kdf wrote:

>> How about making it an option
> 
> Funny that this request always follows.  The answer should also be  
> likewise consistent: no.  With more users every day there has to be an  
> end to the "every user request as an option" design plan.

Well, that's always one of the downsides to community-driven
development, which is what squeezecenter is.

> You can always choose to edit the code to create your own custom  
> skin.  in fact, I think a very good reason to say 'no' is to encourage  
> the generation of custom skins. I'd love to see a community of  
> hundreds of varying skins, even some with just subtle differences,  
> like you see for many other software projects out there. Somewhere  
> along the way, this one has gone wrong in creating an attitude that  
> everything should be there out of the box and work for everyone all at  
> once.

That's because it should. Skinning is about making things look
different, not adding a whole load of extra functionality; that's why
you don't see a plethora of slimserver/squeezecenter skins.

R.

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