Apollo One (3 Viewers)

[morpheus_xx]

Please check for all CoverViewSeriesFilterItemTemplate like
https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...mes/default/styles/MediaStyles.xaml#L765-L776.

I have commented the style here because until now I haven't re-created a new Cover style ItemTemplate (I only created styles for used stuff to avoid copy&paste "inheritance" as done before with Titanium)

 

[ge2301]

Please check for all CoverViewSeriesFilterItemTemplate like
https://github.com/MediaPortal/Medi...mes/default/styles/MediaStyles.xaml#L765-L776.
I have commented the style here because until now I haven't re-created a new Cover style ItemTemplate (I only created styles for used stuff to avoid copy&paste "inheritance" as done before with Titanium)

I created a new "cover view style", which looks already quite nice I'm going to post first screen shots tonight or tomorrow.

Currently 5 covers with rounded corners are visible in the middle area and one can scroll through in horizontal direction. Below each cover the title is shown.
Focussed cover's size is slightly increased. Additionally star rating is shown below the title. The un-/watched icon is shown in upper right corner the cover with a semitransparent round shape.

Missing: Shadows and minor alignments
Small problem: The cover view is empty after start. Only when switching once to list view and switching back to cover view, content appears

 

[wizard123]

I said i would look at the design asap but you are going ahead anyway and want to post screenshots of it not designed to the original, not being funny but this is exactly why skinning in mp2 is failing. The designer is supposed to do the design and then it gets coded.

 

[morpheus_xx]

not being funny but this is exactly why skinning in mp2 is failing

No need to complain: I can understand that ge2301 starts with some XAML coding to learn the details of what needs technically to be done. And then he needs to apply how it should look like after your designs.

 

[ge2301]

I said i would look at the design asap but you are going ahead anyway and want to post screenshots of it not designed to the original, not being funny but this is exactly why skinning in mp2 is failing. The designer is supposed to do the design and then it gets coded.

Ok, I'm going to post pictures after receiving your mock-ups and doing the adjustments according to it.
But I also want to express, that a certain degree of creativity, flexibility and discussion is needed. I want to accelerate activities and do something pro-actively. By sharing some intermediate results people can be kept excited about the progress.
Sometimes new ideas can be also refreshing and so far I have always adjusted the design according to your request. So saying this is the reason why MP2 skins are failing is not correct and also not motivating me much.

 

[wizard123]

I don't think intermediate results that are not based around the design will keep anyone interested as they will look out of place and for users that don't read the thread completely may take them as literal thinking they are what is included. If you want discussion about the design aspect shoot me a pm.
Perhaps i was being a bit hasty ( if so i apologize ) but it just feels like things are starting to get added that i never designed to be there and if it carried on that way i may as well cut my design and involvment.

 

[wizard123]

Anyway back on topic here is the 2d cover flow view.

 

[ge2301]

Perhaps i was being a bit hasty

Yes

If you want discussion about the design aspect shoot me a pm

For this I apologize, you are right. I was too excited about the progress and wanted to share it. I will share the draft first with you.
You also have a pm from 2 weeks before, could you also feedback to this?

Anyway back on topic here is the 2d cover flow view.

Thanks, looks almost as what I have done so far. So not much to change. The only thing, I had the stars below the cover, because in the other views the stars are not in the bottom area and the code for the bottom view is shared for all views at the moment? Can this be an option for you? I can also send a pm with screenshot in advance.

 

[wizard123]

To be honest i would not want the stars below the cover as they look out of place, i tried that first but had to change it as it did not sit right.
I don't remember seeing a pm i will take a look.

 

[Lightning303]

To provide a perspective from somebody mainly just reading this:

An architect designs a very nice, stylish and modern house, but he cant build it himself. So he asks his friends to help him out build this house. In the beginning everybody agrees with the designers descissions, but after a while everybody has their own ideas. The electrician has some good ideas about some technical features, and the roof guy has some ideas aswell. To an extent thats all nice and the designer is willing to discuss these and compromise. But when more and more people want to change more and more things, it seems he gets a bit frustrated as he sees his baby becoming a blur of thousands of ideas and his disgn guidelines thrown over board.

The question is, what do we/you want? I stylish and thought through skin, or a blur of thousand ideas?

This is a problem in many places. Many movies, series and games had great premises when they where written but the studios/publishers more often then not come in and say they want this changed and that changed and what not, and we all are frustrated we get a worse product because of this.

So my opinion on the matter is, let @wizard123 design and let him decide what goes and what doesnt, because art is not something made in a democracy.