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The Autoplay is REALLY, REALLY, A-N-N-O-Y-I-N-G!!! Actually, I hate most of the current design (UI/UX). It's really streamlined when all you want to do is pus

The Autoplay is REALLY, REALLY, A-N-N-O-Y-I-N-G!!! Actually, I hate most of the current design (UI/UX). It's really streamlined when all you want to do is push "play", but everything else is, quite frankly, laborious.

rconti 7y ago
I know this is going to make me sound old, but so much UI/UX is getting worse. I can't even tell which tile is highlighted on my appleTV because it's only about 5% larger than the adjacent ones. The only way you can tell is by the change as you cursor around, you can't tell at a glance (and this is on a 75" TV).
- dylan604 7y ago
  Yeah, I really don't know why UI/UX designers feel the need to highlighted selection to be so minimal. HBO Go's highlight isn't much better than Apple's
  - srathi 7y ago
    Same issue with many apps on NVidia Shield TV.
- ianai 7y ago
  At this point I think they’re just changing stuff to change stuff. Like some new hire(s) somewhere(s) are looking to make a name for him/herself by changing stuff.
  - runawaybottle 7y ago
    Or the cult of A/B testing has been fully implemented.
- sogen 7y ago
  In Apple TV settings I enabled High Contrast. It's in Accessibility.
  - rconti 7y ago
    Thanks! Just did that last night. I was afraid it was gonna be ugly as hell, but it was just a subtle change with a white box around the selected tile. Perfect!
- m463 7y ago
  I wonder if the UI developer pool is changing, or the influence of marketing and other groups is screwing things up. Good user interfaces use timeless concepts. This might imply that conservative folks make the best UIs, which might not be as sexy. And a good browsing experience shouldn't be held hostage to "featured promotions" or worse, advertisements. Maybe there's a market for nice experiences. I think of costco vs other stores -- at costco, you go get your stuff, pay for it and get out. At other stores there are featured products and advertising influencing the store layout and cluttering the checkout line.
Twirrim 7y ago
Our old Apple TV, which we've had since maybe 2012, finally died. Given how much use it gets, I've been amazed how long it kept working. Bought a new one late last year, and the whole UX is a big step backwards, but the Netflix app and the automatically playing previews is high on the list of annoyances. It feels like one of those "Do you actually dogfood this? Have you actually compared it to previous releases?"

rconti 7y ago

I know this is going to make me sound old, but so much UI/UX is getting worse. I can't even tell which tile is highlighted on my appleTV because it's only about 5% larger than the adjacent ones. The only way you can tell is by the change as you cursor around, you can't tell at a glance (and this is on a 75" TV).

dylan604 7y ago
Yeah, I really don't know why UI/UX designers feel the need to highlighted selection to be so minimal. HBO Go's highlight isn't much better than Apple's
- srathi 7y ago
  Same issue with many apps on NVidia Shield TV.
ianai 7y ago
At this point I think they’re just changing stuff to change stuff. Like some new hire(s) somewhere(s) are looking to make a name for him/herself by changing stuff.
- runawaybottle 7y ago
  Or the cult of A/B testing has been fully implemented.
sogen 7y ago
In Apple TV settings I enabled High Contrast. It's in Accessibility.
- rconti 7y ago
  Thanks! Just did that last night. I was afraid it was gonna be ugly as hell, but it was just a subtle change with a white box around the selected tile. Perfect!
m463 7y ago
I wonder if the UI developer pool is changing, or the influence of marketing and other groups is screwing things up. Good user interfaces use timeless concepts. This might imply that conservative folks make the best UIs, which might not be as sexy. And a good browsing experience shouldn't be held hostage to "featured promotions" or worse, advertisements. Maybe there's a market for nice experiences. I think of costco vs other stores -- at costco, you go get your stuff, pay for it and get out. At other stores there are featured products and advertising influencing the store layout and cluttering the checkout line.

Twirrim 7y ago

Our old Apple TV, which we've had since maybe 2012, finally died. Given how much use it gets, I've been amazed how long it kept working. Bought a new one late last year, and the whole UX is a big step backwards, but the Netflix app and the automatically playing previews is high on the list of annoyances. It feels like one of those "Do you actually dogfood this? Have you actually compared it to previous releases?"