I don't think the default skin looks bad overall. But I've been meaning to file an enhancement request for a while, and this seems like a good opportunity to air it.
Of course the interface could look better. How? I propose to let one particular feature bring the bling/liveliness to the interface. Namely the way *covers* are displayed. They already bring color and variation to the interface and are an integrated part of it. But there is some room for optimising their visual presentation in SC. I suggest to let SC do some image manipulation when scanning covers. This should be one or more of: -Add small dropshadow (Other possiblilties could be to add some other kind of frame/border. Eg. last.fm frames covers in jewel-cases.) -Normalise colors -Add reflection to the image. -Preferably give all images the same aspect-ratio and size (more below). I once tried to add a small dropshadow and it *really* improves the overall look of the interface. Unfortunately I forgot to grab a screenshot... I reverted because it needs to be done more cleverly, ie dropshadow does not look nice on the Controller full-screen display, or on the popup appearing when hovering the cover in the now playing section of the SC-interface. I'm convinced that this would be a very nice way of improving the look. Its a subtle change, but the effect is very noticeable. Currently there are a few visual problems with the covers which in some cases makes the interface look home-made: - As SC uses no standardised location to source covers from there is potential for deviations in quality, colors, size, aspect-ratio etc. This looks bad. - Sometimes covers have white, or some other kind of border. Again bad. - In general the varying image quality is a problem. What do you think. Worth filing a request? B. -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61900 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
