2019-09-30, 02:05
I like what you have there in that last screenshot. Here's my take and it's subjective and just my personal taste:
I couldn't possibly enable all the things a view can have. It's just too busy for me. Extrafanart rotating on top of live background for movie sets with information panels on top of that... after a while it's all blur of information overload. I find myself looking for a plain jane vanilla and bumping the look up slightly from there. Happy mediums are likeable too if well organized and your last screenshot is just that.
Personally, I like as much info about a title as possible WITHOUT becoming too busy, hard to decipher at first glance, or unorganized. The information panel is a must for me. So, as it stands, that info panel is by itself, to the left, over a black background when using MyFlix. It isn't overlapping fanart or extrafanart where the letters can blend with the background whether rotating or not (well barely). This is why I prefer MyFlix. This look is not busy yet I get plenty of artwork in one section of the screen while the words in the info panel remain undisturbed and uncluttered. I can use a logo. I like logos. It too is in it's own space. I wish it was smaller so more information panel could be utilized. Everything is clean, informative at first glance, and rich with pertinent details regarding the title or set. Moving from one title to the next remains consistent. The only thing missing for my taste is the name of the title or set in the footer or sublabel provided it doesn't use up too much real-estate. It would have to be small enough to not interfere with the other metadata icons that reside in the footer.
The topic of late is for Showcase in a movie-set even though personally I prefer MyFlix. The only way I would consider showcase is with fanart and extrafanart turned off so the information panel isn't obscured. Unfortunately, if I turn off fanart there, it carries over to the MyFlix view for the Movies library. Can't have that. So, I can get rid of the information panel and opt for the artwork instead, except now I lost the info panel which is a must for me. You just fixed that little problem by suggesting to add (most) of that info from the information panel, condensed into the footer.
What are the differences between the info panel and the info in the footer:
In the footer we lose the director and writer. I can live without those considering. The rating, runtime, and years remain. The number of discs within the collection are shown in the footer as is the genre. The names of those discs are shown in the brochure although if too numerous, there isn't enough real-estate and after a few titles, more simply don't appear unlike the info panel that will auto scroll every last one of them in detail. It appears the largest loss, besides director and writer, is the synopsis for the titles within a collection. Personally, I don't care. I can gain that info by entering the collection but let's remember, this is about how the library appears and how much info can be digested just sitting there focused on a title/collection without detriments setting in due to how you decide to perfect things. You are DEFINATELY in perspective with everything so far imo, including your latest offering for those that prefer the showcase view. Well done with everything so far. I know it's a setting but don't you think all these views look better with the top bar turned off and just enable it on the main menu page only? How wonderful is it... you've given us all these choices. Thank you.
I couldn't possibly enable all the things a view can have. It's just too busy for me. Extrafanart rotating on top of live background for movie sets with information panels on top of that... after a while it's all blur of information overload. I find myself looking for a plain jane vanilla and bumping the look up slightly from there. Happy mediums are likeable too if well organized and your last screenshot is just that.
Personally, I like as much info about a title as possible WITHOUT becoming too busy, hard to decipher at first glance, or unorganized. The information panel is a must for me. So, as it stands, that info panel is by itself, to the left, over a black background when using MyFlix. It isn't overlapping fanart or extrafanart where the letters can blend with the background whether rotating or not (well barely). This is why I prefer MyFlix. This look is not busy yet I get plenty of artwork in one section of the screen while the words in the info panel remain undisturbed and uncluttered. I can use a logo. I like logos. It too is in it's own space. I wish it was smaller so more information panel could be utilized. Everything is clean, informative at first glance, and rich with pertinent details regarding the title or set. Moving from one title to the next remains consistent. The only thing missing for my taste is the name of the title or set in the footer or sublabel provided it doesn't use up too much real-estate. It would have to be small enough to not interfere with the other metadata icons that reside in the footer.
The topic of late is for Showcase in a movie-set even though personally I prefer MyFlix. The only way I would consider showcase is with fanart and extrafanart turned off so the information panel isn't obscured. Unfortunately, if I turn off fanart there, it carries over to the MyFlix view for the Movies library. Can't have that. So, I can get rid of the information panel and opt for the artwork instead, except now I lost the info panel which is a must for me. You just fixed that little problem by suggesting to add (most) of that info from the information panel, condensed into the footer.
What are the differences between the info panel and the info in the footer:
In the footer we lose the director and writer. I can live without those considering. The rating, runtime, and years remain. The number of discs within the collection are shown in the footer as is the genre. The names of those discs are shown in the brochure although if too numerous, there isn't enough real-estate and after a few titles, more simply don't appear unlike the info panel that will auto scroll every last one of them in detail. It appears the largest loss, besides director and writer, is the synopsis for the titles within a collection. Personally, I don't care. I can gain that info by entering the collection but let's remember, this is about how the library appears and how much info can be digested just sitting there focused on a title/collection without detriments setting in due to how you decide to perfect things. You are DEFINATELY in perspective with everything so far imo, including your latest offering for those that prefer the showcase view. Well done with everything so far. I know it's a setting but don't you think all these views look better with the top bar turned off and just enable it on the main menu page only? How wonderful is it... you've given us all these choices. Thank you.
