Hi On 18.07.2011 17:36, Hendrik Vogelsang wrote: > Hey, > > On 17.07.2011 11:47, Dirk Meyer wrote: > >> 6. XBMC looks soooo cool. > > Well... it's way better with integrating meta data then freevo but it > has lost the balance between graphics and text.
Yes. It is too much eye candy and I find the keyboard/lirc usage very confusing. Adding some nice backgrounds should be easy for us since we could use the same sources XBMC uses (e.g. thetvdb) > The only advantage of freevo, apart from TV recording, is that it's easy > to understand for ordinary people and I think that is because it has a > good balance between graphics and text. I would think twice before I > would go down the "cool" route. Ordinary people don't want cool, they > want ordinary :) That could be the niche Freevo settles for. Agreed. When I saw XBMC I thought: WOW, I want this. But after using it for two evenings I started writing the mail about the future of Freevo 2.0. I prefer Freevo. ;) >> Nice! We do have the code in Freevo 2.0 to do the same (even support to >> grab TV show or movie specific wallpapers and images). I need help from >> a designer to make look Freevo even better. Can someone make a fake >> screenshot how Freevo should look like? Can someone provide nice >> wallpapers (CC licence)? This is one of the things I can not do myself. > > I can do this. Mockups are easy ;) That would be nice. To get a better understanding what the gui code needs to support, I need a prototype of the interface. When you have something, we could discuss it here before I start enhancing the gui code. Dischi -- Communism is man's exploitation of man. Capitalism is just the opposite. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
