We're designing a new look and feel for OSMC

[rebeltaz]

I seem to be in a minority here… Will there be an option to keep the Confluence skin? If not, I’ll just disable updates. I understand that in today’s world, different=better, but that is not necessarily the case. I subscribe to the old “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” philosophy.

[ashtonaut]

The default Kodi skin is changing for the next major release (from Confluence to Estuary).

Once Krypton is released I’m sure the Kodi default skin will remain an option for OSMC users. Just be aware you might need to manually install Confluence of you want to retain it.

[jb2cool]

That is probably more up to the Kodi developers rather than OSMC staff, I think Kodi is moving away from shipping Confluence as the standard skin though. If the Confluence skin is kept updated to support newer versions of Kodi I don’t see why it wouldn’t be available though, it might not be shipped as standard but should be an option to easily install it.

[leinadhok]

Looks great… Can’t wait to see the final release in action.

[akjsefjwe]

I prefer the blue vs. green…

[chanc397]

Hi, is this skin available in Kodi17.0 Beta?

greez

[sam_nazarko]

Not yet.

Kodi v17 is not in beta yet, nor do we offer any builds for it at this time

[chanc397]

ok , did it according to your instructions , so I ask

[glenzee]

Any updates to release date for the new look?

[sam_nazarko]

Still being worked on. You won’t be disappointed.

[glenzee]

I’m excited for it! Can’t wait!

[taiebot]

Look what appeared on github !!! https://github.com/osmc/skin.osmc really looking forward for Krypton

[danny08]

Is the new design now available?
Havent used my pi for months and i just reinstalled osmc with a dualboot with lakka.
i got a big update, i think its the september one, but the design is just as it was in march i think.

[fzinken]

@danny08

Is the new design now available?

Yes, but first in a different version and secondly only for Krypton Beta installs.

[TESTING] New OSMC skin for Krypton

Hi With hard work from our graphics developer @simonbrunton and @BobCrachett, we’ve a new skin to show you. [image] To test the new skin, you need to be running a recent @gmc test build for Raspberry Pi or one of the official OSMC Krypton Beta Builds. If you update from the current stable release to one of these test builds, you will find that the new skin is automatically installed and available to select from Settings. If you have been using one of these builds before we announced the ski…

[LinkeLoutje]

In my opinion this looks awesome! Especially with the gradient and I would find it interesting when the big fanart of an item could be shown behind that gradient similar to the city pics.

Btw I’m quite impressed with the new Kodi skin as well. I think there are some remarks to be made regarding UI, but I suppose that’s a Kodi issue?

[sam_nazarko]

We’ve made a lot of progress since then. You should see this thread:

[TESTING] New OSMC skin for Krypton

Hi With hard work from our graphics developer @simonbrunton and @BobCrachett, we’ve a new skin to show you. [image] To test the new skin, you need to be running a recent @gmc test build for Raspberry Pi or one of the official OSMC Krypton Beta Builds. If you update from the current stable release to one of these test builds, you will find that the new skin is automatically installed and available to select from Settings. If you have been using one of these builds before we announced the ski…

We are happy to accept feedback and comments on how to improve the skin.

[LinkeLoutje]

Thanks, I’m hoping to see a little more in the future! It seems I’m using the stable version, upgrading to the beta seems a little of a hassle at this time.