2017-01-03, 14:16
Just loaded up Beta7, and I have to say I think the more recent changes that have been made to the skin are really positive. On most of my machines I've been using 16.1, and I'm really appreciating some of the aesthetic differences between it and this latest Beta. It's looking particularly pretty lately.
The only thing I'm not sure about so far from an aesthetic perspective is the music playback screen. With the assortment of different texts, their placements and sizes, I'm finding the screen a little untidy. Just my opinion. Functionally though, it works really well, and the extra on screen info will no doubt, prove useful.
http://i.imgur.com/8qiWTpe.png
Following the apparent death of PleXBMC, I've been experimenting more with PKC. The one main problem I've had transitioning has been that there aren't enough Home Menu Items items available for customising when trying to replicate the way that the Plex Libraries are available from the home screen in PleXBMC. Obviously, these menus that are missing from from PKC can be created by adding the menu to favourites, and then by creating a new Menu Item using this favourite, but now I'm finding that there aren't enough empty menu items. Would it be possible to expand the potential for Home Menu Items to help enable those with a large amount of Plex libraries to be able to use Amber with PKC much like PleXBMC worked? Additional empty Menu Item slots would probably be best, but allowing the existing, default ones (Pictures, Add-Ons, Movies, TV Shows, etc) to be customisable in the same way empty ones are may also work. Alternatively, is this something that the PKC developer, Croneter, could implement by replicating the way that PleXBMC automatically added these menu items on startup? That would certainly save the user the from having to add each menu item individually.
Aside from all that, keep up the good work. Amber seems to be looking and working the best it ever has.
The only thing I'm not sure about so far from an aesthetic perspective is the music playback screen. With the assortment of different texts, their placements and sizes, I'm finding the screen a little untidy. Just my opinion. Functionally though, it works really well, and the extra on screen info will no doubt, prove useful.
http://i.imgur.com/8qiWTpe.png
Following the apparent death of PleXBMC, I've been experimenting more with PKC. The one main problem I've had transitioning has been that there aren't enough Home Menu Items items available for customising when trying to replicate the way that the Plex Libraries are available from the home screen in PleXBMC. Obviously, these menus that are missing from from PKC can be created by adding the menu to favourites, and then by creating a new Menu Item using this favourite, but now I'm finding that there aren't enough empty menu items. Would it be possible to expand the potential for Home Menu Items to help enable those with a large amount of Plex libraries to be able to use Amber with PKC much like PleXBMC worked? Additional empty Menu Item slots would probably be best, but allowing the existing, default ones (Pictures, Add-Ons, Movies, TV Shows, etc) to be customisable in the same way empty ones are may also work. Alternatively, is this something that the PKC developer, Croneter, could implement by replicating the way that PleXBMC automatically added these menu items on startup? That would certainly save the user the from having to add each menu item individually.
Aside from all that, keep up the good work. Amber seems to be looking and working the best it ever has.
