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<blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 547799" data-attributes="member: 27204">[USER=23938]joostzilla[/USER] +1&nbsp; I totally agree!&nbsp; I try to support up to 18pt default font for small 4:3 TV screens in aMPed!&nbsp; You don't have to wait long for insanity!&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> But it is not all the skin engine's limitations, plugin developers don't have much information to go on, so they don't support even basic GUI properties, and sometimes set fixed widths for fadelabels, don't support anything but label type controls, don't support #itemcount or #currentmodule, the list goes on and on!I don't think people realize how much a skinner has to know - not only the arcane idiosyncrasies of the skin engine, but they have to become almost an expert in every plugin and the way it was coded if they want to create a display different than the default. And let's be honest, plugin developers are not usually designers, so the default skin files are often pretty bare bones at best. I appreciate you are taking your time to give us a really great skin.&nbsp; I can't wait to see it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dadeo, post: 547799, member: 27204"] [USER=23938]joostzilla[/USER] +1 I totally agree! I try to support up to 18pt default font for small 4:3 TV screens in aMPed! You don't have to wait long for insanity! :eek: But it is not all the skin engine's limitations, plugin developers don't have much information to go on, so they don't support even basic GUI properties, and sometimes set fixed widths for fadelabels, don't support anything but label type controls, don't support #itemcount or #currentmodule, the list goes on and on! I don't think people realize how much a skinner has to know - not only the arcane idiosyncrasies of the skin engine, but they have to become almost an expert in every plugin and the way it was coded if they want to create a display different than the default. And let's be honest, plugin developers are not usually designers, so the default skin files are often pretty bare bones at best. I appreciate you are taking your time to give us a really great skin. I can't wait to see it! [/QUOTE]

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