(2012-05-25, 09:56)bob_loblaw Wrote: The update occurred today while my wife was at home sick, needless to say she was quite confused, but after reading the OP I can see why all the settings were suddenly changed.
Most of the changes are great, I particularly like being able to change the bars at the top, and the way the video library settings are sorted makes a lot of sense.
A few annoyances though, I find the font is too skinny on my TV (I sit about 3m from a 55" screen), I'd prefer the font to be wider (note that I do like this font and it's readable from this distance, just too skinny). The arrows in video library view are annoying, the menu indicator is REALLY annoying to me (it used to be something you could disable), I think it's horrible. Also, when looking at watched videos only, the count of watched is still off (if you have 100 videos and 50 watched, it says total 50, unwatched 50) - this has been a longstanding bug for me. The weather icon also doesn't make it's way into the video library view (but is fine on the main menu). Scrolling in BigFan view also feels slower, not sure if this is something I could change.
While I'm at it, I'd love to be able to disable the rounded corners on posters in BigFan view, I think it would look a lot slicker. Also, I flatten all my TV series, so the episode number (which I had disabled) is not really useful, but having the full season/episode on the title was helpful, now that's gone.
Edit: It also seems to forget my multi image background settings on movies and TV on the main menu.
Fonts have been covered quite a few times in development. They decided to go with this one as it more closely matched the original Aeon font. Personally I like the skinny look from my 55" screen. It's been mentioned a few times it's not going to change, too much work to keep different fonts updated with different languages.. it's a beast to manage.
The navigation tips on the Main Menu can be disabled. Right under "Customize Home furniture", move up to the navigation tip, hit enter choose disable.. done.
For the navigation arrow in library view, not sure why people consider this remotely annoying, half the time I don't even notice it's there, completely tuned out. To find it horrible is a bit of a stretch really. How is a little tip that's only a few pixels wide and doesn't cover up much of anything "horrible"?
I guess it goes to show the differences of opinions everyone has and why it's nigh impossible for a skinner to make the "perfect" skin. Thankfully it's all open source and we are free to mod it to our hearts content.
People here have found it helpful But, if it's that big a deal to the point it's annoying you that much, on page 4, Phil65 has already shown how to remove it
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1110636
So before tossing out harsh criticisms like that, at least take a little effort to see if those points have already been brought up and answered. One is just a setup option you missed, other a code change that's easy to do.
Just did side by side comparisons of Big Fan view 2.0 vs 3.0. They slide exactly the same as far as I could tell. You sure it's different on your end?
The mini weather icon isn't showing up here, but to be fair I haven't noticed it. Not showing on main menu either, but don't know if this was intended.
Also people should keep in mind, 3.0 was designed to remove all the myriad of random options that was starting to build up as BN tried to please everyone. It does nothing but create confusion as to what options do and bloats the skin. Options are now more stream lined and very intuitive. For what they gave up in 2.0 they more than made up for in 3.0 and it's new features.