Most developers would claim that they had their humble beginnings coding in LUA, so it's no surprise that somebody will come and spruce up the player a bit. Putting the GUI replacement bit aside, interfaceLua by Glynnder, also functions as an image viewer as well as system stats display and of course Lua script execution. If all of this sounds vaguely familiar it's because interfaceLua is what has become of LuaMainFrame2.

Changelog:

V1.05: Added bmp support to image viewer, however it is very slow due to bmplib :p
V1.06: Fixed execFaveHb (Favorite Homebrew Execution) function in image, game and irfs
V1.07: Removed circle from sys menu, made cross also save options
V1.10: General RAM optimisation
V1.15: Added graphical help screen
V1.16: Having big issues with settings menu, sorted them.

Here are some highlights from Glynnder's exclusive with 7ech that might be of some interest to you. And if you're looking for the download link, sadly he still can't divulge it since it is currently participating in a competition. He promised that we'll have it soon enough though.

GAME:
Taking the place of the four buttons is a rectangle which displays a gamepicture for the lua scripts, similar to ICON0 for eBOOTS (why should C/C++ get all the fun)! This is set via a png file called displaypic.png in the root of the scripts main folder. The scripts icons are also displayed in the game menu. A quick tap of Square will take you back home.

IMAGE:
It will load up ms0:/PSP/Photo automatically, and supports unlimited folders inside PSP/Photo (unlike the PSP’s image viewer) for the moment the image viewer is fairly basic, however I am already working to improve it.

SETTINGS:
You can choose one of four skins from this menu. I have limited it to four for various reasons. I plan to add dynamic skin names though, which would mean the skins wouldn’t always display as “blue”, “red”, “green” & “white”.

IRFS:
From home you can go to irfs, which is currently incomplete.

It's been a while since Glynnder have had us take a look at his Lowser modification application, LuaMainframe2. Aside from being a GUI replacement for the Lowser included in the Lua Player, it has, according to Glynnder, "Lua script execution, USB connection, image viewer, Lua script execution, system stats and much much more." Simply put, it is a GUI replacement on acid.

Now, he shares what's been happening with the project recently through a video he posted on PSPro. If you're worried about getting nauseous while watching the video, don't worry, he assures us that this time he already bought a tripod. Let's close this article with a reminder: Mark this coming Friday on your calendars.

Thanks Alex for letting us in on this one!

Glynnder from the PSPro development team has emailed us a video of his upcoming Lowser modification application, LuaMainframe2 for all of you to look at. LuaMainframe2 is the sequel to the unreleased (which is probably why you've never heard of it) LuaMainframe. As you can see from the video, LuaMainframe2 is a GUI replacement for the Lowser included in Lua Player with many more features.

"LuaMainframe2 has a smooth cursor-less UI (although at the moment there is a cursor just to select Game/Image etc...) The browsing code is very similar to Lowser so it shouldn't have many issues there. It has favourite Lua script execution, USB connection, image viewer, Lua script execution, system stats and much much more."

Glynnder is also on his way to releasing the first closed beta for LuaMainframe2, so any coders interested can join the Development team if you wish and get in on the action! Just contact Glynnder-PSPro in our forums. Regular use of the Lowser included with Lua Player can get boring because of the standard GUI, but with this applications, Lua Player is about to get a whole lot better!

Update: To help you see exactly what is on the horizon, Glynnder has released the old beta version of the original LuaMainframe which was never offically released. Although it doesn't contain the amazing GUI that you can see in the video, it still adds some more functionality over the original Lowser.

Download: [LuaMainframe beta]