Comicster WPF Screenshots : Mad Props!

Some scaled-down screenshots of my latest WPF version of Comicster.

Right now I can open and save files and browse around in the collection, but I can't modify the collection at all.

Some points of interest:

The tabs at the bottom-left represent Collection, Publishers, Creators and Characters. Switching tabs will change what the leftmost list displays.
The middle list is a context-sensitive list of issues. If you have clicked on a title in the collection tree, the middle list shows every issue in that title. If you click on a publisher, it'll show you every issue from that publisher. If you click on a character, it'll show every issue in which that character appears.
If there's no locally-cached thumbnail for an issue's cover, a "no cover art" placeholder image is shown. Double-clicking on that placeholder image will make Comicster download the image from the provided URI in a background thread, and it'll refresh automatically.

Still a long way to go:

Eventually the "preview" pane on the right will have to be skinnable, presumably with a new XAML-based skin system.
I'll also need to include the UI chrome for modifying your collection (buttons for "new folder", "new issue", "properties", "delete" etc).
The current version of Comicster can look up any item in an online database and upload or download its details. If comicbookdb.com or comicvine.com ever support an API (or, as I have suggested in the past, Live Clipboard) then I can ditch my own online database and use theirs.

Anyway - work progresses! It's a great learning experience, just like the first Comicster was!

# Michael Earls 20/03/2008 6:39 AM	These screenshots look great! Thanks for Comicster! I just got back into reading comics again and this is a savior. I know this probably isn't the place, but I can't seem to get the Community Server forums to send me my password. I'd like to participate in the forums. Also, any docs on how to create skins out there? Again, this looks great, good luck on the WPF version, I know it's hard work.
# mabster 20/03/2008 7:42 AM	Hi Michael, There's the beginning of some skin documentation here: www.madprops.org/.../skins.htm But I find the easiest thing to do is to grab a skin from the skins forum and take a look at the text files (provided it's not a really complex skin). You're "cerkit", yeah? If you drop me an email (mabster -at- madprops.org) I can reset your password and let you know.

Mad Props!