Coming soon to Alaska Revisited

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Hitcher Offline
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Looks great Hitcher. Is it a few new views, or a large redesign?

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Now that I've separated all the viewtypes and added the <views></views> tag it's nice and easy to add new ones.

This one was inspired by the poster for Limited. The focused fanart slides to reveal the plot.

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Great work as always Hitcher!

One thing, why is the watched top-right on the focussed fanart but bottom-right on the others? Wouldn't it look better to keep it consistently in one location? Just my opinion of course, would be interested to hear your/other opinions.

Thanks for continuing to improve Alaska, theres no other skin like it in terms of aesthetic simplicity.

Merry Christmas!
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So it doesn't get covered by the title.

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Hitcher,
I have tried almost every skin and still stick with Alaska - you've done a GREAT job!

I'm hoping you will consider putting in a few features...

a) BIG Alaska's themes - I use the blue colors since my eye sight is not good with the lighter backgrounds

b) BIG Alaska's font sizes - again, bad eyesight

c) ability to add custom Home menu items via setting (not using Favorites). A few skins have this now and it is very helpful. I have added a few items (Kids Videos, New Videos, etc) and it just makes it 100x easier for guests, children, etc to navigate if everything is on the home menu.

thank you & happy holidays!

I'm not an expert but I play one at work.
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Livin Wrote:Hitcher,
I have tried almost every skin and still stick with Alaska - you've done a GREAT job!

I'm hoping you will consider putting in a few features...

a) BIG Alaska's themes - I use the blue colors since my eye sight is not good with the lighter backgrounds

b) BIG Alaska's font sizes - again, bad eyesight

c) ability to add custom Home menu items via setting (not using Favorites). A few skins have this now and it is very helpful. I have added a few items (Kids Videos, New Videos, etc) and it just makes it 100x easier for guests, children, etc to navigate if everything is on the home menu.

thank you & happy holidays!

I agree with Livin I love your skin Hitcher but I have to use Big Alaska for the Night (blue) Theme - Its better on my eyes... Is this something that can be easily ported?
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