[febs]

nexgen is a very nice-looking dashboard, and it is gpl too.
would not give a merging of xbmc and a beautiful result?
can be that done with little effort?

[deltop]

not easily. xbmc already has an advanced skinning engine.

but more to the point why would you want to?

what's the point? pretty 3d graphics? xbmc is a media center, i want to to be able to access and play my media in a straight forward manner without having to navigate through pages of 3d graphics.

just my personal preference but i would hate it to look like yet another xbox dash. ease of use and an intuitive interface is far more important for a media center.

[febs]

well, "easy" and "intuitive" don't disagree with "sleek".
look at the original dash. easy, intuitive, and hard rocking cool by the way