Thread: iGO Primo vs Nextgen.

@jtrosky the darkside need apprentice in the art of skinning, esp the lost one known as the dimkaWa, learn the way of it and may the skin be with you.

Honestly, I'm not a fan of the Dimka skins. To me, they look way too "busy" and things like text doesn't line up just right (fonts too big, etc). Just never liked it.

I like skins that keep the cockpit clear and free of all of the stuff that blocks a big portion of the sceen, but still adds features via long-presses, etc.

Personally, my favorite skins are Kikker (iGo 8) and Decent (Primo).

To each their own though! :-)

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Turn on higher transparency. Those button background are not needed. DimkaWa skins are few skins that works correctly at low res (320x240,480x320) I never have issue with font size with it. Learning to mod skin really has nothing to do with what type your going to work on; they all manipulate .css and .lua files. You can make your own if you think it's better. Dimka stop working on his skin long ago. There are variants like dimkaWa that unfortunately is also disappearing. I believe dimkaWa and doupas skins have online TMC working, that is why I like to stick with it.

I don't think that I correctly understood your "Star Wars" themed post! :-) I've definitely been modifying skins to fit my needs. Minor changes, but sometimes little things make a big difference! :-)

For my uses, I never have liked the the Dimka-style skins. I like certain aspects of them, but they just try to do too much, in my opinion. I use iGo on an 800x480 device and I really dislike the overall look of the skin. Cluttered and messy come to mind - I just don't want/need all of that stuff in my cockpit screen. I realize that you can "hide" a lot of that stuff, but if you do that, then why use that particular skin to begin with? :-)

I find the overall look and design of the Kikker/Decent skins to fit my needs better. I've modified both of them to further fit my needs where needed/desired, but for the most part, they work really well as-is for my needs. Unfortunately, my WinCE 2DIN car head-unit (which is really the only device I use navigation on anymore) just doesn't support TMC of any kind (no TMC hardware support and no internet connectivity possible), so I have no use for TMC.

Like I said, to each their own - we all have different wants and needs - which is one of the reasons why the iGo family of navigation products is so great - people can customize the product to fit their needs - which is something that can't be said for other GPS packages out there - at least not on the same level.

I am still kind of interested to hear why some people like NextGen better (have not yet seen any responses from any of the folks that had previously said that they prefer it). Just kind of curious what they like better about it. Again, not trying to say that any product is better than any other - that is dependant on each persons needs - just looking for peoples opinions, that's all.

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After many years of using Primo, I have just installed NextGen and it seems like a completely new program... you have to rediscover everything from scratch - definitely I don't like that!

Also, for me, the big advantage of iGO was the big coverage in maps all over the world. With NextGen you load a new map and you have to hunt around for a license - if you can find it!

Since NextGen was published, lot of things is done, that this program works fine. Many problems are solved, many settings are applied and changed.
Yesterday, I have had a possibility, to drive a little bit longer distance, then city drive.
All I have to say is: I don't like NextGen. Primo is better! Even iGO MyWay is better then NextGen!

Yeah, other than being "newer", I still don't see any benefits with NextGen. The interface doesn't even look as nice! Very "simple" looking in comparison to Primo.

I think it's architecture makes it easier on the NNG developers (with it's modular design), but I don't see any benefits for the end user.

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I gree to jtrsky. I am also not a big fan of the NextGen. The interface is just crappy IMO.

NNG please make a new primo...2.5!No more childrens program like nextgeen

Originally Posted by takismi

No more childrens program like nextgeen

To like or not nextgen show us the future for nng....
Forget Primo, as forgot igo8

Oldest like igo8, youngers like Primo, children likes nextgen
Choose, take, run.......don't forget diversity