I guess these are areas in which MC and Hairstyle could really shine if they are implemented correctly...I would guess at a minimum the ability to spawn a slide show in a separate window to the main Hairstyle window, ability to use the image manipu;ation features in JRImage.dll from within Hairstyle, quick and easy ability to setup synched music/photos...
Video needs to be able to play full screen away from Hairstyle with an overlay allowing access to the main video functions (MC already does this it is just the issue of switching between full screen and hairstyle without switching back to the main prog that needs to be ironed out)
1) I agree with NoCodeUK. The implementation of a slide show in Hairstyle is not satisfying right now. Who wants to see a slide show in a small PIP? A slide show should be full screen, maybe with transparant controls or controls that you can hide/display.
2) There should also be a possibility to display certain tag information on the screen for a certain amount of time.
Let's say the intervall between two images is 15 seconds. Then we should be able to display tag properties for let's say 5 seconds, so that we can fully enjoy the picture for other 10 seconds. There could be several options such as marquee like tag information
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
Title: In the Jardin du Luxembourg
Gallery: Louvre, Paris, France
Year: 1888
Style: Oil on Canvas
Movement: Post-Impressionism
with different colors, shapes, positions (top, middle, bottom, left, right), even transparent mode, of course everything configurable. (under image playback options)
3) When running Hairstyle on a regular TV there is always a black border around the pictures. It would be nice to smooth the border by framing the picture with nice frames like real paintings.
4) Playing now and controls should be available on every screen.
5) You may also not want to display everything you have in your library to everyone. If you have guests at home and you show them a certain slide show, they do not need to know what else is stored in your library. So there should be somewhere a function that defines what you want exported to Hairstyle and what not!
Consider Hairstyle as the living room of your house. You do not necessarily show your bedroom or bathroom to your guests.
6) There should be a way to stop a slide show, go back one or two pictures and restart from there again.
7) Controls work very well with remote control, but not yet with the mouse! You still need the keyboard to go back to upper menu.