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I couldn't agree more, while most skin designers are creating on their PC's, they forget where the skin will eventually end up; on a TV sitting at a much farther distance than their monitors.
I'm sure there are XBMC users that only use it on their PC, where the small fonts look normal, but I hope they are in the minority as XBMC's main intended use is on the television.
Rule of thumb I use, if I can read the text on my 20" monitor from across the room, its going to look fine on the TV.
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I don't know, I have no troubles reading them and I wouldn't consider my eyes particularly good.
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Well I test my skins on my 46" 1080p tv sitting about 3m away and I can read them fine. Sure I could read them easier if it was bigger but I can read them
Oh and i'm 38yo with glasses so my eye site is not great
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Instead of changing layout in all views there could be a button in video info screen to show the plot in a separate window with bigger fonts. Once this was an idea but never had the time to code and try. There are sure more ideas how to solve this.
As arcanthur mentioned, while coding on a notebook or monitor you think, hmm looks ok, and then you realize another truth at watching your work on a tv.
So any ideas are very welcome to show the plot and info in a separate way.
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2011-10-22, 10:20
(This post was last modified: 2011-10-22, 11:28 by ZombieRobot.)
I do agree that some fonts are a little small but design wise big font looks strange imo especially large plots I code everything on a 40" Bravia 1080p 2.5m away because I found computer was too hard to code it looks good on small laptop screen but not on the hdtv now when i code if i cant see it well from the couch i adjust the size
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I have a projector, and I find most of the font to big.
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The question isn't necessarily whether or not if you "can" read the small text, it's whether or not do you want to. If you give me a huge plot description in a smallish font that I need to really sit and focus to read, it makes the experience unenjoyable. The point of having this information on your tv is to be able to sit back and relax and be able to access and "process" the information in front of you with minimal effort.