On Friday 06 May 2005 13:13, Donavan Stanley wrote: > On 5/5/05, Stephen Boddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hate to sound like a knocker, and for the most part I like the design, > > but I can see 4 problems with that theme > > Bear in mind that the theme isn't done, for example none of the font > sizes/colors have been tuned yet.
Yeah, but if no-one critiques before it's finished, there's no opportunity to catch issues, so I thought I'd insert my tupence ;-) > > 1) It's very dark. The unhighlighted menu items are quite difficult to > > read for speedy operation. > > Actually, when it's on a TV it's not nearly as dark as it appears on a > monitor. Okay, I'll put this down to the lack of a universal coherent colour management system. > > 2) It's rather monochromatic. Black and white with a few blue bits is a > > little dull. > > It's a particular style they're going for. It's not for everyone. Yeah. Very... masculine. Not too sure it'll have a high WAF. Not that I have to worry about the 'W' in WAF. > > 3) The menu6.jpg shows the blue theme on the screen, which looks a little > > out of place. > > That's because the equivilant screen in their them wasn't complete > when that watermark was created. They'll be readjusting things later. Again, I thought so, but I think there are other themes out there that do that, and it jars. > > 4) The next release of MythTV is planned to change the theming UI and > > capabilities. Perhaps they're a little premature, although obviously > > there is no indication of how long 0.19 will take. > > They are *fully* aware of planned development given that they're in > touch with the developers. Rather than wait for the MythUI changes > they've chosen to move ahead with their theme work and make any > modifications needed. Fair enough. It'll be interesting to see how they manage the balancing act of business demands and community participation. -- Steve Boddy _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
