2010-12-29, 19:10
Great start and very polished straight out of the gate. I've only found a few things that could use a little tweaking.
Home screen - Weather: add some info to the home screen a la the movie / tv show home screen. This would help the weather screen blend in with the reat of the home screen and save the user from having to click to see the extended forecast.
Home screen - System: same as the weather. Have system information, available drive space, memory usage, etc.
Home screen - Addons: allow the user to select their top 5 addons and perhaps have a featured addon (may need a separate script for that).
Addon menus: allow more views especially list view.
Now for a couple bugs. I'll post them here and in the bugs thread as well...
Skin settings: user needs to press escape instead of backspace to get out of the skin settings window.
Music top directory menu: cover overlay visible on all menu items except search and music addons. This occurs in the movie and tv show menus as well.
The transition to playing a video file could be a bit smoother. At the moment, the notification pop ups and then fades away without displaying any information.
The volume pop ups looks out of place. Could use a bit of tweaking.
The confirm dialog for applying settings for audio and video is missing a background.
The transition from displaying the OSD and info to just the info seems jerky and could be smoother. At the moment the OSD disappears instantly and then the info slides down to the bottom of the screen. Perhaps sliding both screens down at the same time before fading the OSD out would create a better transition.
Home screen - Weather: add some info to the home screen a la the movie / tv show home screen. This would help the weather screen blend in with the reat of the home screen and save the user from having to click to see the extended forecast.
Home screen - System: same as the weather. Have system information, available drive space, memory usage, etc.
Home screen - Addons: allow the user to select their top 5 addons and perhaps have a featured addon (may need a separate script for that).
Addon menus: allow more views especially list view.
Now for a couple bugs. I'll post them here and in the bugs thread as well...
Skin settings: user needs to press escape instead of backspace to get out of the skin settings window.
Music top directory menu: cover overlay visible on all menu items except search and music addons. This occurs in the movie and tv show menus as well.
The transition to playing a video file could be a bit smoother. At the moment, the notification pop ups and then fades away without displaying any information.
The volume pop ups looks out of place. Could use a bit of tweaking.
The confirm dialog for applying settings for audio and video is missing a background.
The transition from displaying the OSD and info to just the info seems jerky and could be smoother. At the moment the OSD disappears instantly and then the info slides down to the bottom of the screen. Perhaps sliding both screens down at the same time before fading the OSD out would create a better transition.
