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I'm surprised you think Netflix's UI and UX is that poor. Which streaming service do you think does a better job?

hugey010 4y ago
None of them, since they basically all copied Netflix! The grid view limits users to slowly looking over limited categories of content. Any list based tree structure would be better in my opinion.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  I think you are overestimating your knowledge of design and UI. Mainstream software has been rigorously researched, tested, and proven to work. If we left UI design up to HN users we would end up with some plain text directory listing with vim keybindings.
  - ckw 4y ago
    At some point around 2006 I could sort all Netflix titles by user rating and even better, what Netflix expected I would rate a given title. This expected rating became incredibly accurate after I’d rated 50-100 titles according to the extant five star system. It was so good that I found myself watching many titles that I otherwise wouldn’t have considered, because the system was invariably right. I could also safely avoid titles I was very interested in when the system surmised I would be disappointed. And I could very easily inspect, sort, and edit my watch list. Today I rarely use Netflix, and I wouldn’t pay for it. Periodically I open the app and add to my list those titles that are immediately visible which I know I want to watch, like comedy specials of comedians I’m familiar with, but I don’t inspect further, because if I haven’t already heard about a title from some external sources I trust, it’s not worth my time to check. That list just grows and grows, though titles are often removed as they become unavailable, but I never prune the list, because when I remove one title, I’m taken all the way back to the beginning of the list. Trying is just a wast of time. It is baffling to me that anyone could interact with Netflix’s current UI and conclude that it was anything but a raging dumpster fire.
zasdffaa 4y ago
Why do you say "UI and UX"; how are they different in your view? Jargon BS is invading people's heads and it has to stop.
brabel 4y ago
Not OP, but I think the Swedish TV streaming service has a simpler, while nicer UX (hope you can at least see this from your country, if not play the content): https://www.svtplay.se/ https://www.svtplay.se/ Admitedly, it follows the same pattern as Netflix, but I like how it's more responsive and feels way simpler/lighter.
- paxys 4y ago
  You just linked to an exact copy of Netflix.

None of them, since they basically all copied Netflix! The grid view limits users to slowly looking over limited categories of content. Any list based tree structure would be better in my opinion.

Gigachad 4y ago
I think you are overestimating your knowledge of design and UI. Mainstream software has been rigorously researched, tested, and proven to work. If we left UI design up to HN users we would end up with some plain text directory listing with vim keybindings.
- ckw 4y ago
  At some point around 2006 I could sort all Netflix titles by user rating and even better, what Netflix expected I would rate a given title. This expected rating became incredibly accurate after I’d rated 50-100 titles according to the extant five star system. It was so good that I found myself watching many titles that I otherwise wouldn’t have considered, because the system was invariably right. I could also safely avoid titles I was very interested in when the system surmised I would be disappointed. And I could very easily inspect, sort, and edit my watch list. Today I rarely use Netflix, and I wouldn’t pay for it. Periodically I open the app and add to my list those titles that are immediately visible which I know I want to watch, like comedy specials of comedians I’m familiar with, but I don’t inspect further, because if I haven’t already heard about a title from some external sources I trust, it’s not worth my time to check. That list just grows and grows, though titles are often removed as they become unavailable, but I never prune the list, because when I remove one title, I’m taken all the way back to the beginning of the list. Trying is just a wast of time. It is baffling to me that anyone could interact with Netflix’s current UI and conclude that it was anything but a raging dumpster fire.

zasdffaa 4y ago

Why do you say "UI and UX"; how are they different in your view? Jargon BS is invading people's heads and it has to stop.

brabel 4y ago

Not OP, but I think the Swedish TV streaming service has a simpler, while nicer UX (hope you can at least see this from your country, if not play the content): https://www.svtplay.se/ https://www.svtplay.se/ Admitedly, it follows the same pattern as Netflix, but I like how it's more responsive and feels way simpler/lighter.

paxys 4y ago
You just linked to an exact copy of Netflix.