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Which aruba skin do you prefer?

Gold
Standard (black)
Blue
another modification (drop a word about which modification)
I don't like the aruba skin at all!

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CDvd

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new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« on: April 26, 2005, 02:20:15 am »


- Gold and blue skins aren't complete, options and other things are not modified yet
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2005, 02:39:03 am »

Gold and blue are both better than the standard. I don't like the black action window.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2005, 03:45:32 am »

The blue looks best, the black action windows is ugly
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2005, 03:53:36 am »

For me, the standard skin is the best, but I don't like those rating stars, they too small and ugly.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2005, 06:01:03 am »

Good work!

I agree with some other poster about the ratings, it would be better with stars like MC's thundersomething skin and they would benefit if you contrasted them more...gold on gold doesn't show them that clear.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2005, 06:01:44 am »

I would probably like it better if it was very light, almost white.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2005, 06:17:33 am »

I like the standard except that some white text on light colored buttons can't be read.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2005, 06:50:32 am »

overall my desktop is blue, and i currently use the Opus MC Blue mega me and Blade mini me skins. I would use this skin in blue, but neither of the other schemes works with my setup. The gold is nice in its own right, just not for me, and I agree with other posters regarding the standard. cheers!
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2005, 08:45:44 am »

When we added the Aruba skin, we said that it wasn't complete.  There were some known issues with readability.  Here's what may be the final version.



Install Skin


The link above will install the new skin.  If you want to save the original one, just rename this directory first:
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\MegaSkins\Aruba
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2005, 09:43:22 am »

When we added the Aruba skin, we said that it wasn't complete.  There were some known issues with readability.  Here's what may be the final version.

http://accessories.musicex.com/mediacenter/mc_data/skins/aruba.mjp

The link above will install the new skin.  If you want to save the original one, just rename this directory first:
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\MegaSkins\Aruba

The updated skin is a big improvement over the original - my sole complaint is that the highlight color (for the selected line, etc.) is a bit loud.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2005, 09:46:46 am »

It's better.....
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2005, 09:51:47 am »

update is better, but the play, stop, previous, next button are pretty ugly.

ps: i vote gold
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2005, 10:10:22 am »

update is better, but the play, stop, previous, next button are pretty ugly.

ps: i vote gold

I like the new buttons. they have a sweet old-skool look to them.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2005, 11:31:23 am »

For some reasonj I keep thinking old Marantz equipment when I use this skin.
Not a bad thing, just what it brings to mind.

I like it.
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Re: new Aruba skin : Standard, Gold, Blue or ?
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2005, 02:32:42 pm »

Just like GHammer a goldish finish make me think of these good old amps...

I like this new version Jim... but I still think that :

- something different for list headers and scroll bars would be better. (black is still too... hard to the eye IMO). Something like the Action Window Title background would fit perfectly !

- Vertical splitter should have a subttle shadow (like in gold and blue skins suggestions)

My opinion is that it is a cool skin but it can be better with some minor modifications. By the way, the new Action Window is .. well... really cool ;)
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