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- IamLegend - 2011-03-02 18:40

Jeroen Wrote:So I was wondering about people's thoughts about this, as I can't seem to make up my mind about it.

For the next release I have made changes to the movie info screen so that the most commonly used/non-maintenance buttons are displayed in the main area. With some of the longer movie plots it tends to look a bit cramped though.

So I was exploring another idea today, which does away with the movie poster, and instead shows (depending on a user setting):

a. the fanart with all the button controls beneath it
b. the movie trailer with all the button controls beneath it (trailer starts automatically)

[Image: nWpNI.jpg]

It gives more "breathing room" for the plot information, but there's no place for a big movie poster anymore, and the studio logo would have to go. Which shouldn't be too much of a loss as the studio name is also listed in the information labels.

Especially getting rid of the poster bothers me a bit. Making two optional layouts is something I wouldn't want to do though.

So anyway, interested to hear thoughts about this.

Cheers,
Jeroen

I like it. I think trailers playing automatically is a great idea.

- matt1697 - 2011-03-02 19:07

I'm also liking the new info layout, wouldn't mind using that. Solves the problem of Posters vs. Banners for the TV Show info too.

- N.O.W.A.L.L - 2011-03-03 00:26

Doing quick mockups is easy. Not coding. Consider it.

- Kolabor - 2011-03-03 13:58

Jeroen Wrote:[Image: nWpNI.jpg]

It gives more "breathing room" for the plot information, but there's no place for a big movie poster anymore, and the studio logo would have to go. Which shouldn't be too much of a loss as the studio name is also listed in the information labels.
Jeroen, this look very good, BUT:
1. Autoplay for trailes should be changeable via setttings (on/off). Then if it's off then show Play trailer button or if it's on then autoplay in forever loop.

2. The first button "play _insert-movie-name-here_ should be changed to just Play. We have movie title written in big fonts in header. No need for such duplicate I think.

3. Play the trailer should be second button, not last.

4. Change movie fanart and poster could be accessible while pressing left navigation key on that screen. Just as in current reFocus version.

5. And maybe... when right navigation key is pressed, then slide in large poster from right to center of the screen while dimming it out?

- Jeroen - 2011-03-03 21:03

Kolabor Wrote:Jeroen, this look very good, BUT:
1. Autoplay for trailes should be changeable via setttings (on/off). Then if it's off then show Play trailer button or if it's on then autoplay in forever loop.
Yes, it would always be optional through settings. Not sure if looping the trailer is possible, don't think so.


Quote:2. The first button "play _insert-movie-name-here_ should be changed to just Play. We have movie title written in big fonts in header. No need for such duplicate I think.
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3. Play the trailer should be second button, not last.
Well, this is all very preliminary and quickly coded, the order of the buttons are not definitive. About the play button, as the buttons are pretty big, using a bit more of the available space could make it a bit less...weird for lack of a better word. Making the buttons less wide would kill the balance I think.

Quote:4. Change movie fanart and poster could be accessible while pressing left navigation key on that screen. Just as in current reFocus version.
It could but there would be no good reason for it in this case. In the current design it's done to save space, which isn't really necessary in the trailer based layout.

In any case, this has been put on hold for the moment. First I want to get 0.9 out which already has a changed info page to make the most used functions more accessible.

- deadwolfbones - 2011-03-03 21:27

I definitely prefer to have the big poster in info view, but I understand the alternative layout and would support it if you ultimately decided to use it.

- Kolabor - 2011-03-04 08:51

Jeroen Wrote:About the play button, as the buttons are pretty big, using a bit more of the available space could make it a bit less...weird for lack of a better word. Making the buttons less wide would kill the balance I think.
Nope, I only suggested text string Smile not button width. So, the string could be just "play" and not "play some-movie-title". Beneath we have "cast" button, and despite short string this looks good.

- Galefury - 2011-03-05 10:02

The string file hasn't been released for translations, so I assume that 0.9 will not be released this weekend.

- Kolabor - 2011-03-05 10:06

Geez. My post has nothing to 0.9 release mate Smile

- BigDaddyRal - 2011-03-05 11:16

Galefury Wrote:The string file hasn't been released for translations, so I assume that 0.9 will not be released this weekend.

Any truth to this? It would make I mighty happiness.