Netflix Rolling Out iOS Update That Adds Bottom Tab Bar for Easier Navigation

[DeepIn2U]

Netflix’s Apple TV UI is 100% pure *******.

Love ‘me for the video content, but their software warrants war crime prosecutions.

Worst use of space, horribly sized content thumbnails, obnoxious new auto-audio when browsing adds new lows in overall piss poor user experience, which already includes perhaps the worst content browsing of any modern media platform.

And the cherry on Netflix’s software failure is the absolutely stupid profile select screen you’re forced to click thru every time you select the app, even if your home is using only one profile.

Care to provide some suggestions for improvements? I feel the UI their using is pretty much standard: Tubi, Twitter is the same for scrubbing, Tubi the same for icon layout of videos, no auto preview. I don't like how auto previews have some Netflix custom audio that doesn't match with the video (Tron Classic) and is repeated for other movies.

I'm only forced for the user profile screen when my ATV4 is in powersave mode when I'm away, after a set amount of time (I'm estimating 90mins), or after non use and the 24hr clock changes.

Still its a lot better than the nightmare that is youtube (imho).

 

[HiRez]

I cannot understand why the first, most prominent button is not CONTINUE WATCHING (with MY LIST a second). 99% of the time, that is what I want. Not Search, not Downloads, not Featured, Trending, Popular, none of that. Same problem with Amazon, HBO, Vue, and just about every streaming video app.

On the plus side, I notice that on the iPhone, the Netflix app puts the most recent thing you watched on that device (as opposed to on the service for your account) at the front of the Continue Watching list. That makes a lot of sense because typically you don't share your phone to others to watch videos.

 

[ignatius345]

Care to provide some suggestions for improvements? I feel the UI their using is pretty much standard: Tubi, Twitter is the same for scrubbing, Tubi the same for icon layout of videos, no auto preview. I don't like how auto previews have some Netflix custom audio that doesn't match with the video (Tron Classic) and is repeated for other movies.

#1: get rid of auto-play. It's an abomination. No app should just start randomly playing crap if you leave it sitting alone for a moment.