Well, the channel infobar is also at the bottom, and so many channels have movies with subtitles, and I don't think this was a big deal until today.You mean to change the movieplayer infobar.... I suggest we are used that it is on top of the screen for more then 3-4 years... so I suggest a lot of protest to change this...
This does not mean this is a good idea...
But sometimes it is usefull that it is on top (even for the normal infobar)... when keep in mind subtitles...
"Being used to" is not always the best reason to keep something like it is.. IMHO, the way we have the media player infobar today feels like something is broken: Just some labels and pixmaps floating on top of the screen. It simply doesn't fits with any other PLiHD parts..
I think that if you really like the infobar on top, then I would suggest you to at least add the same background (upside-down) you use on channels infobar.
Well, any change will always cause some protest. ( remember xkcd 1172? http://xkcd.com/1172/ )Changing these kind of thinks may lead to a protest...
Some will just lead to more or less protests than others.
I would just suggest you to try how it feels, before discarding it totally.
The skin I have for personal use is already way different that the one used on PLiHD stream.But still you are free to fork the orriginal skin and give your own version...
Sometimes I just like to share some of the changes I made, sometimes I just think it will not worth because is so small things that no one else besides me will care. (I can't see one pixel out of its place that will bother me until I fix it.. )
As you told, changes like this may lead to a lot of protests. Even having shared it here, I don't have so much expectations.Or there must be a lot of confirmations here that I change it...
But when changed then the same for DVDs...
Anyway, the patch already changes dvdplayer, movieplayer and mytubeplayer. Any plugin that uses the regular player will experience the same effects.
Best regards