[mjbxx]

I brielfy looked at Krypton Alpha the other day and naturally switched straight to Amber since Estuary is not for me. Whatever version came via the official Kodi repo.

I have some comments which I hope are constructive (not complaints)
- Dramatically overhauling multiple things from one version to the next rarely goes down well.
- The new 'On Deck' with tabbed options isn't a direction I enjoyed. Tabs have a place in a web browser, not in a 10 ft interface. Plus the option to choose which On Deck items is now gone...a lot of people simply have no need for something like 'random' movies on their homescreen.
- A lot of the new view layouts don't work, the visual balance is totally wrong. Has the designer changed? I guess I will need to elaborate on this comment for it to be useful so I will do so in my next comment but basically every change is for the worst in my opinion. Position of posters, margin sizes, visual balance etc. It's really quite awful. That's why I am wondering if a new designer is on board. Also ties in with the first comment regarding dramatic change from one version to the next. Nobody likes their favorite view to be suddenly gone or mangled.
- The vertical home menu is positioned wrong, the right hand margin is much too small. I can see from the changelog this is deliberate but it looks very odd and unbalanced

Amber is the best skin by far and the work you guys have done over the years is fantastic. But I hope it doesn't lose something in an attempt to keep up with the dramatic changes of other skins.

Hi, most of the layout changes have been done by me to try and keep it looking fresh. The old layouts were all individually coded and the code had become quite a mess so I tried to streamline it where possible, most of it hadn't been updated in years .

Sorry that you aren't happy with the new style and I do see your point about those that haven;t been trying the betas will be quite surprised (some pleasantly, some not so) by the changes i have made. I've mostly had good feedback on here (I'm no UI designer) but all feedback is welcome.

I've put forward a couple of options to Jester who maintains the skin and we'll see what he thinks. Once he's made a decision then I'll come back to this thread with the answer.

Hey @joethepartylion, you are doing just fine with the new Amber skin. I initially thought some changes were unnecessary at first but am really appreciating your creativity and want to thank you and @Jester for maintaining the Amber skin for Kodi going forward.