2009-03-02, 15:56
Just realised that this forum has been setup (thanks to whoever did it 
) so I thought it's only right that I start posting stuff in here regarding the development of the skin.
At the moment I've probably coded about 80% of the skin (most of the work was done in January) but, as usual the last 20% will probably take 80% of the time!
My current thinking is that djh will be releasing Stark in March/April so there isn't much point in releasing another skin in that time-frame so will probably aim for a May/Jun release. The initial release will probably be similar to that of MediaStream where it's fully functional release but not 100% polished and tested, relying on user feedback to get to a full release stage.
Enough of the side issues, on to the skin itself. Whilst reading through feedback on MediaStream I realised that there were a lot of users out there who seemed to hold fanart and background images in very high regard - even higher than the media in some cases! This skin is supposed to very minimal and show plenty of the fanart/background but still make the skin as usable as possible.
As it stands I have enough stuff to be getting on with but as the release timescales are very relaxed I'm not under pressure to get it done, hence it's been possible for me to develop it on my own. I'll hopefully be keeping this thread up to date with how things are going so people can give me their thoughts/feedback and every now and again I'll post links to packaged versions of the skin that you can play about with (but not release any details to the public forums!)
Screenshot time!
Home screen:
Movie Poster view:
TV Show Info:
Music Showcase-style view:
) so I thought it's only right that I start posting stuff in here regarding the development of the skin.At the moment I've probably coded about 80% of the skin (most of the work was done in January) but, as usual the last 20% will probably take 80% of the time!
My current thinking is that djh will be releasing Stark in March/April so there isn't much point in releasing another skin in that time-frame so will probably aim for a May/Jun release. The initial release will probably be similar to that of MediaStream where it's fully functional release but not 100% polished and tested, relying on user feedback to get to a full release stage.
Enough of the side issues, on to the skin itself. Whilst reading through feedback on MediaStream I realised that there were a lot of users out there who seemed to hold fanart and background images in very high regard - even higher than the media in some cases! This skin is supposed to very minimal and show plenty of the fanart/background but still make the skin as usable as possible.
As it stands I have enough stuff to be getting on with but as the release timescales are very relaxed I'm not under pressure to get it done, hence it's been possible for me to develop it on my own. I'll hopefully be keeping this thread up to date with how things are going so people can give me their thoughts/feedback and every now and again I'll post links to packaged versions of the skin that you can play about with (but not release any details to the public forums!)
Screenshot time!
Home screen:
Movie Poster view:
TV Show Info:
Music Showcase-style view:
