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<blockquote data-quote="Lyfesaver74" data-source="post: 1141651" data-attributes="member: 107242"><p>Here are my notes (in case you would like to hear them, if not ignore - remember this is just my opinion):</p><p></p><p>Pros -</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Looks awesome</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Easy UI</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clean</li> </ul><p></p><p>Cons -</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No support for mvCentral (showstopper)<br /> No support for Pandora (showstopper)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No settings retention (showstopper) (eg. I tell TVSeries that when I launch it to use the "Genre" view as I have over 175 different TV shows, one master list is too much, yet once I leave TV series and go back, I have to tell it again each time to use the Genre View)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Playback display: (showstopper) While I like the white bar for playback and volume controls, I need to see a toal time/time left/time into playback. The numbers gives valuable info to me in my watching experience. It says 30 secs, 1 minute, 5 minutes etc when skipping, but need to playback remaining and playback time in total.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unwatched flag is present during views like "Genre" in TVSeries. It just hangs out there, no cover image to show. Use dummy image or actual images that represent the genre.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Home screen: Nothing should be unlabeled. In TVSeries and Movies you can see some of the boxes on the side of the main box have no labels and are completely "WTF" for me. What are these? Are they recently added? If so, they should not be just pushed into that box, and if they have to be in that box then at least have a label that says "Recent: {Series Name}" like, Recent: Castle so you know you are going to watch the most recently added Castle episode. If they are not recently added then it is a bigger "WTF" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> lol</li> </ul><p>Not a con, but would be better if -</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Proper capitalization and spacing. It's Live TV, not livetv. While the plugin uses tvseries in mp-tvseries, it should be TV Series in a menu. Things like that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Customize other Home Screen sections. For instance, under "audio" I would like to have the big box be mvCentral, and little boxes to be Pandora, Music (mp3 collection), Radio, etc</li> </ul><p></p><p>Maybe someone has mentioned these, if so... sorry to repeat. I know you did not make the skin for me, but for yourself... these are just my observations and ones marked "showstopper" are why I will have to go back to titan. Been using Apollo for a week and those cons have been brutal on my HTPC experience.</p><p></p><p>I am not asking you to fix, add or change anything. You do what you want bro, this is your skin.</p><p></p><p>Have a good one and have fun!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lyfesaver74, post: 1141651, member: 107242"] Here are my notes (in case you would like to hear them, if not ignore - remember this is just my opinion): Pros - [LIST] [*]Looks awesome [*]Easy UI [*]Clean [/LIST] Cons - [LIST] [*]No support for mvCentral (showstopper) No support for Pandora (showstopper) [*]No settings retention (showstopper) (eg. I tell TVSeries that when I launch it to use the "Genre" view as I have over 175 different TV shows, one master list is too much, yet once I leave TV series and go back, I have to tell it again each time to use the Genre View) [*]Playback display: (showstopper) While I like the white bar for playback and volume controls, I need to see a toal time/time left/time into playback. The numbers gives valuable info to me in my watching experience. It says 30 secs, 1 minute, 5 minutes etc when skipping, but need to playback remaining and playback time in total. [*]Unwatched flag is present during views like "Genre" in TVSeries. It just hangs out there, no cover image to show. Use dummy image or actual images that represent the genre. [*]Home screen: Nothing should be unlabeled. In TVSeries and Movies you can see some of the boxes on the side of the main box have no labels and are completely "WTF" for me. What are these? Are they recently added? If so, they should not be just pushed into that box, and if they have to be in that box then at least have a label that says "Recent: {Series Name}" like, Recent: Castle so you know you are going to watch the most recently added Castle episode. If they are not recently added then it is a bigger "WTF" :) lol [/LIST] Not a con, but would be better if - [LIST] [*]Proper capitalization and spacing. It's Live TV, not livetv. While the plugin uses tvseries in mp-tvseries, it should be TV Series in a menu. Things like that. [*]Customize other Home Screen sections. For instance, under "audio" I would like to have the big box be mvCentral, and little boxes to be Pandora, Music (mp3 collection), Radio, etc [/LIST] Maybe someone has mentioned these, if so... sorry to repeat. I know you did not make the skin for me, but for yourself... these are just my observations and ones marked "showstopper" are why I will have to go back to titan. Been using Apollo for a week and those cons have been brutal on my HTPC experience. I am not asking you to fix, add or change anything. You do what you want bro, this is your skin. Have a good one and have fun!!! [/QUOTE]
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