Apollo One (2 Viewers)

[morpheus_xx]

Yep, AA works out of the box in DX11 branch. So once it's done we gain a lot in visual quality

 

[Pat Clark]

It will most likely be something along these lines although not for definite yet

I enjoy watching you guys hash this stuff out, and can't contribute directly, but thought I would mention that having "empty" stars at the right helps me quickly recognize the difference between 7, 8, 9, stars, especially when there's only one entry having stars.

Wiz's design sense at work: his mockup is surely more attractive than the lines.

 

[ge2301]

The "focus problem" is solved more or the less. By increasing the opacity of non focused list items it looks quite clear now, also when quickly scrolling through the list

 

[ge2301]

Here the latest status of Apollo One work for download.

@morpheus_xx
I installed TortoiseGit but could not find options to connect it to MP2 online repository.
Also I have no time to figure it out. Could you please merge the changes from attached file.
Thanks!

Won't be able to work on the skin for about 1 week now.

Open points:

• Currently no focus frame at all existing, because I set the thickness to "0". Code needs to be changed in the direction, that focus frames are existing for cover views only

  <!-- MediaItems style -->

  <Style x:Key="MediaItemButtonControlStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Control}">
    <Setter Property="Template">
      <Setter.Value>
        <ControlTemplate>
          <Border x:Name="ButtonControlRectangle"
              IsVisible ="False"
              CornerRadius="{ThemeResource ButtonControlRadiusX}"
              BorderBrush="{ThemeResource MediaItemsFocusedBorderBrush}"
              BorderThickness="0"
              Margin="-1">
          </Border>
        </ControlTemplate>
      </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
  </Style>

• Knob size needs to be adjusted slightly (smaller)
  
• When scrolling in the list view, there is a small offset jump to the right and back for the focused item. I have an idea which code causes it, but better didn't tough it yet
  
• metadata for complete series and seasons missing, currently only for episodes
• The star rating causes graphic errors at some list positions (was also before)

 

[morpheus_xx]

Thanks, will take care for it next week!

 

[emphatic]

Is there an installer somewhere with this skin?

Emph

 

[ge2301]

Is there an installer somewhere with this skin?
Emph

Download the weekly build and search in "MP2 client/plugins" for "ApolloOne" folder. Just overwrite it with attached one.
Then it should work. Since it's only a trial, there is no installer.

 

[morpheus_xx]

It will most likely be something along these lines although not for definite yet

I continued where ge2301 stopped and extended the default menu list view styles to use the "blue overlapping buttons" only inside "dialogs", but not inside regular menus. And I added the draft of wiz' as generic button style. For non-focused buttons text's opacity is "0.5", when getting focus it's increased to 1.

When buttons get pressed, the thin border gets animated to white. looks good

So it looks like now:



One thing to change now is the cover view, there the background need to be altered to be more present

 

[wizard123]

After some testing i think ge2301 agreed the generic button style was not needed after all, it just required the non focused item text to have less opacity.

 

[morpheus_xx]

After some testing i think ge2301 agreed the generic button style was not needed after all, it just required the non focused item text to have less opacity.

I don't think so: if you look at the news screen, you would barely be able to see a difference between non-selected and selected items. Same applies to settings and all other parts where buttons are used. I find it much clearer this way.

But we might fine tune it ofc more...