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<blockquote data-quote="Scythe42" data-source="post: 517342" data-attributes="member: 95833">Looks like designed for print media, to looks good in adverts or single screenshots to promote a product. I find it very hard to read on screen and there's too much style over substance going on. Usability has to come first and style needs to support it. Guess being Alaska-Like while showing Aeon roots is currently en vogue. I still think that Aeon Stark is one of the few skins that got the part typography right (but a bit to gimmicky in some places). But at least it feels consistent. In most skins you can see the evolutionary process of designing these. And font choice (spacing, size, free space etc.) is usually very bad in nearly all skins. But that's an art on its own. It's not the typefaces, it's the space around them that holds everything together.Maybe I dated too many designer hotties over the years and became picky <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />I hope people will drop these cover flows for something better (or a new flow approach). The flipping only works when you have a small library. On huge libraries like I have it's just horrible to use. Easy access for very big libraries is what all skins are currently missing. Cover Flowing through 1000+ movies is even worse than scrolling through one huge list box.PS: still waiting for THE MP skin. Hasn't surfaced yet but X-Factor is looking very promising so far...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scythe42, post: 517342, member: 95833"] Looks like designed for print media, to looks good in adverts or single screenshots to promote a product. I find it very hard to read on screen and there's too much style over substance going on. Usability has to come first and style needs to support it. Guess being Alaska-Like while showing Aeon roots is currently en vogue. I still think that Aeon Stark is one of the few skins that got the part typography right (but a bit to gimmicky in some places). But at least it feels consistent. In most skins you can see the evolutionary process of designing these. And font choice (spacing, size, free space etc.) is usually very bad in nearly all skins. But that's an art on its own. It's not the typefaces, it's the space around them that holds everything together. Maybe I dated too many designer hotties over the years and became picky :P I hope people will drop these cover flows for something better (or a new flow approach). The flipping only works when you have a small library. On huge libraries like I have it's just horrible to use. Easy access for very big libraries is what all skins are currently missing. Cover Flowing through 1000+ movies is even worse than scrolling through one huge list box. PS: still waiting for THE MP skin. Hasn't surfaced yet but X-Factor is looking very promising so far... [/QUOTE]

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