Santa hat icon?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

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.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

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.

[xpmk4everx]

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

[Miss Chief]

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?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

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

[maxorator]

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?

Keep the hat!

[rainofkayos]

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!!!!

[jimpeel]

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!

As you were.

[samtheman]

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?

Keep the hat!

amen.

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

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

amen.

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

I laughed

[ReleaseRoderick]

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.

Seasons Greetings
ian

[xompax]

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.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

A red hat is not anything religious... Sorry for you.

[criscodisco]

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.

[thepeex]

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,

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

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.

[thepeex]

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) !

[christzel]

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..

[thepeex]

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

ThePeeX.

[lexein]

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?

[christzel]

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)

[lexein]

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

[christzel]

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

[lexein]

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

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

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.