First impressions

patricon · 2007-12-18, 18:33

I'm really impressed with this alpha version. It looks very promissing... i just hope that skinning features will be more 'skinner friendly' than when using mp1. I like so much that the settings are included into MP2, that is great! but the only thing that i really doesn't like is that the UI is very simmilar to W$ MCE...

I've some problems displaying the on screen keyboard (some keys are out of the dialog) and also i hope that this time it could be skinned like all the other controls.

It also could be very interesting to have MPI installer integrated into MP2 interface, to download and install plugins and skins on the fly (the app could ask the user for restarting if it were necessary)

keep up the good work guys!! many thanks for your effort...

regards,

mofux · 2007-12-18, 21:36

MPI is already in, but we excluded it for the alpha release. about the keyboard, that's my fault. it was just a template thingy to have something to input, and of course, it is fully skinnable

mikael · 2007-12-18, 21:50

...I'm also sure that this great community will come up with a better GUI than Vista MCE. There are currently 35,608 registered users on this forum. Please share your thoughts, make some simple mockups and show your ideas how you want the look and feel of MediaPortal to be in the future!

For those of you that aren't skilled in Photoshop or Illustrator -> Word or PowerPoint is excellent tools for making mockups in... especially PowerPoint as you can group and move objects very easy. Come on now everybody!

Darre · 2007-12-18, 22:00

I hope several of the great skins we have for mp1 now will be ported and made to fit mp2.

mofux · 2007-12-18, 22:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikael

...I'm also sure that this great community will come up with a better GUI than Vista MCE. There are currently 35,608 registered users on this forum. Please share your thoughts, make some simple mockups and show your ideas how you want the look and feel of MediaPortal to be in the future!

For those of you that aren't skilled in Photoshop or Illustrator -> Word or PowerPoint is excellent tools for making mockups in... especially PowerPoint as you can group and move objects very easy. Come on now everybody!

that's exactly the spirit we need, thanks mikael

bindalf · 2007-12-19, 18:41

mp2 crashes(isnt responding) when i select a new added mp3 folder in my music

Nemulate · 2007-12-19, 21:40

Think frodo has already said there is a problem with adding folders in another post. Hopefully we'll get another version to 'play' with soon

Darre · 2007-12-19, 22:02

The crash came when you added more then 1 folder at a time. Frodo has fixed it in svn but I dont think we will be seeing them yet?

2007-12-18, 18:33	#1 (permalink)
patricon Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 36 Posts: 540 Thanks: 12 Thanked 18 Times in 15 Posts Country: My System	First impressions I'm really impressed with this alpha version. It looks very promissing... i just hope that skinning features will be more 'skinner friendly' than when using mp1. I like so much that the settings are included into MP2, that is great! but the only thing that i really doesn't like is that the UI is very simmilar to W$ MCE... I've some problems displaying the on screen keyboard (some keys are out of the dialog) and also i hope that this time it could be skinned like all the other controls. It also could be very interesting to have MPI installer integrated into MP2 interface, to download and install plugins and skins on the fly (the app could ask the user for restarting if it were necessary) keep up the good work guys!! many thanks for your effort... regards, __________________ Download my skin: Electric Lead Last edited by patricon; 2007-12-18 at 18:37.

2007-12-18, 21:50	#3 (permalink)
mikael Portal Designer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Age: 23 Posts: 479 Thanks: 72 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts	...I'm also sure that this great community will come up with a better GUI than Vista MCE. There are currently 35,608 registered users on this forum. Please share your thoughts, make some simple mockups and show your ideas how you want the look and feel of MediaPortal to be in the future! For those of you that aren't skilled in Photoshop or Illustrator -> Word or PowerPoint is excellent tools for making mockups in... especially PowerPoint as you can group and move objects very easy. Come on now everybody! __________________ Skin: SimpleMP Beta 4

2007-12-19, 18:41	#6 (permalink)
bindalf Portal Member Join Date: May 2007 Age: 26 Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	mp2 crashes(isnt responding) when i select a new added mp3 folder in my music __________________

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2007-12-18, 21:36	#2 (permalink)
mofux Portal Designer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dresden, Germany Posts: 671 Thanks: 34 Thanked 31 Times in 19 Posts	MPI is already in, but we excluded it for the alpha release. about the keyboard, that's my fault. it was just a template thingy to have something to input, and of course, it is fully skinnable

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Darre Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 617 Thanks: 67 Thanked 38 Times in 31 Posts Country:	I hope several of the great skins we have for mp1 now will be ported and made to fit mp2.

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Nemulate Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: IOW Age: 44 Posts: 473 Thanks: 10 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country: My System	Think frodo has already said there is a problem with adding folders in another post. Hopefully we'll get another version to 'play' with soon

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Darre Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 617 Thanks: 67 Thanked 38 Times in 31 Posts Country:	The crash came when you added more then 1 folder at a time. Frodo has fixed it in svn but I dont think we will be seeing them yet?