<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:18 PM, MarcT <<a href="mailto:myrdhn@gmail.com">myrdhn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>] On Behalf Of Glen Hawksworth<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:53 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV Themes - Looking great!<br>
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> I have been a Mythbuntu Theme man for years now and with 0.22 and the side<br>
> scrolling themes that scared me I stayed with the Mythbuntu theme...<br>
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> However with 0.23 I think my new favourite is Arclight. If there is anyone<br>
> out there that worked on Arclight, well done. I particularly like the<br>
> subtitles/descriptions on the menu items but the artwork is fantastic too.<br>
><br>
> I have one general comment about the new themes (0.22 and beyond) and it has<br>
> to do with the program finder (my favourite way to schedule recordings).<br>
><br>
> Back in the good ol' days (0.21 and earlier) when browsing the program<br>
> finder if you came across a program already scheduled to record the title<br>
> would be highlighted (eg. the title would be in yellow instead of white).<br>
> This was great because you could see scheduled items at a glance as you<br>
> browsed, your favourite programs would stand out against the other titles<br>
> (conversely if one of your favourite programs wasn't highlighted you could<br>
> jump in and make sure you weren't missing an episode).<br>
><br>
> After 0.22 you have to step into the program details to see if it has been<br>
> scheduled (eg, in the mythbuntu theme the program would have a coloured spot<br>
> next to times, blue - scheduled, green - recording, etc).<br>
> In Arclight, as pretty and well laid out as it is, I can't see any<br>
> indication that an item in the program finder has been scheduled for<br>
> recording unless I bring up the info screen... am I looking in the wrong<br>
> place? Is there something I haven't noticed? (Also, pressing the record<br>
> button on the remote doesn't appear to give you any visual feedback that the<br>
> item has been tagged to record)<br>
><br>
> I don't know if it is possible with the new UI to have scheduled items<br>
> highlighted in the program finder but if theme creators out there reckon<br>
> that they can achieve it I might have a new favourite theme.<br>
><br>
> Once again well done to anyone creating MythTV themes, there is some really<br>
> nice work going on. I hope to one day have a crack at one myself.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Glen<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
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> Glen,<br>
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> Arclightis a theme that was created by Robert McNamara. He usually does not<br>
> read/respond to users unless it is about a hot issue/something interesting<br>
> to him.<br>
> The MythTV-Theming group has been created for theme related<br>
> questions/comments. You might have better luck contacting him there.<br>
> Glad you like Arclight, it is my favorite at the moment as well. Prior to<br>
> .23 Graphite was my favorite, also by Robert, and I thought it could not be<br>
> outdone, he proved me wrong.<br>
><br>
> MarcT<br>
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</div></div>+1 for arclight</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah, I really like arclight too. I did modify it a bit though. Some extra backgrounds from interfacelift and I removed the "N" new program indicator, I delete almost everything immediately after watching so it was redundant.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I really like the fanart/jamu stuff too. My wife's complaint was that you never got to see the right side of the images, but I had the idea to setup xscreensaver to select from them and disabled most of the screensavers that don't use an image, so while we can't see the full image on the watch recordings screen we do see them on the screensaver.</div>
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