2014-01-15, 16:10
(2014-01-15, 07:08)jurialmunkey Wrote: Just a quick note for the sake of using the same terminology:
-- Main menu categories are the items in the dark bar -> e.g. Live TV, Movies, Tv Shows, Music, Settings Icon etc.
-- Submenu items are the customisable grey tiles for each category -> e.g. Albums, Artists, Files, Playlists etc. for the Music Category
-- Widgets are the things in the panel -> e.g. In-Progress, Weather, System Info, Recently Added etc.
The widgets only open on up with "submenu on click" enabled in skin settings. Without that you have to press up twice - once to get to the submenu then again from the submenu to get to the widget. By changing the submenu to open on down, the widget will open on up regardless of the "submenu on click setting" -- also the navigation becomes more consistent with other skins (see for example confluence or aeon nox where the submenu is down and widgets are up).
I wouldn't move the settings out from the settings submenu because otherwise it gets confusing. However, I have toyed around with a similar idea to what you are suggesting regarding having the down menu be a sort of "jump list" menu -- e.g. with weather, favourites, file manager, configure plus options to update and clean both music/video libraries. If it was like that then the power button on the menu would open up the side power menu instead (what you get when you press the power button on the remote) for those without such a remote.
The library/files changeover is in the menu where you change the viewtypes, not the context menu.
The context menu is one of the few places where skinners can't change the visible items -- I can only add things to it, not remove preexisting ones, so not possible to remove edit title unfortunately.
I like the idea of a sidebar for the power options.
for the other ideas... i guess i'm confused. if you are in the submenu, wouldn't you still have to press up twice to get to the widgets?
Once you're in the submenu --> pressing up once to get to the main menu --> up again to get to the widgets
and vice-versa...
don't get me wrong. i love the idea of having down be the submenu. it does make more of a consistent flow to the navigation.
just wanna make sure you're doing it for the right reasons.