[mythtv-users] **BETA** theme available

[Steven Adeff]

On 11/22/06, Justin Hornsby <justin.hornsby at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've bumped the version to 1.1 and it's now available here:
>
> http://www.mythtvtalk.com/ProjectGrayhem/tarballs/blootube-wide_beta1.1.tar.bz2
>
> Until the actual 'release' please just look in
> http://www.mythtvtalk.com/ProjectGrayhem/tarballs/
> for updates.
>
> Changes since 1.0:
> Corrected the theme name from new-wide to blootube-wide (seemingly
> nobody spotted that).
> changed ui.xml to ensure long recording names don't now spill over out
> of their designated area in the 'watch/delete recordings' screen.
>
> Remember, any other problems, _email_ screenshots as they help
> diagnose issues much more quickly.
>
> Thankyou,
> Justin.

Justin,

Simply- Wow. Wonderful new theme! This should be the *default* MythTV
theme IMNSHO. Its wonderfully slick, bright, and well laid out.
Obviously there are a few issues, but damn is it good. I love the
integration of the myth logo and aspects of it in the overall design.

enough with the @$$ kissing though... some comments,
1) In the "Information Center" picture the main i' is a bit
overpowering, especially since its the only main menu picture with
such an overlay. I think if you just got rid of the top most i and
left the others it would be fine.
2) I hope you find a better image for the "Watch Recordings" menu, the
hard drives are a little tacky. I'm sure you'll find a good image for
it.
3) I'm running SVN, but it likes to crash on me... I assume its the
skin as Project Grayhem works fine.
4) In the Watch Recordings area:
-the width of the recordings selection area could be expanded a bit,
there is a decent amount of extra room on the left and right side.
- with my date setting to "Wed 11/22 15:00" the numeric date and the
time overlap slightly and there is a good deal of space between the
time and the right side "scroll bar".
-in the program titles list, the highlighted title gets pushed to the
right slightly causing the text to shorten, meaning you actually see
less of the title than when it was not highlighted. I don't know if
you have control over this, but it would be nice to see this change.
- when in the title list, the text below the listings that says "All
Programs - Countdown With Keith ..." has extra room and could display
more of the title. Also the text sits a little high, it straddles
between the info space below and sitting slightly over the lists. It
should sit lower so it is in the info space.
- when moving from the title list to the recordings list some of the
text from the "All Programs - " is still visible.
- the "Select a recording to watch." text seems a little redundant. I
don't think it needs to be there, and looks a little funny.

5) In MythVideo,
- the left side is a little too close to the edge of the screen. the
exact opposite problem of Watch Recordings.
- the right side is good, except the scroll arrow is a little too far
to the right, it looks funny.
- the left side list isn't constrained properly. this may not be your
issue, but I have a couple titles that go beyond the background color
difference that makes the visual container. It's hard to figure out
why this happens as some titles show the elipses properly.

6) the pop-up overlay for the percentage indicator ("Loading...")
could use a different background than the main background, something
to distinguish it a little more.

thats all I've really played with so far.

-- 
Steve
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