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(2013-08-14, 08:55)bossanova808 Wrote: There are some amazing skin peeps out there...I really think this might be a good chance to maybe get some improvement to the default skin happening.
If Jezz_X is busy, but there's a new major version coming, why not put a more general call out to help improve the default skin but clearly define the guidelines (e.g. simplicity, lightweight, fast, not too many needed addons or whatever).
[says he who does no skinning at all]
I'm all for more community involvement/input on the default skin. It would probably be best to start a new topic on that. In Skin Dev forum or the Confluence help forum?
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Well, I don't want to step on any toes, even if it's just a brainstorming thread, so I'll check with the rest of the Team before starting a thread myself. I don't want to give the impression that we're suddenly going to make drastic changes or anything that might cause panic ;)
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2013-08-14, 09:21
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-14, 09:59 by User 34959.)
How about something like this.. Make it a left aligned grouplist and add either these buttons or the ones from spincontrol to switch between levels.
I have not tried Gotham builds so I have no idea what it looks like at the moment and how it behaves.
I think the settings screen could use little less graphics since the background is static
Another option would be to make the gear icon in the breadcrumbs a button like Martijn basically suggested, and have the breadcrumb label indicate what is the current level. Usability with a remote is a question mark though.
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That has merit.
My main issue with it is in the how you get to it I guess...navigating off a list to the right is just weird, especially in some views like thumbnails.
But the other issue is how hidden it is - nobody knows it is there. But basically all remotes have a menu button and people seem to find the context menu more easily than the blade.
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2013-08-14, 13:07
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@overall UX improvements - we discussed those a lot at last devcon (also color button indicators etc), but many things are simply not yet possible or not practical because of the different input devices. But feel free to start a thread and collect the ideas.
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2013-08-14, 13:34
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-14, 13:36 by Martijn.)
please keep things on track. discuss one thing at a time or open a new thread.
if everything is going to be thrown in one thread no one knows what it's all about and it becomes a big mess.
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My suggestion would be a tickmark:
[ ] Show advanced settings
I think it should be visible on every settings page so everyone including new members know there are advanced settings, and wether they are visible or not. Maybe add an option to password protect it so when you set up XBMC for someone else, they can't mess with it.
It could also be "Enable advanced settings" and grey out the advanced settings when not activated, so you can see what options are available, just can't set them.