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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Dec 2009 09:37

I just realized that most of these posts are from 08. That brings me no joy. I'm going to post and ask if a skin change can resolve my issue
Use the skins interface. Or wait 10 days.
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Dec 2009 09:38

So I uninstalled 1.03 and reinstalled .9.9 and everything was fine then this morning the logo that I have trouble seeing comes back. 2 Questions
1. did the program go get the the logo without asking or is the logo included in the program.
2. If i learn to compile the program on my own, Will I be able to change the logo?

Remeber the only problem that I have is seeing the new logo, I'm colorblind(can't see red) and it's too small.
How about a big Christmas type hat??
1. It is included;
2. Yes, but it is difficult.
3. Use the skins interface of VLC.
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby xpmk4everx » 23 Dec 2009 00:42

Use mplayer or dragonplayer if you are using Linux. I don't care if the Santa hat is secular or not. Bah, Humbug!

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Miss Chief » 25 Dec 2009 06:46

Why don't you people who don't like the icon just change the date on your computer to 7th Jan (I assume it will go away then) and then change it back when it really is the 7th?

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 26 Dec 2009 19:03

Why don't you people who don't like the icon just change the date on your computer to 7th Jan (I assume it will go away then) and then change it back when it really is the 7th?
1st jan is enough
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby maxorator » 27 Dec 2009 01:16

Developers add easter eggs to cheer you up, but all you do is complain. How disrespectful.

Besides, a santa hat has nothing to do with religion. It's just a symbol of joy, presents and spending time with your family. I wonder if some people also consider candy canes offensive? :roll:

Keep the hat! :wink:

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby rainofkayos » 27 Dec 2009 08:41

hey its a year later and (2 days later) and on the 27th im enjoying the easter egg left by the wonderful VLC guys, i agree we should accept that we are all different, and not be offended by the differences, maybe one year there will be like a dreidel or the Kwanzaa candles =-) nice work guys!!!!

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby jimpeel » 27 Dec 2009 10:15

Fer Christ's sake, get over it.

Oh, Jesus, I said "Christ". Sorry about that.

Jesus Christ! I did it again!

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. What is wrong with me?

Oh God, I'm so insensitive.

Sorry! :oops:

As you were.

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby samtheman » 28 Dec 2009 11:54

Developers add easter eggs to cheer you up, but all you do is complain. How disrespectful.

Besides, a santa hat has nothing to do with religion. It's just a symbol of joy, presents and spending time with your family. I wonder if some people also consider candy canes offensive? :roll:

Keep the hat! :wink:
amen.

oops...i mean...right on!

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 29 Dec 2009 01:08

amen.

oops...i mean...right on!
I laughed :lol:
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby ReleaseRoderick » 29 Dec 2009 01:17

Hey, I`m typing this blind cos mi Santa hat keeps falling over mi eyes.........
I`ll get one of the Reindeer in to finish it later.

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby xompax » 29 Dec 2009 07:03

I am no developer, but just a faithful user and do not have experience with compiling vlc from source. (Faithful both literally and metaphorically.) I am Jewish and do not celebrate Christmas. I am not offended by the Santa hat icon but it just seems kind of odd when friends and family see this logo when they want to play a funny Hanukkah video. I understand that for many Santa is secular but it connotates with a majority of people as relating to Christmas. I understand that this was intended to be a positive gesture, though I believe things like this should be omitted just to make sure that no group of people or person is feeling left out or offended. See http://www.haiku-os.org/development/icon-guidelines/ at the bottom entitled "Neutral Icons", which describes how the haiku-os project makes their icons, racially, religiously, gender, ... etc ..., neutral.

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 29 Dec 2009 17:43

A red hat is not anything religious... Sorry for you.
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby criscodisco » 30 Dec 2009 08:31

Ugh, this is making me sad. I just now noticed the santa hat, and googled it out of excitement and joy.

What is so wrong with all of you that you just look for things to be offended about? Jesus Christ.

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Santa hat icon?

Postby thepeex » 30 Dec 2009 10:19

Well, I am not christian, nor muslim, nor anything but flesh and bone, but I must admit that the feature annoys me because it reminds me of getting fat eating too much giving eachother junk while atching starving and dying people on T.V... It does not match my mood or my exquisitly simplistic desktop.

Now that I see there is no way to remove it, I will bear because VLC is really the best player around.

I hope this does not turn into a let's add Jewish, Muslim, Budhist, etc... holidays icons, cuz' I like my software nice, clean and laïc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9).


Cheers,

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 30 Dec 2009 14:40

Well, I am not christian, nor muslim, nor anything but flesh and bone, but I must admit that the feature annoys me because it reminds me of getting fat eating too much giving eachother junk while atching starving and dying people on T.V... It does not match my mood or my exquisitly simplistic desktop.

Now that I see there is no way to remove it, I will bear because VLC is really the best player around.

I hope this does not turn into a let's add Jewish, Muslim, Budhist, etc... holidays icons, cuz' I like my software nice, clean and laïc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9).


Cheers,
Recompile VLC and stop bothering us.
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby thepeex » 31 Dec 2009 07:40

Allmighty j-b,

I appologize if I bothered you, I will recompile as your ordered, as I am blessed by thee enough to know how.

I will now live in the fear of the allmighty "J" and stay close to my compiler. I will also take an oath to keep a sense of humour in 2010.



Allez... Bonne année (grégorienne) !

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby christzel » 02 Jan 2010 00:28

Allmighty j-b,

I appologize if I bothered you, I will recompile as your ordered, as I am blessed by thee enough to know how.

I will now live in the fear of the allmighty "J" and stay close to my compiler. I will also take an oath to keep a sense of humour in 2010.



Allez... Bonne année (grégorienne) !
why are you being a so --please stay polite-- stupid sarcastic --please stay polite--? JESUS CHRIST! dont u like it, dont use it! did you pay for it?NO so dont --please stay polite-- use it.

muslims,jews etc can make their one vlc skin and put any icon they want..if you cant do it then dont use vlc and use other program..Jesus Christ!

it is like someone gives you food for free and u say i dont like it coz its too salty.

go sit on a cone and take a pic of you and then recompile it with this icon.post it in the forum ill download it and i wont be offended.



NOW NON-CHRISTMAS PLEASE SHUT YOUR EYES:

Merry christmas and happy new year!

NOW OPEN YOUR EYES AND PLEASE DONT READ WHAT I SAID BEFORE BECAUSE YOU WILL GET OFFENDED.

greetings from Greece


PS im joking..

PS2 im not being sarcastic with any religion because I RESPECT ALL RELIGIONS AND EVERYBODY HAS TO RESPECT ALL RELIGIONS...BUT the santa hat is not something offensive..

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby thepeex » 02 Jan 2010 06:29

Picture of me with a cone in my behind... However tempting that may sound I think this is hardly the right forum :)

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby lexein » 02 Jan 2010 07:22

I don't care WHAT the icon changed to.
1. Any "easter egg" which permanently affects user preferences should provide notice. If the change is harmless and leaves no permanent effect requiring user intervention, it doesn't need notice.
2. Any "easter egg" which makes changes should undo itself cleanly, (in this case, restoring the user's icon associations). The nature of an "easter egg" done properly (as opposed to a logic bomb) is that it's harmless and leaves no permanent trace.

An "easter egg" which makes changes that a user has to "repair" cannot be reasonably called an "easter egg".
I hope a VLC primary developer takes responsibility and rips the broken thing out until it can be written correctly.

Remember when Microsoft, Real, and Netscape were blasted for pulling the same behind-the-back system preferences switches?
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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby christzel » 02 Jan 2010 12:43

its so simple lexein..dont use it. when you eat some food and you dont like it then you stop eating it..so stop using vlc.(you pay for food,you dont pay for vlc)

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby lexein » 02 Jan 2010 13:44

I see. You're advocating that broken code which
- alters system-wide user preferences and
- doesn't restore them
should persist in this project.

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby christzel » 02 Jan 2010 14:00

my dear lexein..dont use it if you dont like it! its so simple..

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby lexein » 02 Jan 2010 14:14

I've used and recommended VLC for years, and made suggestions, and submitted bug reports.
This is just another bug.

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Re: Santa hat icon?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 02 Jan 2010 16:59

1. Any "easter egg" which permanently affects user preferences should provide notice. If the change is harmless and leaves no permanent effect requiring user intervention, it doesn't need notice.
So, VLC's change is harmless. => No notice
2. Any "easter egg" which makes changes should undo itself cleanly, (in this case, restoring the user's icon associations). The nature of an "easter egg" done properly (as opposed to a logic bomb) is that it's harmless and leaves no permanent trace.
Which is what VLC does. It is totally clean, doesn't do anything in your back and doesn't download anything. It doesn't even change your icon association.
An "easter egg" which makes changes that a user has to "repair" cannot be reasonably called an "easter egg".
VLC is not broken. And this is not an easter egg.
I hope a VLC primary developer takes responsibility and rips the broken thing out until it can be written correctly.
What? You are kidding...
Remember when Microsoft, Real, and Netscape were blasted for pulling the same behind-the-back system preferences switches?
VLC is not done by a company, but by volunteers that do that on their free time...
Deal with it or go elsewhere with your hatred.
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