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Which console's home screen has been the most clean and least cluttered?

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Jacobson

Member
sammex said:
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It'd probably look very similar to how it is now, there would just be more depth to existing menus and maybe a few extra icons on the main screen.
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To the people saying Switch UI wouldn't be clean if more features such as netflix is added, please take a look at this.
 
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zoukka

Member
I feel that the Switch is Nintendo's best UI ever. In my experience it's even better than the PS4 UI. The menus are more clear and have better visual hierarchy. Switch seems to show more info with less inputs for example in the profile screen.

They truly took some good influence from mobile devices.

Of course this is the honey moon where the menu's are empty of content and the loading times are super quick (which I hope doesn't change over time).
 
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Lothars

Member
PS4 has the best interface by a significant margin of the current gen, the switch one is pretty good and I'll be interested to see how it evolves. The Xbox one has got better but it's not very good.

Edit:ps3 and psp interfaces are still incredible thinking about it.
 
TLZ

TLZ

Banned
Currently it's the ps4.

I don't like Xbox one's. Also the switch is good but at the same time it has nothing so can't judge yet.
 
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xenorevlis

Member
Honestly, Switch is most "clean and least cluttered" for now.

However I vastly prefer seeing this, even though typically I turn on my PS4 and don't even see my home screen because I'm back in whichever game I'm playing.

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tensuke

tensuke

Member
BocoDragon said:
It's funny to reflect that Nintendo basically invented the "home screen" model now seen on iPhones and Androids.

I don't think it's a 1:1 inspiration... it's just a grid of icons after all. But Nintendo did get there first.
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Huh? Other than desktop operating systems, which had icon grids on the desktop, on mobile there were things like Palm OS and Windows Mobile that were far closer to iPhone/Android homescreens than anything Nintendo has done.
 
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The Maverick

Member
Hoo-doo said:
Depends on how you organise it. This is how I have my PS4 setup.

Store
What's new
Apps
Games
Media
Library

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But Sony, for the love of god let met change the colour of the tiles with the next update. That stuff drives me crazy.
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Wow. I forgot about folders. Thank you.
 
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kyser73

Member
leroidys said:
PS3 was the best for having a ton of functionality but still being very uncluttered. PS4 is a complete fucking mess. No, I don't want to scroll through every single disc I've ever inserted.

Edit: at least the store works on PS4 though.
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Did you miss the update that added folders?

OT - I remember when my PS4 screen was that empty. It was:

What's new
TV apps
Killzome
Black Flag
Apps
Library

Now it's the above + 4 folders & the media player. I find choice of wallpaper makes a big difference - I've gone back to Firewatch as it isn't too busy.
 
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Dehnus

Member
Kadin said:
While I appreciate what Microsoft is trying to do by allowing more and more options on the XB1, their home screen is just a mess. I might be in the minority with this opinion but I just hate how it has evolved. Maybe it's the inclusion of the small ads off to the right but there's simply no real consistency with it to me between the various pages. And even navigating it at times seems hit or miss with what I want it to do. Luckily it's a pretty fast home screen so that's a positive for me.

I remember back to the original blade home screen of the 360 and I really miss that simplicity. Even home screens like the Wii and Wii U are more to my liking.

So what say you GAF, what do you feel has been the cleanest and most organized home screens through the years?
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NES, Megadrive, Master System and Atari 2600. Plug it in and off you go! :)


aaah.. such simplicity! :)
 
Stillmatic

Stillmatic

Member
Given how much info they have to display, the PS4's is done really well by default. Things get a lot cleaner if you tinker a bit. Looks like Nintendo have even taken cues from it also, which is smart.
 
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JaffeLion

Banned
leroidys said:
PS3 was the best for having a ton of functionality but still being very uncluttered. PS4 is a complete fucking mess. No, I don't want to scroll through every single disc I've ever inserted.
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Have to agree. It's just list over list over list.. Also a lot of text. Not a fan of this.
 
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Camp Freddie

Member
Switch looks clean, but what happens when you have over 100 games like a typical PS+ subscribing GAF-member?

Is there an easy way to search your games for the one you want?

To solve this problem Sony has added folders to the PS4, or if you can't be arsed with that, has a reasonably quick library menu to look through everything you own (and it now has the ability to hide useless stuff like old betas and demos).

It might be to early to judge the Switch, since we probably haven't seen its final form. The basic layout is a decent foundation for more features though. I don't see anything wrong with it, compared to the (IMO) messy XBL interface.
 
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FSLink

Banned
Jacobson said:
To be fair, they do push ads via SpotPass on the 3DS.
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Which you can opt out of.

Camp Freddie said:
Switch looks clean, but what happens when you have over 100 games like a typical PS+ subscribing GAF-member?

Is there an easy way to search your games for the one you want?

To solve this problem Sony has added folders to the PS4, or if you can't be arsed with that, has a reasonably quick library menu to look through everything you own (and it now has the ability to hide useless stuff like old betas and demos).

It might be to early to judge the Switch, since we probably haven't seen its final form. The basic layout is a decent foundation for more features though. I don't see anything wrong with it, compared to the (IMO) messy XBL interface.
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There's a button that shows all games in a grid after you reach enough games. Ideally they'd just let you be able to make folders within that later on.
 
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syncyes

Member
Camp Freddie said:
Switch looks clean, but what happens when you have over 100 games like a typical PS+ subscribing GAF-member?

Is there an easy way to search your games for the one you want?

To solve this problem Sony has added folders to the PS4, or if you can't be arsed with that, has a reasonably quick library menu to look through everything you own (and it now has the ability to hide useless stuff like old betas and demos).

It might be to early to judge the Switch, since we probably haven't seen its final form. The basic layout is a decent foundation for more features though. I don't see anything wrong with it, compared to the (IMO) messy XBL interface.
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I'm assuming folders will come eventually, like they did for the 3DS.
 
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Mik2121

Member
For me it's either the PS4 or the Switch. On a big screen the PS4 looks better imo but in handheld mode the Switch one looks great.

Not a fan of the Xbox overcrowded UI. It looks neat design wise, but there tends to be way too much stuff going on from what I've seen.
 
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Jessensor

Member
Switch for sure! Xbox navigation always feels counter intuitive for me. Never owned a PlayStation but they always seem pretty slick.
 
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a.wd

Member
As functions have increased better access to those functions need to also, but then I am used to modern operating systems.

Also my kid who is 3 finds it reasonably easy to navigate to Youtube and then search for what she wants.

So ymmv.
 
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Intel_89

Member
Any that let's you stuff every single game or app into folders, so IMO 3DS/Wii U/PS Vita. I always try to keep everything in a single screen too.
 
bobawesome

bobawesome

Member
Popsickles said:
The ops question is Which console's home screen has been the most clean and least cluttered? And people are voting a console that has been out 3 weeks it's fucking rediculous, half the forum is switch this switch that it's sad tbh. If Nintendo had a dick y'all would be suckin it.
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So much whining. Were you this pissed off when the PS4 Pro and PSVR came out? I doubt it.

BeforeU said:
it was nice seeing you Popsickles
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It really wasn't.
 
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KORNdoggy

Member
sony are really good at this. super clean and super intuitive and doesn't get in the way of what you want to do. although that notifications update was shit.

switch is looking nice, but it's a hard thing to gauge when it literally has no secondary features. if/when it gets on-demand TV apps etc we'll see how it fairs

xbox is the worst this gen to the point i dread using the thing to do anything outside of starting a game.
 
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ecosse_011172

Junior Member
Switch is fantastic so far, a great surprise. Looks and feel s great and is easily the fastest UI. PS4 is also really good but Xbox is a complete disaster, a total mess and is completely unintuitive and frustrating. Wastes the console for me.
 
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Diprosalic

Banned
Ps4 has so many goddamn options that no one ever uses cluttering shit up and making the options people actually need really hard to find.

Everytime i have to search for basic functions.

Don't get me started on the mess that is the XB1.
 
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faridmon

Member
Diprosalic said:
Ps4 has so many goddamn options that no one ever uses cluttering shit up and making the options people actually need really hard to find.

Everytime i have to search for basic funtions.

Don't get me started on the mess that is the XB1.
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XB1 is the worst. Just slow and cumbersome.
 
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pastrami

Member
BocoDragon said:
It's funny to reflect that Nintendo basically invented the "home screen" model now seen on iPhones and Androids.

I don't think it's a 1:1 inspiration... it's just a grid of icons after all. But Nintendo did get there first.
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Come on, this can't be a real post, right?
 
adamsapple

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
PS4 w/ folders and custom backgrounds is now a very good solution.

A shame they still don't let you 'hide' or 'unpin' some of the system level options. I wouldn't mind being able to pin some of the options to when you press up on the d-pad so the main menu is as simplistic as possible.
 
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Durante

Member
chitnex said:
I really liked the ps3's XMB menu. Looked clean and professional.
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It was by far the best on any console in terms of being clean and aesthetically pleasing.
At least before they started cluttering it with unavoidable threads which also don't fit the basic (great) style.
 
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