volume bar:
thanks for pointing that out.
i didn't notice it. i will fix it soon.
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the volume control is now fixed.
download link updated in the original post.
rss feeds:
i'm not a big fan of that feature, but now that it is easy to disable i will add one to the home page.
size of the listcontrols (amount of items listed in my programs/etc):
i intentionally sized them that way (8 items on the screen) to maintain the "10 foot interface" idea that is used in the "real mce."
i feel that increasing the amount of items and lowering the font/button size makes things a little bit too difficult to read from a distance.
there really isn't
that much room to work with.. :p
i will consider making some alternate reference.xml files for people that would rather have more items on the screen with smaller fonts and buttons.
icon text:
i will play around with the font size there, but the fixed width caused by the size of the icons themselves is the problem.
decreasing the font size will probably only allow for a few more characters.
popup sub-menu:
i really haven't found a good way to integrate that into the interface yet.
ideally i would like to have a scrolling list of some sort for the buttons on the home screen, but that is currently not possible.
i will take a look at adding a popup menu similiar to the one in project mayhem after i get the rest of the skin ironed out a little bit more.
music/video overlay (song titles scrolling on top of the power/dashboard buttons, lack of album art):
i'm still working on that. :p
because of the large amount of buttons required on each page in xbmc i pretty much stuck it in the only space i could.
it works fine in that position on most screens, but it sits on top of the power/dashboard button on the home screen and on top of the page labels on a couple of the other screens.
as for the album art i will try to find a space for it, but it will probably sit on top of some buttons as well. :/
thanks for the comments and suggestions.
i will keep them in mind as i continue to work on this skin, but it is going to be difficult to make everyone happy... :p