[Warner306]

So there's lots from the older skin not included in a new skin?

What's the difference in all these skins anyways? Just more or less features?

Oh, come on, your old skin is fine. A new skin is a new skin with new features -- sometimes it builds on the past version; other times it does not. Not everyone likes the sequel to a movie, but it is allowed to exist.

The thing to watch with older skin are its dependencies. Every version of Kodi introduces skinning changes: Some features are removed while other are changed. A stark example is the removal of the Character property in the video info dialog. This was replaced by Label2 in Isengard for ease of programming. As a result, old skins will no longer show the name of a character in the video info screen without an update to the skin. There are many such changes from version to version of Kodi.

A more important consideration are upgrades and changes to addons. Most skins depend on many addons for its features (e.g. widgets, home menus, media information, actor dialogs, etc.). These addons, if active, are constantly undergoing changes. Further, many addons become stale and the developer (perhaps due to life circumstances) may choose to move one. Cinema Experience is an example of addon that has not seen changes since before Helix. A loss of such support will eventually destroy previous functionality. Not to mention the fact, you are missing out on new features such as the constant improvement of the new ExtendedInfo script. These are features that must be added to the skin.

So, to summarize, new Aeon Nox is not Aeon Nox 4. But old Aeon Nox has moved past maturity and is now in its decline. So enjoy it while it lasts. Because it will continue to be less of what it was with each passing year. Unless someone updates it with the times.

I can't understand why that argument has to be drawn out over dozens of posts?