[mythtv-theming] Mythbuntu theme feedback. Changes are a coming

[Steven Adeff]

On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Martin Moores <moores.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 August 2013 22:41, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've made some changes to the Mythbuntu theme for 0.27. Only to the
>> recording and video (browser view) screens. I did this to try and show
>> more fanart. Here are some screenshots
>>
>> http://imagebin.org/269181
>> http://imagebin.org/269182
>> http://imagebin.org/269183
>>
>> Notice on the first two one is with the group highlighted, the other
>> is with the recordings highlighted. The recordings shift to the left
>> side when active in order to show the description on the right.
>>
>> The last one is the mythvideo one, it still shows the fanart on the
>> complete background, but for some reason it didn't grab the background
>> when I did the screenshot via SSH
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Thomas Mashos
>
>
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Firstly, thanks for this theme.  I have been through every single one during
> my time with myth and yours is the only one that works right for me.  But I
> see these changes as a move away from this and more like some of the others
> I didn't get on with that well.  Just one users opinion of course!
>
> On the recordings screen, this seems like less fanart, rather than more?  At
> the moment, with a recording selected, I get a screenshot, "DVD" type cover
> and the large background image.  On your screenshot, only the large
> background image is shown now.  This is like most other themes, that don't
> show these other images at all, which is a real shame.  With transparency
> etc I can still see the large background image fine and think it is better
> as background, behind the main text, rather than being centre of attention.
>
> Current recordings screen example - http://i.imgur.com/AyA5BOg.jpg
>
> Also, having only 5 recording items shown rather than the current 11 would
> make things harder when scrolling through a long list on a remote, over
> running what your after and then scrolling back up for example?  Think I
> would have to try this before dismissing completely I guess, but as
> mentioned above, having transparent text over the background image is fine
> in my opinion.
>
> With the videos screen, I would just say the same as above, not having the
> screen filled with videos seems like a waste in my opinion and the reason I
> use your theme, as I think yours is the only one that does this right, by
> not having a single vertical/horizontal list of videos to scroll through,
> which would just take ages, but a full page, using all the space.  But, to
> be fair, your new screen shows 13 items compared to the current 15 items,
> which makes 13 total screens compared to 11 (rounded up) on my largest
> folder which has 158 items.
>
> Anyway, I know you haven't asked for opinions, but saw this post and thought
> I would send some anyway!
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin

everything Martin said. pictures are pretty, but usability is king.

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