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<blockquote data-quote="Boilermaker" data-source="post: 64960" data-attributes="member: 10306">Good suggestions...i'll take one at a timeoverlay positioning:&nbsp; using include files i think it would be possible, not sure how it would work visually tho.&nbsp; For example, if i wanted the overlay in the bottom right hand corner, it would sit on top of the list control on a lot of screens.&nbsp; So do i make the listcontrols shorter, or put the navigation buttons on the right hand side of the screen and the overlay below it, pushing the list controls to the left?&nbsp; There would need to be a consensus among the users before i would take something like that up...with enough interest i'll take a hard look at it.Along the same lines as changing overlay position, it would be very easy to change the look of the overlay.&nbsp; Or for that matter the topbar or even the OSD for tv and video.&nbsp; In reality, it would be very simple to do something like incorporate the black myst mod, have a choice between the regular look or the black look, i would just have to resize all the graphics.&nbsp; The only downside to offering new looks is that the installer size would increase about 4mb for each choice.Choosing the 5 links for basichome:&nbsp; That one i think i can do, the biggest challenge will be configuring the installer.&nbsp; I just started working with it three days ago.select all/none on plugin skin page:&nbsp; Another good idea, see above, still learning the installer stuff.&nbsp; Hopefully will be added soon.&nbsp; Fonts:&nbsp; I like the idea of the disclaimer.&nbsp; I hadn't thought of offering different types of fonts, just sizes, but was concerned about how it would look.&nbsp; I don't know how many choices i would be able to offer, the way things work right now is for each choice i have an xml file.&nbsp; So if the user can choose between small, medium or large, then arial, tahoma and verdana that's 9 font files.&nbsp; Not a problem with a small amount of choices, but can get crazy with more.&nbsp; If somebody knows of a better way of doing things let me know, anything more dynamic than having a skin file for each choice would make life easier.I think in order to do that, the installer would have to alter the mediaportal.xml file on the user's computer.&nbsp; Way out of my league right now, if it's even possible.Thanks again for the suggestions, i now have a couple of more things i can work on over the weekend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boilermaker, post: 64960, member: 10306"] Good suggestions...i'll take one at a time overlay positioning: using include files i think it would be possible, not sure how it would work visually tho. For example, if i wanted the overlay in the bottom right hand corner, it would sit on top of the list control on a lot of screens. So do i make the listcontrols shorter, or put the navigation buttons on the right hand side of the screen and the overlay below it, pushing the list controls to the left? There would need to be a consensus among the users before i would take something like that up...with enough interest i'll take a hard look at it. Along the same lines as changing overlay position, it would be very easy to change the look of the overlay. Or for that matter the topbar or even the OSD for tv and video. In reality, it would be very simple to do something like incorporate the black myst mod, have a choice between the regular look or the black look, i would just have to resize all the graphics. The only downside to offering new looks is that the installer size would increase about 4mb for each choice. Choosing the 5 links for basichome: That one i think i can do, the biggest challenge will be configuring the installer. I just started working with it three days ago. select all/none on plugin skin page: Another good idea, see above, still learning the installer stuff. Hopefully will be added soon. Fonts: I like the idea of the disclaimer. I hadn't thought of offering different types of fonts, just sizes, but was concerned about how it would look. I don't know how many choices i would be able to offer, the way things work right now is for each choice i have an xml file. So if the user can choose between small, medium or large, then arial, tahoma and verdana that's 9 font files. Not a problem with a small amount of choices, but can get crazy with more. If somebody knows of a better way of doing things let me know, anything more dynamic than having a skin file for each choice would make life easier. I think in order to do that, the installer would have to alter the mediaportal.xml file on the user's computer. Way out of my league right now, if it's even possible. Thanks again for the suggestions, i now have a couple of more things i can work on over the weekend. [/QUOTE]

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