2004-02-16, 11:17
hi,
as part of my entry to the logo contest, i designed a mockup skin which shows some features not (yet) in xbmc. it occurred to me that it might help to actually request the main one!
so how about doing something more useful with the main menu display than just showing static category images (nice as they are, especially in the hifi skin). i thought it would be a good opportunity to show 'recently added' files, dependent on the category currently highlighted.
with a bit of nice skin design, and some auto-fetched imdb images (or album art, or user defined images, etc.), this could look quite pretty (see mockup below).
i think it would be useful, especially for those of us who use xbmc in a shared environment. it also would keep the display 'fresh' and prevent us from getting too bored with our current skin!
what does anyone think?
cheers,
t
as part of my entry to the logo contest, i designed a mockup skin which shows some features not (yet) in xbmc. it occurred to me that it might help to actually request the main one!
so how about doing something more useful with the main menu display than just showing static category images (nice as they are, especially in the hifi skin). i thought it would be a good opportunity to show 'recently added' files, dependent on the category currently highlighted.
with a bit of nice skin design, and some auto-fetched imdb images (or album art, or user defined images, etc.), this could look quite pretty (see mockup below).
i think it would be useful, especially for those of us who use xbmc in a shared environment. it also would keep the display 'fresh' and prevent us from getting too bored with our current skin!
what does anyone think?
cheers,
t