(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 0/ The problem of Kodi UI is not the fault of the skin devs… if skin can change totaly Kodi, then the problem at first place is Kodi to let skin change to much Kodi.
I have to completely disagree here, I think one of the best things about Kodi is that you can change/configure just about everything to your liking directly from the UI while still having a pretty solid default/starting configuration for new users that are not yet familiar with all the options.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 1/ 1.0/How to select many medias (videos/movies/musics...) in one time ?
You can map the ToggleWatched-function to a button on your remote (for keyboard-users it is allready mapped to the letter "w") and then you can change the status for a single movie or even a whole category or folder of movies with one button-click. Seems to me that this is just as much effort or less even as having to select each movie in a multi-selection dialog so this point is not valid to me. Just that you haven't yet figured out how to to do it, does not mean it is not possible.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 1.1/ Is it possible to loose meta-datas about mdeias ? for example, for a movie who has been seen or not ?
Keeping metadata when upgrading kodi version is the default, this includes watched status and user-ratings.
And you can also keep watched status when importing a videodatabase backup or from .nfo-files. Granted, it does require a little preconfiguration using advancedsettings.xml but it is definately possible and relatively easy even.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 2/ when user use Kodi connected to a TV and use his remote TV control for command Kodi (like I do), how user can right click on jacket movie ?
Again, very much possible and the default even for most setups since the contextmenu-function is mapped to a bunch of default remote-layouts either to the "f1"-button or the "menu"-button. For my PhilipsTV-remote over CEC it was not available by default but mapping that contextmenu to an otherwise rarely-used button took all of 10 seconds over 8 years ago and I have been able to use it without adjusting ever since.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 3/ when you go inside menu for extensions or for medias, etc… if you go back you will sometimes fall on a kind of file-reader view. ... When you go back, you have to see where you went from.
That is also default behaviour but there was a period in which a bug prevented this behaviour (because of some checking for slashes in the parent-path I think) but that has been corrected now. Keep in mind that here again are several options available for users. There's: Backspace, Nav_Back, Parent_Dir, Previous_Menu, all of which can have slightly different behaviour depending on point of origin and configured settings.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 4/ if you want to see a nice and clear UI design you should go for look at plex.
Plex originally was a XBMC-fork. I think it should be pretty easy to make a skin to make Kodi look and feel exactly like Plex so have at it I'd say.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 5/ imagine I want to populate a media menu with specifics filters, how is it complicate to just find where to do that and after… how to do that.
I feel you should focus more on your language skills and searching capabilities because you are once more asking for features that are allready present. Have a look at
video nodes &
smart playlists
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 6/ That is why, in the left panel (the one who appear when you go maximum left), there is a nice place for put an “edit mode” button (also because right click is for mouse only… remote control can not access it).
This is where Kodi's add-on system comes into play nicely as there is a an add-on that will allow you to do exactly that:
library editor script. There are even some skins that have it integrated allready, most in the contextmenu, for your issues with that, see point 2/
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 7.1/ user can enable/disable them from setting menu, and an other one sub-menu. Ok… why not just directly access it from this famous edit mode ?
I have come across at least one skin (don't remember which one sadly or I would have linked it) that has exactly that option. Personally, I do not feel this should be available by default since it will allow (new) users to "mess up" considerably which will cause a lot of frustration.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 7.2/ when you click on the menu, at first time there is nothing inside, but the menu appears. At first use and without addons, user is a bit locked inside the “Kodi con,cept of organisation” (who is, I think, a bad concept and prove is that many users are confused with this concept, don’t lie this return users fact). Instead of have a strange and locked menus concept, it should be possible to have something more flexible and clean in first time open. To ask users where are medias, how they want to be organized, etc.
Imo, this is exactly what Kodi's default skin for Krypton and above (Estuary) does, maybe not as elaborate as you suggest here but it does clearly explain you need to add content and offers you to bring you to the right place to do so.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 8/ for addons, every body, Pierre, Paul, Jacques can do his addon… well, that is nice. But then, there is nothing to wash unmaintained and unusable addons ?
There definately is, you can mark an addon as broken in it's addon.xml on the repository and Kodi will then notify users it is marked as broken and offer to disable it if it is currently enabled on the user's system. Again, it feels more and more like you are only showing your inability to search/find/use features allready implemented.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 9/ with addons also, if an addon can change the aspect and the functions of Kodi, so concept of addon on Kodi is unsafe. Also, that is a point for show that Kodi UI is not flexible at start time already. And it should be better to first be more flexible, but more restrictive for addon change abilities.
What version of kodi are you using? Have you even tried a clean/fresh install as on Krypton onwards you need to enable third-party repositories and that gives a very clear notification on what the consequences could be. If that third-party option is not enabled, only addons from official Kodi repository can be used and those are checked & vetted before they are included in Kodi's official repository.
(2018-02-11, 04:29)jerome___ Wrote: 10/ update time… make users afraid to loose things. That should be a priority to, before to post new update as “stable”, be sure that no one will have a risk to loose datas or loose configuration.
Kodi goes through at least a dozen beta & pre-release versions before releasing a stable version and as with all programs, users are advised to backup their stuff before upgrading. Adhering to that simple advice will ensure you never have to loose anything even if an upgrade goes wrong, which for me has never happened and I've upgraded AND downgraded loads of times.
Do not get me wrong, I think there are aspects of Kodi that can be improved upon but I also think that most of those aspects are at present very usable at the very least.