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Evilseed
03-26-2008, 03:45 PM
Hey All!

I saw a great UI here a couple days ago for MBoxers, but now I cannot seem to find it at all. I was purposefully waiting until 2.4 to setup this UI but I'm annoyed to no end that I cannot find it.

The UI was very smooth in design, with a nice curved line at the bottom. The party unit frames were very unique and all around very pleasant looking versus something like Xzin's UI (sorry buddy!).

Could somebody help me out?

Thanks :)
Xzin
03-26-2008, 04:00 PM
The space shuttle's layout isn't pretty either.

But it WORKS.

To each their own :)
Los
03-26-2008, 04:03 PM
mm space shuttles working, tell that to...
Evilseed
03-26-2008, 05:39 PM
The space shuttle's layout isn't pretty either.

But it WORKS.

To each their own :)Actually nearly all of the NASA shuttle pilots disdain the shuttles layout. Apparently there is an internal movement to update it from 1980 technology :) I read it somewhere from Digg. Hah!!

But really, I'm trying to find this UI and it is bugging me hardcore. I'm not sure where I read it, maybe a hunter UI or such.

EDIT - 2 letter searches don't work. Somebody needs to lower the mysql search character limit to 2 characters :)
Xzin
03-26-2008, 05:43 PM
You take a look at the amazing things it has to do and the environment it has to operate in and you manage a better than ~ 2:100 failure rate. IN THE 80's.

Then we will talk.

What it managed to achieve was monumental, even if it was never designed to work perfectly 100% of the time. If we were designing for that, we would still be on the ground.

The cockpit is like this: but far more advanced.
(Kinda, the Space Shuttle is technically a glider).

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
Xzin
03-26-2008, 05:47 PM
http://human-factors.arc.nasa.gov/ihi/research_groups/isis/McCandless/shuttlemeds.jpg
Evilseed
03-26-2008, 05:52 PM
Nobody said that the shuttle wasn't functional in the 1980's, nor functional now. But functionality is not just boolean.

I'm just saying I rather have a functional and pleasant UI versus what you use Xzin :)
Xzin
03-26-2008, 07:50 PM
Mine's functional! And it goes away when it isn't needed. But it needs the screen real estate to function properly.

It's your UI, do what works best for you :)
thinus
03-26-2008, 07:57 PM
XPerl and Pitbull are the two main unitframes being used. I would start searching on those or maybe search for "unitframe" or variations thereof.