Not knowing too much about this whole area, but if folks could use Macromedia Flash somehow to create interfaces/skins for hairstyle, it would have the potential to be VERY sweet.
I've seen some people do some amazing things with flash, and I think that PVR/HTPC interfaces, built in flash, could be just gorgeous. Again, dunno how to do it, but it'd be rad, fo sho.
That being said, I would like to put in an aside, addressed to our stalwart developers:
My life is changing in some respects, and I'll soon be without a very good TV interface. So, I will be shifting my whole home entertainment paradigm from my current setup to an HTPC. I want[/i] to use Windows XP Media Center Edition, but I can't afford to buy a whole new computer. Besides, I like MC better than WMP anyhow.
So I guess, without digressing too much, what I'm trying to say is this: please please please please please please please please make Hairstyle comparable to, if not better than, WinXP MCE in the user interface/GUI/user experience area. I've used MCE, and it has, without a doubt, the BEST interface I've ever seen for HTPC purposes. If I could build one, I'd build it just like they have.
It's a given that the "back end" of MC is more powerful than MCE and WMP, but if the "front end" isn't up to par, using it on a daily basis, as I will be, will be a bad experience.
Thanks, and cheers,
Kurt