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It looks good, and don't want to shoot down the UI, but here are some suggestions: In regard to pictures 4 and 5, Roku tried the fully horizontal menu for a wh

It looks good, and don't want to shoot down the UI, but here are some suggestions: In regard to pictures 4 and 5, Roku tried the fully horizontal menu for a while, but wasn't great. It's too limiting. Think about using a vertical left and a grid right like they do. It fits more and given the right control, works pretty well to navigate, even if it isn't the prettiest. And, if you only do one thing, remember the rule of simplification and reduce the number of visual elements required to convey the same information. Examples... In picture 6, you shouldn't need icons strawn about the window left, right, and bottom. All kinds of space wasted for no apparent reason. In picture 7, just say no to the advertisement looking things in the top bar and the useless title and description at top. If you must get their attention, make them go through a screen to have full attention on your singular announcement. Don't make noise. In picture 8, having the blue under each black and white icon is a little distracting, and the text and icons have features too small to read or recognize easily.

mikeryan 11y ago
Think about using a vertical left and a grid right like they do. It fits more and given the right control, works pretty well to navigate, even if it isn't the prettiest. While grids are nice they have a problem. They're great at navigating two dimensions but they aren't easy to get out of. Where do you put the settings and search buttons? Do I have to scroll through all the categories (like netflix does) to get to search? Similarly how do you do subcategories? This system actually solves both of those problems. What it lacks is information density. Something like this linking _into_ a grid could work. Note I say this while our company that does this developed an app with this exact navigation scheme for Comcast cable boxes. http://adifferentengine.com/cases/sochi/ http://adifferentengine.com/cases/sochi/ But we had a very strict set of content so we knew it would work for our use case.
- lighthawk 11y ago
  > Where do you put the settings and search buttons? My opinion: 1. They go on the remote controller itself as magnifying glass and gear buttons, if you have that luxury. If there is no UI pointer, there is no need to provide anything else. 2. If you have a UI pointer, icons (gear, magnifying glass) or word links (settings, search), upper-right is most intuitive but lower-right may work also.

mikeryan 11y ago

Think about using a vertical left and a grid right like they do. It fits more and given the right control, works pretty well to navigate, even if it isn't the prettiest. While grids are nice they have a problem. They're great at navigating two dimensions but they aren't easy to get out of. Where do you put the settings and search buttons? Do I have to scroll through all the categories (like netflix does) to get to search? Similarly how do you do subcategories? This system actually solves both of those problems. What it lacks is information density. Something like this linking _into_ a grid could work. Note I say this while our company that does this developed an app with this exact navigation scheme for Comcast cable boxes. http://adifferentengine.com/cases/sochi/ http://adifferentengine.com/cases/sochi/ But we had a very strict set of content so we knew it would work for our use case.

lighthawk 11y ago
> Where do you put the settings and search buttons? My opinion: 1. They go on the remote controller itself as magnifying glass and gear buttons, if you have that luxury. If there is no UI pointer, there is no need to provide anything else. 2. If you have a UI pointer, icons (gear, magnifying glass) or word links (settings, search), upper-right is most intuitive but lower-right may work also.