[mythtv-users] glass-wide, a widescreen GUI theme for MythTV released

[Justin Hornsby]

Joel Jameson wrote:
>> On Nov 12, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Justin Hornsby wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Steve MacLaren wrote:
>>>       
>>>> what other ideas/examples do people
>>>> have for backdrop images that would not affect the readability of  
>>>> the
>>>> text in the foreground?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Obviously try to stay away from images with any degree of detail.
>>> Details will make it more difficult to focus on the area of
>>> importance -
>>> i.e. the foreground.
>>>
>>> I tried this theme out with a large variety of backgrounds.  
>>> Textures &
>>> colours - gradients, lighting & plasma effects work very well but
>>> beware
>>> of bright areas spoiling the contrast of the text on top.
>>>
>>> There aren't really any hard & fast rules here - just suck it &  
>>> see ;)
>>>
>>> Justin
>>>       
>
>
> About the only change I would do would be in the "Watch Recordings"  
> screen. Make the selection bar move with the focus, either the left  
> "All Programs" area while that is the focus, then move to the right  
> for the actual show listings. The contrast of the focus on the text is  
> very hard to pick up on the set.
>
> Best theme I've run across yet!
>
> Joel
>
>
>   

The select bar is stuck at the right hand side.  Thank the UI code for 
that.  I'll probably look into the text contrast issue at some point.