
Dolphin Dev Team/anyone reading this:
I've been searching around for various emulator front ends and I haven't found one that just shows box art in a grid. I figured this would be pretty easy, but most front ends are for MAME, so they don't include box art as much.
So my idea is a new GUI for Dolphin (which could just be a view option, it doesn't need to replace the existing set up). Basically it's just a grid oPef box art for each of the games with names underneath. When you click on a game it would bring up a more detailed description with a bigger box art picture, a button to view the back, and the description of the game contained in the ISO. It would run much better in full screen. There could also be links to the wiki/thread for that game and a properties button. If the pictures could be found (though I doubt it) there could also be an image of the disc. A GameCube/Wii in the corner. Nothing would need to be animated, it could all be static.
It might also be a good idea just to make this a separate open source project that is compatible with dolphin, but also with other emulators. If such a front end already exists, just point me to it and let this thread die.
I would make this myself if I was more familiar with Windows development, but I still have to work on that. I would be willing to work on the project though (I can still program in Java mostly, but I an do C/C++).
I've been searching around for various emulator front ends and I haven't found one that just shows box art in a grid. I figured this would be pretty easy, but most front ends are for MAME, so they don't include box art as much.
So my idea is a new GUI for Dolphin (which could just be a view option, it doesn't need to replace the existing set up). Basically it's just a grid oPef box art for each of the games with names underneath. When you click on a game it would bring up a more detailed description with a bigger box art picture, a button to view the back, and the description of the game contained in the ISO. It would run much better in full screen. There could also be links to the wiki/thread for that game and a properties button. If the pictures could be found (though I doubt it) there could also be an image of the disc. A GameCube/Wii in the corner. Nothing would need to be animated, it could all be static.
It might also be a good idea just to make this a separate open source project that is compatible with dolphin, but also with other emulators. If such a front end already exists, just point me to it and let this thread die.
I would make this myself if I was more familiar with Windows development, but I still have to work on that. I would be willing to work on the project though (I can still program in Java mostly, but I an do C/C++).
Desktop:
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.4 GHz
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Factory OC'ed)
RAM: 16 GB @ 1600 MHz
Dolphin Revision:3.0, 3.0-784, 3.5, latest 3.5
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.4 GHz
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Factory OC'ed)
RAM: 16 GB @ 1600 MHz
Dolphin Revision:3.0, 3.0-784, 3.5, latest 3.5