[Lunatixz]

The slow down is noticeable on a pretty fast i7 PC. Its because each animation has to complete when called... Before moving onto the next image.
As for sidebar, I'm worried a reset button would be over used... So we can leave resetting to settop or automatic mode.
Thanks

Agree on both points. It's just bad design to deliberately cause a delay when cycling through the EPG.

As for the sidebar it would be super cool if you could switch skins on the fly... somehow I don't think that's actually possible, but if you're looking for a wishlist, toss that on there.

Have you tried adding a delay? not sure if it will actually delay the transition from starting... but worth a shot.

There is also ability to add delays preceding the transistions. For instance

Code:

<animation effect="fade" time="200" delay="200">Hidden</animation>

would mean that the control will fade out after a delay of 200ms. This is useful for "crossfade" effects, where you want the new control to fade in while the old control is still on screen (and then fade the old one out once the new one is completely opaque).