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About time! The current default design is dated. The other less used design that can be unlocked in the settings is not really that good compared to the default one. Does anyone even use the alternative VLC design?

Screenshot:


It might look different and refreshing but for me it is missing a lot of useful things and options you could quickly access from the default VLC skin.

I hope they don't mess that up in the new version and new default skin.


That said did anyone even check: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php ? (imho) it has some really nice skins in there! Sadly skinning is not possible on MacOS. But the current default skin on MacOS is fine (kinda).

Screenshot (MacOS High Sierra - Mac Mini 2011 Mid):



I'm excited to see the final version of 4.0.

In my opinon, having a good but old design is better than doing a reskin, mainly because this almost always results in negative user feedback. I'm pretty sure most people right now have accustomed to VLC's iconic UI, and wouldn't like a sudden change (me included), this is mainly because the current UI works as intended, and you don't really need to reinvent the wheel here.

Imo, if VLC really wants to introduce a reskin, they should do it as a secondary option, but not enabled by default. If the userbase likes it, they can enable it in the settings, otherwise they can simply keep using the current UI.