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General => Developers => Topic started by: compaqpresario on November 04, 2008, 05:03:54 pm

Title: Hey check this out!!!!!!!!!
Post by: compaqpresario on November 04, 2008, 05:03:54 pm
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/, not to say that Linuxmce as a home automation machine isn't great, because it is, but maybe we can grab some UI ideas from them or incorporate these UI's, so we can get linuxmce to look like this.  check it out.
Title: Re: Hey check this out!!!!!!!!!
Post by: itspac on November 06, 2008, 01:52:19 am
I've used media portal before and made my own skins. its a pretty simple to change , its just xml and a seris of pictures for buttons. didnt get too deep into the engine ...
Title: Re: Hey check this out!!!!!!!!!
Post by: tschak909 on November 06, 2008, 03:00:05 am
If you guys really want to do UI work in LinuxMCE, watch my screencasts:

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Developers_Guide#9.3.1_HADesigner

-Thom
Title: Re: Hey check this out!!!!!!!!!
Post by: compaqpresario on November 06, 2008, 03:08:47 am
Hey tschak909, first, if nobody has said it yet thanks for taking the time to make those screencasts.  I was in the middle of replying with the post below, you beat me to the post button, anyway,...
 
Does anybody know if it would be possible to implement this in Linuxmce?  I would go deeper into the screencasts,  and work towards new UI's if I knew it was possible to mimick, use, or make UI's that aesthetically appealing in Linuxmce with HADesigner if that's the only program that can be used.
Title: Re: Hey check this out!!!!!!!!!
Post by: tschak909 on November 06, 2008, 06:11:46 am
HADesigner is currently the program for doing UI work for Orbiter.

Please undersrtand, that Orbiter is much more advanced than XBMC, or most of those skinning systems.

It was designed to handle multiple targets, multiple devices, multiple aspect ratios...ranging from On-screen displays, to cell phones, to internet tablets, to PDAs, to displays on IP phones...all of which must be implemented for a new UI design.

Please watch the screencasts in their entirety.

-Thom