[mythtv-users] Steppes theme for 0.25

[George Galt]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 7:59 PM, John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:18 AM, George Galt <george.galt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Gavin Whitehead
>> <gavin at alabastercranium.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 25/02/2012 05:17, John P Poet wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Gabe Rubin<gaberubin at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:36 PM, John P Poet<jppoet at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> A new theme called Steppes is now available for anyone running master.
>>>>>>   It does require new features not available in 0.24.x.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to thank Nicolas Riendeau, Kenni Lund and Yianni Vidalis for
>>>>>> their help in testing it with non-English languages.  I also need to
>>>>>> thank Nicolas for helping me get zoneminder working enough to get that
>>>>>> plug-in themed, and Stuart Morgan for tips on MythGame.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a place with screenshots for us .24 users to start getting
>>>>> excited about the new things to come in .25?
>>>> http://imagebin.org/200703
>>>> http://imagebin.org/200702
>>>> http://imagebin.org/200701
>>>> http://imagebin.org/200700
>>>> http://imagebin.org/200699
>>>> http://imagebin.org/200698
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John
>>> Wow.  That looks good.  Can you post an EPG screen shot please.
>>>
>>> Gavin
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>> John:
>>
>> Very nice!  What new items in 0.25 are you using?  I've been curious
>> about how some of them, like the animation ui element, work?
>
>
> Mostly I am taking advantage of the ability for objects to auto-size
> themselves.  For example, notice the page title in these shots:
>
> http://imagebin.org/200833
> http://imagebin.org/200835
>
> You can see how the background oval is automatically sized to the
> text.  Also notice that in French, the buttons have to be a little
> larger to accommodate the words.  That sizing can happen dynamically
> now.
>
> Personally, I like the long date format (Sat 25 Feb 2012 5:47PM), but
> some people like it to be short.  Once again, the background will auto
> adjust to the size necessary to portray the information in whatever
> format the user chooses.
>
> I have made *very* basic use of animation to "pop up" the pop-up
> windows, but that is it.  Animation is a very recent feature, and this
> theme was pretty much done when it was added.
>
>
> John
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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John:

Thanks.  It looks great!  I'll look forward to the new release.

George