Focus (an XBMC Media Center skin) discussion thread

[Jeroen]

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[Nuka1195]

very nice skin, very clean.

I like the settings screen.

you didn't take advantage of the infolabel PluginName.

Too many views in library

shutdown menu needs highlights on the buttons, home page could use something when changing categories. and no programs or scripts or filemanager that i can find.

overall very nice.

edit: found them, press down on the home categories. missed that. one other thing i wish skinners would account for. plugins can fill all the media infolabels. so a media info view in files view isn't a bad thing.

[Gamester17]

Very nice looking! Please let us know if you plan on open sourcing it and if you would like to join the official XBMC Skinning Project (a sub-project of XBMC for skinners and their open source skins).

[Bram77]

Really nice! I love the cleanness, smooth and fast animations and the easy access to library modes (smart move).

I'm using the dutch language with XBMC and the titles in the homescreen don't fit into the selection boxes and are not showing completely. This is something that will always be hard to do, make it look good/correct in any language. Using simple and clear icons would solve this. And you'd have a lot more space in the top bar to place shortcuts!

[shizzle]

YEAH nice to a see a new sexy skin for 4:3 ;D;D

[Jeroen]

Thanks for the comments guys

Originally Posted by Nuka1195

you didn't take advantage of the infolabel PluginName.

Not yet, but definitely will in the new version

Too many views in library

Agreed
And yes the shutdown menu has hardly had any work.

plugins can fill all the media infolabels. so a media info view in files view isn't a bad thing.

Good point

Originally Posted by Gamester17

Very nice looking! Please let us know if you plan on open sourcing it and if you would like to join the official XBMC Skinning Project (a sub-project of XBMC for skinners and their open source skins).

Yes, I plan on open sourcing it and I would like to join the skinning project. I would like to wait till at least the next version before putting it in the svn though so I can clean up my messy coding a bit and reach a state where I feel the foundations are solid and won't change too much anymore

Originally Posted by Bram77

Really nice! I love the cleanness, smooth and fast animations and the easy access to library modes (smart move).

Thanks, one of my goals is definitely a clean look so that's good to hear

I'm using the dutch language with XBMC and the titles in the homescreen don't fit into the selection boxes and are not showing completely. This is something that will always be hard to do, make it look good/correct in any language. Using simple and clear icons would solve this. And you'd have a lot more space in the top bar to place shortcuts!

Yup, that's one of the reasons for switching to a HD only version, I feel I just have to cramp everything into too small places, or make everything big, which effects the cleanness imo.

I'll be updating this thread from time to time with some progress reports

[Gamester17]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

Yes, I plan on open sourcing it and I would like to join the skinning project. I would like to wait till at least the next version before putting it in the svn though so I can clean up my messy coding a bit and reach a state where I feel the foundations are solid and won't change too much anymore

Cool! As long agree to not violate any copyrights and ask before you modify anyone else's skin in the SVN (or wait until you have been asked) then register an account on SourceForge.net if you do not already have one then PM me the username and I will add you to the project with full write access to the SVN and the trackers (for bugs, patches and requests).

[MikeBeecham]

this almost passed me by...it's a great looking skin mate. it's very clean and for us 16x9 and 4x3 users it's very easy to see all the elements. You can tell that thought has gone into this.

There are a couple of things that I've noticed which would be good for you to know...

First, as you know shutdown needs some work, but I'm sure it's on your to-do list. Second is that the scrollbar on all views is sitting in the centre of the centre and sits behind all the text. I assume that it should be over on the right hand side, and I assume it should be on the right?

Also, for some reason the images onto your screenies seem to be darker than on my screen.

oh, and also the fanart screen does not resize the images...they are too big for the screen.

I think thats it for now...I'm using it, I'm going to carry on using it...great work!

[djh_]

I was thinking of doing a post-Aeon one-size-fits-all skin, but it looks like you've hit the nail on the head with this one. In a word, classy.

[MikeBeecham]

djh_ get Aeon sorted for us 16x9ers first mate...that's all I'll say for now