can choose which ones you want to use.
They will all be themeable, easy to use, customizable (actions and design), and able to use in pretty much any situation
they will be optimized to run quickly and efficiently

The various menus will be a

1. Swipe menu (already created)
2. Flick menu
3. Arc menu
4. Strip menu
5. Thumbnail menu
6. Circle menu
7. Square menu
8. Vertical pane menu
9. Card menu
10. Depth menu
11. Carousel menu
12. Center stage menu
13. Cover flow menu

Ill be creating mock-ups for these and the other controls for everyone to get an idea of what they are

[Tiptup300]

Does the Zune HD have the same memory limit as the other ones?

[Cobalthex]

?

[Red Sky]

you can only use somewhere around 16 mb of RAM at a time.

[Berty]

dang...........ur shooting large, i wish u the best of luck, id really like to see these

[Cobalthex]

my stuff is pretty optimized (like i pack images pretty well, and just optimize code), and if you use it correctly i guess, you shouldn't have an issue. Also i doubt that its that low on the hd seeing as how it probably has like at least 256mb ram

[marcusj0015]

i think that i read that the Zune Hd has 1gb of RAM

do you guys know where i can get the xbox menu for zune (not sure of the actual name) i have a 120 and im finally getting around to make my lyrics program im doing it from scratch and i have to go to job corps soon so i need as much help as possible

[roguemat]

I dont remember reading about it but I highly doubt its got a GB.

[itsnotabigtruck]

Originally Posted by marcusj0015

i think that i read that the Zune Hd has 1gb of RAM

do you guys know where i can get the xbox menu for zune (not sure of the actual name) i have a 120 and im finally getting around to make my lyrics program im doing it from scratch and i have to go to job corps soon so i need as much help as possible

zBlade?

Also, that's a good question re the memory limit. XNA on the classic Zune has an artificial memory limit that's much lower than the actual amount of RAM available, and I'd imagine that the Zune HD likewise has such a limit (though hopefully higher).

Originally Posted by Cobalthex

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This sounds like an awesome project. I was thinking about doing something like this a while back but didn't have the motivation, but the Zune HD's touchscreen should make things both more usable and easier to code.

[Tiptup300]

Yeah, cobalt sorry for not detailing why I asked. After doing zBlade I found that it used a small yet still considerable amount of memory, which is why I've been working on drawing as much as possible without loading any content. So techincally I could go back and make zBlade run without loading any textures, but it doesn't seem to be used enough to warrant the rewrite.

[Cobalthex]

well mine works on a use what you need basis, so if you only need buttons and an edit box, then only add those 2 your project, and theres 2 images
also, i can get high detail images to fairly small size without any noticeable difference