Hi,
I've had a play with V2 and must say it's a much better improvement over the original... I could see V1 getting outdated rather quickly.
The addition of the Node editor is a wayyy overdue, a feature that most people who have used a skin Shortcuts compatible skins would know is nearly impossible to live without.
If i may, 2 more "MUST HAVE" things that need to be added that would make this the skin of choice:
1. The ability to reorder and rename the main menu items (perhaps Node editor can be extended to cope with this?)
For me, the first item in the list should be TV, followed by Movies, then Shows etc... it doesn't sound like much, but organisation is a particular taste and should not really be decided for the user by default
2. The ability to use Extended Info script to display user defined widgets and the ability to disable/enable the default widgets.
Personally, I don't care to see "unwatched movies" or "random movies" or "movie sets" as these are all accessable through submenu categories and plus, i have my library sorted by 'date added' so "recently added" is always at the top of the list when viewing my library. Also, if i haven't updated my library in a while it can become boring rather quickly looking at the same content on the homescreen day in day out. What i would like to be able to see is "upcoming movies" or "Popular TV shows" etc... information that is available through the extended info addon from TheMovieDB information that is fresh and interesting, information that is constantly updating and connecting the user to the outside world.
Also addon information, like YouTube subscription listings etc...
I do have a subtle suggestion on aesthetics :
1. Perhaps change the "widgets" to wraplists and have them autoscroll so that the homescreen is not appearing to be so static when idle.
Do not do this for the "categories" section as having the categories auto scroll would not be navigationally friendly.
something like this:
<control type="wraplist" id="$PARAM[list_id]">
<autoscroll time="10000">!Control.HasFocus(5001)</autoscroll>
<scrolltime tween="back" easing="out">900</scrolltime>
2. Perhaps make the focused items 'pulse' slowly when highlighted
for example Something like this on control id:9000 focused layout
<animation effect="fade" start="100" end="40" time="1800" pulse="true" condition="Control.HasFocus(9000)" tween="sine" easing="out">Conditional</animation>
This will make an otherwise static experience breathe a little bit of life and can be adapted throughout the skin. It doesn't sound like much, but it's subtle movements that the brain needs to see that makes user interaction so much more of an enjoyable experience than just 'pointing and clicking' so to speak. it makes things feel so much more responsive.
please, give these suggestions some serious consideration as i believe they will greatly improve on what's been created already.
Keep up the great work guys,
Loggio
