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<blockquote data-quote="elliottmc" data-source="post: 832253" data-attributes="member: 14268">Re: Skin engine enhancements (themes, guide colors, skin functions, weather settings.It only really makes sense for this branch, so I don't see any need for a new branch.It looks good so far, but I would say that I need to play around with it first.Just a couple of comments.1. The strings hard coded in TsWriter need to be in there for genres. They are absolutes.2. The skin should really define the colours for the genres, since what looks good will depend on the colour used in the skin. However, it is good to have an over-ride mechanism.3. I think we need to keep it simple. If we allow 20 genres (for example), no-one will use this since the EPG will just be a rainbow of colour. I think we need to keep it to the default small number of genres, but allow custom strings to be added for each, so that the colours are properly presented.I would say that allowing easy and intuitive customisation of the genres is the first priority, ahead of colour customisation.The best way for a user to configure the genres (in my opinion) is1. Go to EPG. Right-click to bring up context menu.2. Go to &quot;configure genres&quot; option. Select &quot;add this genre&quot;3. Select the 'category' you want to add it to.This then applies the new genres immediately.Of course, as we always do, allowing this to be done from configuration.exe might be quicker but it won't allow access to the EPG.Mark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elliottmc, post: 832253, member: 14268"] [b]Re: Skin engine enhancements (themes, guide colors, skin functions, weather settings.[/b] It only really makes sense for this branch, so I don't see any need for a new branch. It looks good so far, but I would say that I need to play around with it first. Just a couple of comments. 1. The strings hard coded in TsWriter need to be in there for genres. They are absolutes. 2. The skin should really define the colours for the genres, since what looks good will depend on the colour used in the skin. However, it is good to have an over-ride mechanism. 3. I think we need to keep it simple. If we allow 20 genres (for example), no-one will use this since the EPG will just be a rainbow of colour. I think we need to keep it to the default small number of genres, but allow custom strings to be added for each, so that the colours are properly presented. I would say that allowing easy and intuitive customisation of the genres is the first priority, ahead of colour customisation. The best way for a user to configure the genres (in my opinion) is 1. Go to EPG. Right-click to bring up context menu. 2. Go to "configure genres" option. Select "add this genre" 3. Select the 'category' you want to add it to. This then applies the new genres immediately. Of course, as we always do, allowing this to be done from configuration.exe might be quicker but it won't allow access to the EPG. Mark [/QUOTE]

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