The Media Browser two-week clock has ticked (or is that tocked?) and along with that comes another release of Media Browser, welcome Beta10 officially Media Browser 2.0.10.0 (Vanilla). Please click here to download Beta10. You can read the full release notes here.
.Net 3.5 Now Mandatory
Let’s jump right into it the second biggest news of the day first (no that’s not a typo). The Media Browser project going forward now requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. Those of you have been putting off the .Net 3.5 update can download the framework here.
Users who already have .Net 3.5 installed (standard on Windows 7) can leverage the beta updates to automatically update to the latest version.
Vanilla Theme
Ok back to the major news, Beta10 welcomes a new theme - the Vanilla theme has been integrated in the application. With the addition of this popular theme users will notice a few refinements to the Media Browser theme selection:
- Visual Theme: Allow you to select 1 of 3 standard themes (Classic / Default / Vanilla).
- Color Scheme: Default (natural MCE Blue) and Black colors.
- Font Size: Small and default.
I think Robert has done a great job finding a balance between visually stunning while still retaining ease of use – which is always a tricky balance to strike. Those of you who have been following along in the forums will no doubt have seen this before; however, for those that haven't here are a few screen grabs of the new theme.
Stability and Performance
There have been a lot of changes taking place behind the scenes on Media Browser. Beta10 includes a number of enhancements to stability and performance, as well as general bug squashing from previous betas.
(Just wanted to comment the feedback on the forums has been excellent, and I’d like to thank many of our users who take the time to provide feedback good or bad)
Other Thoughts
A lot of new ideas, feature discussion, road mapping have been taking place recently and personally speaking I feel this renewed passion is very encouraging for Media Browser’s future. I’m not at liberty to go into further details at this time but rest assured we have some cool features in the pipeline - I believe our track record speaks for itself.
As always feedback is appreciated, the team plans to monitor feedback carefully over the next few weeks.
Hope this helps.
JM
Download Link: Media Browser beta10
Forum Link: www.mediabrowser.tv
Wiki Link: Quick Start Guide
Microsoft .Net 3.5 Link: .Net 3.5 Framework