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Redrum
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Yesterday I tried the latest nightly build (16-apr-2011) of XBMC for Windows and I noticed some changes in Confluence.
Most importantly I noticed that there are no view-specific options anymore. I normally used the fanart view for TV-Shows with show info hidden, but I can't find the option to hide it now.
Are these changes final?
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Jezz_X
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Kind of yeah I can probably add a option to remove it in that view because I can understand why people might want to hide it. (or just make a whole new view with no info)
But the goal of the changes was to simplify the whole thing and remove all the extra hard to understand / hidden options from those windows and unify the theme of the skin
Other than that do you like the changes ? I know its going to be tough love for some people but I think once they get used to it, it will be for the best in the long run
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Hi Jezz_X, it's possible to use the 'new confluence' skin in dharma build, or there is a (lot of) change of code in xbmc ?
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Jezz_X
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Nah it wont work properly with dharma at all, all the addons stuff and recently added has changed as well as many other things since dharma
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Thanks Jezz_x, i will try the nightly builds in a separate installation.
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I love it!
Thanks for all the work...my favorite skin is better than ever.
The only thing i miss is the option to switch to a horizontal home menu.
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+1, for optional horizontal home menu.
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Jezz_X
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As much as a horizontal menu might look good it fits into "remove all the extra hard to understand / hidden options from those windows and unify the theme" section.
As much as people may not like it because it is the default skin confluence needs to be easy to understand and not have a bunch of options or extra things that rely on 3rd party scripts too work (cinema experience)
People need to be just able to use it and not need a learning curve or to add or install extra thumbs/scripts to work proper
I know it sucks but thats my stand on it