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How about a list you can vertically scroll through, with the option to filter based on various criteria?

jayd16 5y ago
A vertical list is a waste of horizontal space when it's a list of movie posters. They go with the carrousel for better or worse because it lets you quickly scroll through categories without scrolling through every item in a category. If you want a grid, its basically what they have. If you just want more search options, I agree but the search layout is also already a grid. I'm asking for a specific implemented app that feels better in practice, not just something you think might work better. There are subtle issues with getting this layout right. Its not as obvious as you say when you need to deal with crap remote dpads and no keyboards.
- wtetzner 5y ago
  > A vertical list is a waste of horizontal space when it's a list of movie posters. It doesn't need to be a list of movie posters. > If you want a grid, its basically what they have. It's not though, you have to scroll horizontally for each section. That's not the same as a grid. > I'm asking for a specific implemented app that feels better in practice, not just something you think might work better. That's tough to do if everyone is implementing it poorly. However, I would say that something like this feels better in practice (even if it's still not ideal): https://i.imgur.com/AU6Az7e.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/AU6Az7e.jpeg
  - Jcowell 5y ago
    That wastes more space than a horizontal scrollable grid that’ll go back and for with the mouse wheel. Even Netflix large rectangular preview boxes still fit more shows.
    - wtetzner 5y ago
      I don't think screen space is necessarily the right thing to optimize for. It's not the only consideration in terms of ergonomics.
- postalrat 5y ago
  You need to scroll though netflix both vertically and horizontally. How about at least making vertical scrolling the primary scroll direction.
  - jayd16 5y ago
    Because then you can only traverse in one dimension as opposed to two. You can currently scroll through categories quickly. In a single list you have to scroll through every title.
    - postalrat 5y ago
      I didn't mean to abandon two scroll axes. Only make the vertical scrolling the primary method people use to scroll though videos. Or do people prefer to scroll through categories?

A vertical list is a waste of horizontal space when it's a list of movie posters. They go with the carrousel for better or worse because it lets you quickly scroll through categories without scrolling through every item in a category. If you want a grid, its basically what they have. If you just want more search options, I agree but the search layout is also already a grid. I'm asking for a specific implemented app that feels better in practice, not just something you think might work better. There are subtle issues with getting this layout right. Its not as obvious as you say when you need to deal with crap remote dpads and no keyboards.

wtetzner 5y ago
> A vertical list is a waste of horizontal space when it's a list of movie posters. It doesn't need to be a list of movie posters. > If you want a grid, its basically what they have. It's not though, you have to scroll horizontally for each section. That's not the same as a grid. > I'm asking for a specific implemented app that feels better in practice, not just something you think might work better. That's tough to do if everyone is implementing it poorly. However, I would say that something like this feels better in practice (even if it's still not ideal): https://i.imgur.com/AU6Az7e.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/AU6Az7e.jpeg
- Jcowell 5y ago
  That wastes more space than a horizontal scrollable grid that’ll go back and for with the mouse wheel. Even Netflix large rectangular preview boxes still fit more shows.
  - wtetzner 5y ago
    I don't think screen space is necessarily the right thing to optimize for. It's not the only consideration in terms of ergonomics.
postalrat 5y ago
You need to scroll though netflix both vertically and horizontally. How about at least making vertical scrolling the primary scroll direction.
- jayd16 5y ago
  Because then you can only traverse in one dimension as opposed to two. You can currently scroll through categories quickly. In a single list you have to scroll through every title.
  - postalrat 5y ago
    I didn't mean to abandon two scroll axes. Only make the vertical scrolling the primary method people use to scroll though videos. Or do people prefer to scroll through categories?