2011-10-24, 06:55
@ZombieRobot -- while you correctly pointed out the obvious "we have a mix of different user types" you still completely missed the point I was making.
ZombieRobot Wrote:Oh i understand your point, you cant read the text but your problem seems like it may be limited to you and a few others.
ZombieRobot Wrote:the thing is im my opinion we have to find a happy medium between looks and practicality screen real estate is the problem users want every bell and whistle in every view by the time we add everything we have a cluttered mess we just dont have the space for big plots (thats why i guess we have video info screens)but you are right all other fonts could be bigger the problem is making it look good while doing it, some fonts imo just look out of place when they are larger so i will reduce the size to make it look correct without making it unreadable its a bit of an art getting everything fitting.
ZombieRobot Wrote:@Livin well this forum is full of users from total noobs to hardcore htpc/media center enthusiasts but from what I have seen we have a lot of both a big lot of users have extensive htpc setups with huge home servers and multiple xbmc setups and I know we have a huge amount of audio nuts who would be crazy if they didn't know about stuff like THX standards because so many users are seeking the ultimate setup if anyone has seen tekzilla or hd nation they have talked about it multiple times.
I agree with arc I also don't read huge plots why read the whole story about the movie I like short sneak peak of what's it about also we have trailers so why read the whole plot in other areas I think we could make some text a little larger I will start to include larger font as a option in any work I do but I understand why levin Wants larger font everyone is going to be different
Livin Wrote:Each skinner needs to decide what they want to do... but, as another pointed out... many skinners don't really know how their skins is being viewed (screen size, distance, etc) ... I've only seen 1 or 2 skinners ever ask in open forum in the 7 years I've used XBMC!
butchabay Wrote:Yo Zombie, if it was my decision i would remove all the plot info from the views. As said a few posts behind, why not just make a bigger plot font for the info screen.
pecinko Wrote:How could they know? Most people does not bother giving feedback.
And, truth be said, when they do, you need to filter it out because info like "I have 32" in my bedroom 5m away" or "I have 56" on my desk" does not really help.
pecinko Wrote:Yeah, you're right it is a nice idea but it would not work. I bet most of users would say "I need to do what? Press "I"? Gimme a break!" :-)
sergiocos Wrote:Like ZombieRobot said, 2.5 m for a 40" TV seems decent, i doubt there are fonts that still looks small from there.
pecinko Wrote:Distance is not the only factor that's in play - a lot depends on a used font and the things get very complicated here as choices are limited.So why not discuss it in every skin's thread, instead of a statement like
Quote:...but nearly every skin has too small fonts
sergiocos Wrote:So why not discuss it in every skin's thread, instead of a statement like