On 05/08/2011 16:26, Dirk Meyer wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/04/2011 09:49 PM, Maciej Urbaniak wrote: >> As promised in the "Future of Freevo 2.0" thread here are some screenshots >> of the XBMC lookalike skin for Freevo. > Nice. > >> Work on this screen is approx 80-90% complete. This is something that we >> should aim for Freevo 2.0. > That is my plan. I think we all agree, that the main feature from XBMC > are the nice skins. For Freevo 2.0 I also want the large background > images as you have in your preview plus user generated background images > from the same sources XBMC uses. Sounds good. > > What I want to have are different background images. They look nice, but > they look like XBMC. IMHO we should aim for our own look. It would be > nice if someone could draw some nice images, take photos or search for > great CC licenced backgroud images on the web. If Maciej posts his work I hope to create a new skin based on it that would be original for freevo. One problem is I'm not an artist but I'll give it a go. > >> There are some serious limitations of what 1.9.x can do, and nowhere near >> what XBMC is capable of, but the end result is IMHO pretty good and >> esthetically pleasing not to mention a big step forward comparing to the >> existing Freevo skins. > I need two more weeks to finish the latest changes in kaa.candy. The > basic logic is working, I need to port the remaining widgets and think > about animations. > > While coding, I thought that it is close to impossible to define > everything including animations in XML. Some limitations you had will > still be there. Therefore, I will add Python support for the skins to > define some additional stuff like complex animations. A skin will > contain three parts: the XML files defining the basic layout and colors, > the Freevo part of some skin-specific widgets (inherting some logic from > the freevo core) and a backend part doing additional clutter specific > stuff like animations. IMHO that is the best way to get a skin that can > do everything someone wants to do. Sounds good. If there's a good write up in the wiki it will help potential skin developers get involved. > > Speaking of someone wants to do: mockups how Freevo 2.0 should look like > in various stages would be nice to help me coding. > > > Dischi > Not sure I'm up to creating one from scratch. I wouldn't rule out donating to a fund to pay for skin development if that would help.
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