Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement etc. etc.
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futuro - re: install gotham and frodo side by side
On linux I keep two partitions - one stable and one for testing. Once I'm satisfied that the testing one is stable, I keep that and wipe the old stable partition and then use that partition for testing. I've been finding Gotham pretty solid since most of the issues with radeon cards on linux have been fixed - of course, ymmv.
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thedeadman - re: justified vs left alignment
I've used left justified in some of the small text boxes - I find them both problematic in their own ways. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I actually find justified text to be easier to read - but maybe its just the aesthetic desire to have it justified that distracts me from reading....
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Smobbo - re: skin widgets
No widgets on home screen. They act as a sort of hub for each section - you click movies and then you see the spotlight section with various library options on the right. You can also then press right to get straight to the library section (and then also go back left to get to the widget/library hub).
I'm using a bit of different navigation concept compared to other skins -- rather than home being the central hub, its instead available from everywhere in the skin - you just press the key mapped to player controls to bring it up.
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ProsjektX - re: epg
Agree about the epg. Already made some changes. Had to break my design paradigm a little, but it works much better like this -- still have my left padding in place to keep some consistency -- design wise the right side padding isn't as important as the left side padding anyway.
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ProsjektX - re:
So nice to see more skinners focusing on the basics of usability instead of stuffing the skins up with distracting artwork and fancy effects...
I'm glad its come across like that because that's exactly what I've been trying to achieve!
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hoopsdavis - re:
jurialmunkey, are you planning to make this skin Frodo compatible?
Gotham only unfortunately. I'm using a lot of the great new skinning functions that Gotham brings -- allows for very minimal texture usage, so hopefully will work nicely on the r-pi
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sling - re: Arctic
Will still work on Arctic. Just having a little break. Except for a few minor issues that need fixing for Gotham (like subs), I'm pretty happy with where Arctic is at the moment. Coding wise its a complete mess so I don't think it will ever make to the main repo, but I'm pretty happy with it feature wise.
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en0x - re: translations
Will be sending requests for transifex and wip repo in the next week or so. I'll let you guys know once its there. Really appreciate the helping hands - this is what open source is about
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FREAKJAM - re: r-pi
Let me know how it goes on the r-pi. Its pretty light on textures, so I'm hoping it will work nicely on the pi.
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Dievil - re: customisation of home screen
That definitely will be coming. The idea is that you can have everything you use like plugins etc. at hand
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Martijn - re:
Nice one. Glad some more Gotham skins see the light before we go beta
Hopefully it will be ready for official repo by final release candidate