2007-06-08, 20:53
Ok Chi3f..
I've taken some time to try and find things wrong with the theme...admittedly I cant find an awful lot, but I figure if I list them all here then it will tidy them away for you.
They are in no particular order, and I know I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to design...but here they are:
FILE MANAGER
The 'Root' headers seem to be quite far to the left of the window, and feel they would look better being in line with the text beneath them. The same can be said for the '# of objects' text at the bottom of the window. This should I also be in line with the text above them I feel.
HOME PAGE
the xTV logo seems a little to the left, and feel that it should be centered
MUSIC
As already mentioned, the 'Party Mode' text is always visible in library mode. No matter what view you are in, you see 'Party Mode' just sitting there. I assume this is all part of the context menu, but it does not disappear when the context menu is removed.
The shade of blue that is used when a track is selected is difficult to read within the highlight window. I know a lot has been said about the size of the text, but I feel that this is more important...at least you can see the white clearly!
PROGRAMS
When game wide icons are chosen, the reflection for each icon is WAY down at the bottom of the screen, irrespective of the view you are in. Obviously, the reflection should sit underneath the icon, but it is way down at the bottom of the screen...very detached.
DOWNLOAD THEMES
The border for this pop-up window seems very fat to me...a lot fatter than the other pop-up windows.
POWER MENU
I know that I have mentioned this before, but the smaller versions of the icons really do look pixelated to me, and the small 'restart' icon is definately squashed in a little.
Would the icons look better up into the centre of the screen?
Would it look better if you had clean, crisp blue borders at the top and bottom of the screen, rather than a fade? As a fade, the text looks like it's edging too far toward the bottom of the fade.
Should the date be more over toward the right-corner of the screen...it looks in a strange place.
WEATHER
The cog icon seems like it's floating on it's own for some reason..it seems to have no attachement to the title, as the icons do on every other page...it just seems out of place where it is right now.
In 16x9 mode, the weather icons look a little stretched out?
The text for 'High' temperature is smaller than 'low' temperature when looking at other days of the week.
SETTINGS > REGION
The text is too close to the border edge of the highlight bar
DISPLAY MODE
When choosing presets and settings from the pop-up control menu, the list which appears is right on top of the album cover and cannot be read.
APPLE.COM TRAILERS
When you have gone into Apple.com trailers for the first time, and choose the xTV skin, the script just hangs and locks up when setting the GUI for the first time. When you reboot and go back into it, it continues this action again and you cannot do anything about it.
Thats actually it for now...but I will continue to test.
Thanks for all of your hard work mate
I've taken some time to try and find things wrong with the theme...admittedly I cant find an awful lot, but I figure if I list them all here then it will tidy them away for you.
They are in no particular order, and I know I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to design...but here they are:
FILE MANAGER
The 'Root' headers seem to be quite far to the left of the window, and feel they would look better being in line with the text beneath them. The same can be said for the '# of objects' text at the bottom of the window. This should I also be in line with the text above them I feel.
HOME PAGE
the xTV logo seems a little to the left, and feel that it should be centered
MUSIC
As already mentioned, the 'Party Mode' text is always visible in library mode. No matter what view you are in, you see 'Party Mode' just sitting there. I assume this is all part of the context menu, but it does not disappear when the context menu is removed.
The shade of blue that is used when a track is selected is difficult to read within the highlight window. I know a lot has been said about the size of the text, but I feel that this is more important...at least you can see the white clearly!
PROGRAMS
When game wide icons are chosen, the reflection for each icon is WAY down at the bottom of the screen, irrespective of the view you are in. Obviously, the reflection should sit underneath the icon, but it is way down at the bottom of the screen...very detached.
DOWNLOAD THEMES
The border for this pop-up window seems very fat to me...a lot fatter than the other pop-up windows.
POWER MENU
I know that I have mentioned this before, but the smaller versions of the icons really do look pixelated to me, and the small 'restart' icon is definately squashed in a little.
Would the icons look better up into the centre of the screen?
Would it look better if you had clean, crisp blue borders at the top and bottom of the screen, rather than a fade? As a fade, the text looks like it's edging too far toward the bottom of the fade.
Should the date be more over toward the right-corner of the screen...it looks in a strange place.
WEATHER
The cog icon seems like it's floating on it's own for some reason..it seems to have no attachement to the title, as the icons do on every other page...it just seems out of place where it is right now.
In 16x9 mode, the weather icons look a little stretched out?
The text for 'High' temperature is smaller than 'low' temperature when looking at other days of the week.
SETTINGS > REGION
The text is too close to the border edge of the highlight bar
DISPLAY MODE
When choosing presets and settings from the pop-up control menu, the list which appears is right on top of the album cover and cannot be read.
APPLE.COM TRAILERS
When you have gone into Apple.com trailers for the first time, and choose the xTV skin, the script just hangs and locks up when setting the GUI for the first time. When you reboot and go back into it, it continues this action again and you cannot do anything about it.
Thats actually it for now...but I will continue to test.
Thanks for all of your hard work mate