[mythtv-users] New theme (blue-abstract) for MythTV 0.22+ available

Jean-Yves Avenard jyavenard at gmail.com
Fri Oct 9 12:31:25 UTC 2009


Hi

2009/10/9 Robert Siebert <trebor_s at web.de>:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> thanks for the info. I fixed it and replaced the latest tar-file.
>
> I have also added some information in the wiki
> (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Blue_Abstract_Theme) regarding this in
> the "problems" section at the bottom of the page.

I've played with the theme a bit today...

Two main comments:
-Main menu only shows 5 lines, yet use a rather small font. A bit of a
waste of space IMHO. For usability the font size should be increased

-In "Watch videos" ; the name of each folder isn't displayed properly.
It seems to depend on the size of the poster. If the poster is big
enough to cover the directory name, it will and hide it. When you move
the cursor on a folder, for a very short time you can see the
directory name, before being overwritten by the cover picture.
So in my particular case, it looks like about half of the directory
have posters while the other half doesn't (they all have posters, just
that some are smaller enough to show the directory name).

Another more generic comment as it applies to many more theme.

In mythvideo list mode, and the recording screen, what is being shown
is rather similar. Folder at the top, information and logo at the
bottom.

In recordings we have the poster/picture on the right, with the detail
on the left. In video/list it's the opposite. I don't see why it
should be any different, it lacks consistency which always make things
more difficult to use.

I like the fact otherwise that in mythvideo, the view isn't
overcrowded with a lot of posters which would have made the navigation
very complicated.

Cheers
Jean-Yves


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