[xb2iris]

I dunno about the new view, iris...

To me, it looks forced. Like, you wanted so badly to include the wide icons that you just threw em in there however. Mad props for attempting it...but I just don't think it looks right.

Then again, I jumped on the "poster view all around" bandwagon when I first ran across Aeon, so the issue doesn't really affect me one way or another...

well, took me about a week, so i guess it wasn't took a bit more effort than that , but yeah, i get what you mean... and to tell you the truth, i was ditching wide icons until this idea came up, and for me, its the best solution till something better comes up... but like BlackRose says, everything ur seeing looks better when you use it, take my word for it... but above all, 4 options for wide icon users is better than one crappy one...

xb2iris, about the wide icons will the other view also remain that people will have choice between wide and normal?

I also see that you added watched/unwatched that is great!!

just one question, does the watch status also show up on the episode level? for example the "standard" default skin XBMC uses a check mark on Episode thumb to indicade if it was watched already.


speaking of donations, I can't donate any money have been payoff from work. But maybe I can donate something else? would you be interested in internal SATA HDD?

yeah, its a choice... Wide Icons or Poster Icons... yeah, the watch status shows up across the entire video section i.e. Movies and Tv Shows... hope thats cool... and yeah i get yah about ur donation issue... kinda in the same situation, except i don't have a pc... hehehe... so thanks for the kind offer of the hdd, but u'd pay a bit sending it over here... guess it kinda doesn't make sense getting an hdd when i don't have a working pc... but yeah, maybe i can sell it... hehehe... so if u want, thats cool... it'd be gladly abliged...

Hey you know what? I'm no fan of wide icons, but I have to admit you've come up with a really interesting solution. Very eye-catching!

Regarding the ongoing donations issue, may I recommend some transparency by switching from a percentage of progress to an actual cash amount? I'm surprised at the recent 1% increase (from 54% to 55%). Did someone donate a dollar? I'm just asking since a $10 donation translating to 1% increase would suggest a target amount of $1000, which is pretty steep... How much are you after, exactly?

Also, and please don't take thius in the wrong way, but when you say things like

"i do to man... u have no idea! it breaks me everytime I put together screenshots for y'all... sitting in this internet cafe messing about on an unstable version of the skin and not having the time to make it stable and releaseable... it sucks, but the time will come when all that changes..."

Makes me think hang on, if "time" is the issue, what are we donating for? Sounds to me like if you have time to go to this internet cafe' and take hi-rez screenies of this so-called "unstable" version, then you have both the time AND the hardware needed to make changes to the of XML. If that PC can run PhotoShop, I'm pretty sure it can run XBMC.

I'm not trying to be a dick, I respect your work and admire your skin... It's just that a lot of what you keep repeating is starting to sound a bit hollow, like you're just waiting around for us to send cash.

Please remember there's people out there like djh who bust their ass in a day job (in Japan I believe, you can only imagine the kind of pressure they put him under) and still have time to crack on with one of the most amazing skinning efforts I have ever seen. Without asking for a dime. I guess it puts things in perspective a little, is all.

Anyway good work, and good luck, and sorry for the rant.

thanks for the comment man... first positive one so far...

nyways, about the donation, not using monetary values because i was advised against it by the authorities that be... hehehe... nah, that 1% means that someone donated around 5 pounds between the period... looking for around 250 to 300 pounds, which is for a lo tech pc without a monitor... i'll use the old one from the blown pc even though its a 15 inch non-wide screen... it'll do... its actually like 55,3% or so... to be exact...

nyways... guess i made a mistake about the time thing... when u type long ass replies like i do, u tend to make mistakes... read back, probably 100's of them all over the place... but yeah, the pc is the issue, not time... i'm not doing anything with my time except looking after my kid and hitting this internet cafe every day to reply to messages and check email... so, times what i have a ton of... money nope... its a long messed up story... i do however start a new job 6 january... so, that'd change then, but it means i'd get paid end of january and that means, new hardware... yippee, can't wait... so, u can imagine the frustration... having all this free time and nothing besides a few odd bits to do... it sucks... but yeah, i'll deal with it...

also, all screeners are taken on this very computer... in an internet cafe... where it costs around a pound an hour... mentioned that quite a bit... so, as for changing xml... nope... takes to long... and i can't afford to spend tons of money in here... mockups are easy to make with the psd files and photoshop... and other screeners, well, take a few minutes... back-up of userdata folder... thus, only two tv shows in tv shows section... not good for screenshots though... it would be better having more, but i haven't had time to collect since starting horizonz... just the odd movie...

and about djh and aeon... he dissapeared for 6 months while this skin started... i worked until the end of october when i moved here... that was about a 60 hours a week on average job... and trust me, it was harder, based on the fact that my life was dramatic as hell last year... horizonz was a bit of an outlet... but i won't get into that coz, its a long story as i mentioned... did u ever read the consider donating topic in here... that'd explain why i've been asking for donations...

nyways... hope that answers everything... i'm one for marathons, so im sorry this message was this long... hope u understand better now dude