View Full Version : RE: POLL: "My Games" or "My Programs"
i think my games and my programs must in. i have games and programs (programs and scripts)
gchivers
2006-03-12, 06:16
ditto, i can't see why you wouldn't have both - solves the issue altogether and is very intuitive to the end user.
anyway, my 2 cents...
why not put the titles of the menu items in the ini? that would solve this problem easily, rather than having the titles hard coded one or the other. if the underlying function/code is exactly the same, and it's only an issue of text changing, why wouldn't you just have it user setable in the ini? if it's a skinning issue, why not allow users to set the labels for the buttons in the ini that can override the skin label. i believe the skin button text is just text on a button bitmap, and not text within the bitmap. if it's not, that's not a very good way to skin.
jmarshall
2006-03-12, 07:11
just alter it in strings.xml
has nothing to do with skinning, unless they are doing something non-standard.
call me picky, but still, whatever it is that finally goes, i just do not get the "my…" part. will there be another entry for "your games" or what?
Perkabalo
2006-03-12, 13:24
we have separate folders for games and programs, so why not both? sounds like logic to me.
both would be perfect guys!
yeah a game isn't a programme, so it isn't as bad as it sounds to make 2 groups, for apps & for games (like avalaunch also does).
and why not a 3rd, -my emulators- while we're at it ?
this is the very reason why i made the poll closed for discussion. we're in a featurefreeze now, no major changes will be made
i would say booth my programs and my games is needed,
and my emulators and my homebrew at the same time..
properly script browser and script installer should also be added.
i must agree with i just do not get the "my ..." part.
emulators can be in my programs too. i think it is better both to have.
my games for games (on hdd or homebrew-games)
my programs for the other things (programs, dashboards, scripts, emus, and so on..)
DragonSpirit
2006-03-13, 06:14
i think the whole "my games" thing is kinda silly as there are subcatagories under it. such as programs, emulators, and games, or whatever is in the dvd-rom. besides, games are programs too. i mean under windows you wouldn't normally rename "my programs" to "my office software" would you, even if mostly what you had in it was office software. you might have other things under that menu. you would have it under a submenu under "my programs" named approprietly. i really hope the default isn't changed.
diagdave@msn.com
2006-03-13, 11:17
i have to agree "my programs" is much better.
i just wanted to chime in that i prefer "my programs" be labled "my xbox". this seems to be more fitting.
edit xbmc/languages/english/strings.xml then :fixed:
Loto_Bak
2006-03-14, 02:19
the games/programs labeling issue does not need so much attention. because so many users want each label both should be added to strings.xml. skinners can use bools to create a toggle to change between each stringid. problem solved.
Loto_Bak
2006-03-14, 02:23
adding both to strings.xml is trivial. due to demand of both options it would be most simple to use a skinning bool condition to change games/program. this is the most flexible, userfriendly solution. it should keep all camps happy because it accomidates all users. (makes total maybe 10 extra lines of skinning xml)
i dont understand what something so trivial is recieving so much attention
???
loto
Smokehead
2006-03-15, 13:03
the games/programs labeling issue does not need so much attention. because so many users want each label both should be added to strings.xml. skinners can use bools to create a toggle to change between each stringid. problem solved.
this is actually what i did with my skin a week ago, but it doesn't work.. since <info> doesn't overwrite the <label> ,atleast not on the buttonscroller.
Loto_Bak
2006-03-15, 21:00
wouldnt useing two different button scrollers with oposite visible conditions based apon the bool
drakethegreat
2006-03-16, 22:18
has anyone considered having both? this is way its done in a lot of other xbox software and there aren't many compliants. it seems logical to me to consider xbox games as seperate from homebrew software since xbox games were developed by studios for the xbox while all the apps were developed as homebrew for a modified xbox and naturally those are two different things.
having my games makes no sense because you have software that isn't game related at all. having my programs does make some sense but i think its confusing to new people where to find games. so why not have both with the option to turn off my games?
Smokehead
2006-03-20, 23:39
wouldnt useing two different button scrollers with oposite visible conditions based apon the bool
yeah thats possible, but not very efficient to have a whole buttonscroller for just 1 label.. :( , but jmarshall fixed it, so now it does work, and you can rename it to anything you like.