On 27/08/2011 21:13, mac...@urbaniak.org wrote: >> On 04/08/2011 20:49, Maciej Urbaniak wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> As promised in the "Future of Freevo 2.0" thread here are some >>> screenshots >>> of the XBMC lookalike skin for Freevo. >>> >>> Work on this screen is approx 80-90% complete. This is something that we >>> should aim for Freevo 2.0. >>> >>> There are some things I just cannot do myself, like a TV screens etc. as >>> I >>> do not have a TV tuner and do not use Freevo for watching TV. >>> >>> There are some serious limitations of what 1.9.x can do, and nowhere >>> near >>> what XBMC is capable of, but the end result is IMHO pretty good and >>> esthetically pleasing not to mention a big step forward comparing to the >>> existing Freevo skins. >>> >>> Comments and feedback are welcomed. >>> >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/maciej.urbaniak/FreevoXBMCSkin >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Maciej >>> >> Hi Maciej, >> >> I have to say that skin looks fantastic and I think it can be used as a >> base for some other new skins. You've done a great job on the layout and >> all others need to do now is change some images to make new skins. If I >> can find the time I might try to make my own new skin based on your >> layouts. >> >> If you post it to the feature tracker I can finish the TV section and >> Adam can hopefully included it in the upcoming 1.9.2 release. >> >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=46652&atid=446898 >> > John, > > For about two weeks now i haven't done much with the skin, my free time is > over and I'm back to maybe one day a week to finish it off. Most of the > work is done now, the only remaining bit is oneclick weather plugin which > is a major pain. Some of it is skinnable, some hard coded. Also, the > resolution is fixed pretty much at 800x600. I need to think on how to make > the whole thing skinnable and about the layout too. Right now it does not > look pretty. I'll try to finish tomorrow and then I'll generate the > patch(es), package the files (it's literally hundreds of new files) and > post it to the tracker. I also need to write up some readme for others to > be able to fully integrate and tweak the skin. If you could that would be absolutely great. Updating the wiki is almost as important as skin itself. > > There are some major and minor changes to the code all over to achieve > this, looks and functionality, although 80% stuff worked out of the box. I > was quite surprised on how much was actually there, already working and > never utilised by any other skin. A good write up in the wiki might help someone else avoid the same misconception :) > >> The current skins are one of the big drawbacks with freevo. They look >> basic and dated and don't do it justice. There was a discussion in the >> past about removing most of the existing skins and only including a few, >> high quality skins. If you post yours hopefully others can adopt it to >> create their own and this can happen for the next release. >> > Well, it was always my idea to make this skin a reference one so new skins > can be based on it. Hence I did not spend to much time on the new graphics > and reused xbmc ones. Plus I'm not an artist :-) > >> John >> > Maciej > > I know the feeling :)
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