[BobCratchett]

Primarily just a general note that the skin isn't dead yet, and there will be a nice update within the next week - now the skin is based on the default OSMC skin, and there's been lots of feedback and improvements coming through from that side, there are a few nice changes coming up.

More specifically...

Sorry, there's still no plans to provide an alternative horizontal-layout where the menu is lower. If anyone is really desperate for such, I'd be quite happy to consider a PR which adds it as an option, but I personally think the current layout fits better with the overall skin design/requirements.

Regarding additional widgets, rather than having to manually install them then select them from 'Default Widgets' - once in the Default Widgets list, the 'Get More...' option will be available which will let you install additional widget providers such as 'Library Data Provider' (probably the best option for the widget being asked for...)