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<blockquote data-quote="DieBagger" data-source="post: 531408" data-attributes="member: 56421">Recently added itemsHi edsche,thx for this very useful plugin, I have an <s>idea</s> proposal to enhance the user experience in MP and I think it might fit within the scope of your plugin.I found this very useful when I toyed around with the Boxee Media Center. The startscreen in this application has a &quot;Recently added&quot; section where you can see items (series, movies, music) that have been newly added to the application. I think this would come in handy for MediaPortal as well because the user wouldn't have to open the different plugins (MovingPictures, MPTvSeries, MyMusic,...) to open new items, he can do it directly from the home screen.So while I haven't really thought about a concrete implementation, here is how I think this could be handled:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The InfoService plugin offers a generic interface that can be used by plugins to send new items</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Items contains Text/Image (Episode banner, movie banner, album art,...) and the Id of the item and the plugin that sent the item </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skin developers can place these items on the homescreen (or any other screen)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If a user clicks on one item, the plugin is opened and the selected item shown</li>
</ul>From my (limited) knowledge of the MediaPortal code I think the main difficulties is the communication between the plugins and to open a plugin with a parameter (the selected item).And for a better demonstration of the concept I made a quick (and not too well done <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) mockup using the BlackGlass Skin:[ATTACH]49762[/ATTACH]What do you (and others) think?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DieBagger, post: 531408, member: 56421"] [b]Recently added items[/b] Hi edsche, thx for this very useful plugin, I have an [S]idea[/S] proposal to enhance the user experience in MP and I think it might fit within the scope of your plugin. I found this very useful when I toyed around with the Boxee Media Center. The startscreen in this application has a "Recently added" section where you can see items (series, movies, music) that have been newly added to the application. I think this would come in handy for MediaPortal as well because the user wouldn't have to open the different plugins (MovingPictures, MPTvSeries, MyMusic,...) to open new items, he can do it directly from the home screen. So while I haven't really thought about a concrete implementation, here is how I think this could be handled: [LIST] [*]The InfoService plugin offers a generic interface that can be used by plugins to send new items [*]Items contains Text/Image (Episode banner, movie banner, album art,...) and the Id of the item and the plugin that sent the item [*]Skin developers can place these items on the homescreen (or any other screen) [*]If a user clicks on one item, the plugin is opened and the selected item shown [/LIST] From my (limited) knowledge of the MediaPortal code I think the main difficulties is the communication between the plugins and to open a plugin with a parameter (the selected item). And for a better demonstration of the concept I made a quick (and not too well done ;)) mockup using the BlackGlass Skin: [ATTACH]49762.vB[/ATTACH] What do you (and others) think? [/QUOTE]

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