not meaning to rant here, but
i miss the reall new skinning features of xbmc.
everything can be freeform now, have a completely different look.
changed layout etc, moving gifs.
will you try to make use of the new possibilities in the future?
again, i do not want to badmouth your work, you do great.
just curious if the new powers will be used by you..
it doesn't have to have the same look always.
just getting in to the skinning here but i must second onkel bouncy... there is a lot of work involved in creating a skin for xbmc and to get a hang of how everything works.
as in my case i think a problem often is that people good at graphical design isn't necessearly good at coding or at xml as in this case. so getting to know the workings of xbmc skinning requires good skills in both fields, at least in my eyes.
and i for one would happily work with a skinning tool in an alpha stage with xbmc still in an alpha stage. so skin-tool devs i'll be your tester.
and if someone wish some animated graphics you must be a video-artist too.
the problem of animated graphics are the gifs.
gifs are 'hard' graphics, not like pngs.
gifs have no smooth transparency.
see the first cvs with the animated cola and you know what i mean.
yes i know.
when i've more time i add some extras into the '_alternative'-folder in the hifi skin.
there will be some graphics and layouts for personal taste.
onkel, i thought you might like to know:
1. when viewing albums by icons (album art) the background is blue. (left overs from default skin?)
2. when viewing active playlist (press black) the text next is garbled. (looks like record is placed on top of it)
great.
one small fix would be even good.
look at the thumbs an the big icons.
they are not in the middle of the boarder.
it's not a skin problem.
all skins have this problem.
the big icons / thumbs must be approx 2-3 pixel to the right and 2-3 pixel up.
i can modify the boarder a little bit for the icons but not the position of the icons.