2012-02-07, 00:11
mediumdry Wrote:Wow. I can see how it might upset some people, but I'm very happy with this news. Can't wait to see the new and improved Quartz!
Well, vertical menu is more suitable for kids (IMHO) and I thought I could manage to incorporate other things to it in a way that it would make everyone happy. It's also a bit more flexible as you can have more items that in horizontal (if you prefer not to scroll horizontal menu).
After months of using, it turned out that my kids don't really care if the layout is horizontal or vertical one, so I decided to return to what suits me the most - ATV one.
If I set aside skin speed differences, Quartz 1 is the speediest skin ever (usability wise). I feel right at home, everything is in the right place and only a click away. This is obviously biased opinion as I'm a Mac user and used to front row interface. Furthermore, skin was made by me.
Quartz 2 is, however, a step further regarding the skin looks than Q1 was. I believe that Quartz 3 succeeds in merging previous 2 versions together. I'm very pleased with it and it is a max I could achieve with my graphic and skinning skills at this moment.