[aedgington]

+1 to bring back the old homescreen widget layout.

I love the new sidebar, but the huge sub-menu icons keeping two rows of items from fully displaying is a huge miss / UI step backwards. [/u]

Why would you want to make categories less visible?

I think you mis-read my post.

My concern isn't making the categories less visible, it's about the new layout making content less visible.

Maybe you're right about what 'most' users want. Most users don't use the PVR feature and have relatively static content. Those of us that do, however, find the 'silly' widgets immensely useful for knowing what's upcoming or newly recorded.

Either way? A UI which obscures content rather than highlighting it is a miss.