2012-01-16, 12:35
Since I have moved kids media to stock ATV and don't have to worry about their part in XBMC anymore, I started considering making of "Quartz Origins" skin, that would be more true to ATV interface and the beginning of Quartz skin.
Basic idea is to go with ATV like home page and general simplification of things. Some views will be dropped and some unnecessary XBMC options from side menu (unnecessary from my point of view, of course). Otherwise it will be pretty much Quartz 1 home page with Quartz 2 views sort of thing.
I can make it public if there are enough users interested and will consider improving, dropping, keeping or altering views based on useful suggestions.
Currently, I'm thinking about dropping banner support. Making 1 fully customizable submenu instead of all, dropping fan art background images from home page, way to incorporate watch list to home page and which views to keep.
And before someone asks - I don't know when it will be available. It could be ready for Eden release if all goes well. It could be delayed if my time gets consumed by other things, it's really hard to tell ATM.
If you would like it to look more like ATV stock interface please step up with some help with the graphics. It's more or less about making few buttons and several simple but nice icons. For me it's days of work, for a graphic designer it could be several hours or less.
Basic idea is to go with ATV like home page and general simplification of things. Some views will be dropped and some unnecessary XBMC options from side menu (unnecessary from my point of view, of course). Otherwise it will be pretty much Quartz 1 home page with Quartz 2 views sort of thing.
I can make it public if there are enough users interested and will consider improving, dropping, keeping or altering views based on useful suggestions.
Currently, I'm thinking about dropping banner support. Making 1 fully customizable submenu instead of all, dropping fan art background images from home page, way to incorporate watch list to home page and which views to keep.
And before someone asks - I don't know when it will be available. It could be ready for Eden release if all goes well. It could be delayed if my time gets consumed by other things, it's really hard to tell ATM.
If you would like it to look more like ATV stock interface please step up with some help with the graphics. It's more or less about making few buttons and several simple but nice icons. For me it's days of work, for a graphic designer it could be several hours or less.