2005-04-13, 14:35
first let me say that i think choke has done an amazing job with pmiii and continuously sets the standard for the rest of us skinners.
vnm: i actually like the different textures used on the homepage screen. i don't think its too busy, it gives xbmc a real polished and unique feel to it - something that is extremely hard to achieve. having said that there are a few ideas i would love to see 'borrowed' from other skins:
1. object orientated views - dvd covers for video, photo frames for pictures, cd covers for music etc. as an example the orbs by kotix does this really well.
2. a scroller on the homepage - i've seen wabid's solution, but i feel that it doesn't quite work. the list intrudes too much on the overall design and makes everything feel a little too crowded. maybe reducing the no. of buttons might work?
3. button spacing - remove the vertical spaces between buttons in each view (i know this can be done by modding the xml but its a painful process for those of us who wish to keep up with cvs changes).
4. change the homepage logo - this one is just personal preference, i didn't like the look of the circular logo so i modded chokes original design to include a black/grey version of the official xbmc logo.
whatever chokes decides to do with this skin i'm sure will look great - it always does! :kickass:
vnm: i actually like the different textures used on the homepage screen. i don't think its too busy, it gives xbmc a real polished and unique feel to it - something that is extremely hard to achieve. having said that there are a few ideas i would love to see 'borrowed' from other skins:
1. object orientated views - dvd covers for video, photo frames for pictures, cd covers for music etc. as an example the orbs by kotix does this really well.
2. a scroller on the homepage - i've seen wabid's solution, but i feel that it doesn't quite work. the list intrudes too much on the overall design and makes everything feel a little too crowded. maybe reducing the no. of buttons might work?
3. button spacing - remove the vertical spaces between buttons in each view (i know this can be done by modding the xml but its a painful process for those of us who wish to keep up with cvs changes).
4. change the homepage logo - this one is just personal preference, i didn't like the look of the circular logo so i modded chokes original design to include a black/grey version of the official xbmc logo.
whatever chokes decides to do with this skin i'm sure will look great - it always does! :kickass:
