[jmarshall]

One thing that I would strongly suggest would be to resist having customization within the skin itself as much as possible.

Too many customization options leads to an overly complicated skin from a coding perspective for a start, and also tends to reduce the "branding" of the skin as things can get overly cluttered.

Simple things (such as home menu items being switched on and off) are fine, but you cannot cater for everyone, and nor should you try to. Instead, focus on a "complete" skin that, while perhaps not offering everything the "modder" types would want, will instead be simple, clean, and not leave the "average" user wanting more OR less.

I'd also strongly suggest to steer clear of hardcoded links to particular file sources in the media windows. Promote the library views instead, as in the long-term file based I suspect will become less and less of an option.

Cheers,
Jonathan