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Which console's home screen has been the most clean and least cluttered?
- Thread starter Kadin
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A mess? :/ I see an horizontal list of icons. What exactly is it a mess?
GTR R35_Supra RZ
Banned
PS4/X1 really simple and straightforward.
I'm sorry not everybody has the same tastes or preferences as you do.
Also I conclude you are deliberately ignoring this post.
The Switch UI is still clean tho. Have a nice day.
El Sabroso
Member
I see that the style of minimalistic graphic design looks similar to PS4/XB1 but as of how it is arranged, it works exactly as Wii U / 3DS design, having games with the bigger icons/boxes, access to some options/features via little icons and some other access to user features, XB1 and PS4 load more news and stuff around those instead of just the access via de little icons, like news regarding the game for PS4, friends activity which Nintendo only makes markers for the icons before accessing those, and XB1 even gets you offers from the very beginning displayed from the OS
slow startup
slow startup
/jk
Exactly. Unless that was sarcasm.
I forgot to mention the Vita's too.
Most clean I have to give it to PS4 or PS3. Or Wii.
Looking up the Switch's now....it gets my vote too. Probably the cleanest.
...You're right.
Superior theme is always superior.
With that said...definitely the Switch's. PS4 home screen is a close second, mainly due to how the Switch's screen takes some UI cues from it.
The media section on the home screen is littered with ads on ps4. They may not seem like obvious ads, but a huge icon for hulu and other paid streaming apps - they're definitely ads.
Lys Skygge
Member
PS4 for sure. Other than "What's New" and the "PS Store" there are no ads cluttering up the UI. It's so easy to navigate.
Is this your first console launch on gaf? Because that post does sound like that
Edit: I just checked, and this actually is your first console launch on gaf!
Dude, the Forum was like that when the PS4/XB1 launched as well
Jon Carter
Member
What the hell? Yes, the Switch has been out for three weeks, and in that time, its UI has been the cleanest and least cluttered. Could Nintendo fuck it up in a later update? Sure, but the same goes for the PS4 and Xbox One then. So far, there are no indications that the addition of the missing features will make it any less clean or more cluttered. The web browser will most likely go with the bottom icons, the video recording will most likely go in the existing album icon, and Netflix, YouTube etc. will just be new tiles. When you reach 12 tiles, you can change to a grid view. Additional Friend List features will either go where the rest currently are (on your profile) or be an extra bottom icon. The Switch already has "ads" - in the News section, which has its own bottom icon. No clutter.
Maybe if threads often go Switch this Switch that is because there aren't many major platforms. It's a new one so of course people will talk about it. By the way, the purchase is already justified by the system being great. And one of the many reasons why is, indeed, a slick, clean and quick UI.
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Switch for sure, although that definitely comes down to the fact that the OS is sorely lacking features. Will be interesting to see how it evolves as Nintendo gets their shit together over the coming months.
Foldedpencil
Banned
Yeah, I do wonder what it will look like when they are all done updating
Jawbreaker
Member
PS4 and Switch are pretty clean. I'm also a fan of the PS3's XMB.
Even then if you look at Nintendo console UI's (home and handheld) from Wii to now they all look so similar it probably wont change much.
Its a safe bet to say the Switch will look like it does now.
Tudor
Member
Of the consoles I have owned or used more than just once or twice, I agree with a few others here that the PS3 is the best overall; layout, design and 'feel' are all spot on.
In order of best to worst IMO:
1. PS3
1.5 (PSP by default, I had a CXMB theme to skin it like the PS3 with smaller than normal icons)
2. Nintendo DS
3. Nintendo 3DS tied with the original Wii (aside from the horrible pseudo skeuomorphism with the old TV look)
4. PS4
5. Switch as it's basically the same as the PS4 from a usage POV.
5. XBOX360 in its most recent incarnation
6. Xbone
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99. PSVita. Who the bloody hell thought this was a good way to do a UI after the smooth perfection of the XMB. Doesn't matter which is best as long as we can all agree this is at least bottom 3.
In order of best to worst IMO:
1. PS3
1.5 (PSP by default, I had a CXMB theme to skin it like the PS3 with smaller than normal icons)
2. Nintendo DS
3. Nintendo 3DS tied with the original Wii (aside from the horrible pseudo skeuomorphism with the old TV look)
4. PS4
5. Switch as it's basically the same as the PS4 from a usage POV.
5. XBOX360 in its most recent incarnation
6. Xbone
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99. PSVita. Who the bloody hell thought this was a good way to do a UI after the smooth perfection of the XMB. Doesn't matter which is best as long as we can all agree this is at least bottom 3.
LOL what
So what you're saying is the Switch console is the cleanest confirmed and has snatched an early win? 200 million sales incoming? And other ugly babby console UIs cannot hope to compete?
Playing a big open world games on the go with standard controls = gimmick. Nintendoomed?
The SNES didn't have a UI... Are you okay?
Vital Tundra
Member
Switch. No amount of features added will make it any less so. Games and apps will fill the blocks, and new functionality like messaging friends and what have you will be a circle below the games and apps like what's currently there with news, setting, and photos etc. Don't see how anything will make it less clean.
Chances are when tons of software is on the system they will allow columns like with the 3Ds for your software.
Chances are when tons of software is on the system they will allow columns like with the 3Ds for your software.
Jon Carter
Member
The question says "has been," not "will forever be." The answer can change. It could be updated for the worse and the PS4's and Xbox One's could be updated for the better, but saying it's been the cleanest so far isn't wrong, and it is built in a way that should keep it clean and relatively clutter-free even with additional features if Nintendo doesn't fuck it up.
pixelation
Member
PS3 is the classiest/sleekest, i don't like barebones and boring.
gregor7777
Banned
Switch obviously
Herp Derpington
Member
I always loved the original Xbox dashboard
BigEmil
Junior Member
Good balance between relevant info and good placement of everything here, shouldn't be too barebones where relevant text info needs to be shown by clicking on that section, i like how the bottom space is reserved for additional info regarding the game when you hover over one and it displays the deets of the gameDepends on how you organise it. This is how I have my PS4 setup.
Store
What's new
Apps
Games
Media
Library
But Sony, for the love of god let met change the colour of the tiles with the next update. That stuff drives me crazy.
Those do bother me, but not as much as ads for stuff that was completely unrelated to my 360.
Switch in my experience.
Ehhh this is like saying an empty house you're moving in to is cleaner than a house you've lived in for 5 years.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Switch. And it can easily stay that way even when they start adding features.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
I get warm and fuzzy feelings just by staring at that menu. Then again, I'm a bit of a SEGA fanboy.
Thats it.
Cant get any cleaner/ simpler than that.
DC was wins....think ill boot up my DC and Skies of Arcadia just to hear the lost voices.
But also to hear the DC seek sound pre fight.
Aesthetic, and functionality? I give that to PS3 and PS4.
I never liked how the Wii, Wii U, 3DS UI looked.
They are clean tho.
primasaurus
Member
The Switch, it's overall theme and organisation is brilliant, that still would not change with more features
Pops Maellard
Member
I totally agree; it's genuinely beautiful. I really love that my Switch just plays games. Instant boot, click on square, done. It's perfectly minimal and does it's job better than any console UI. Flawless execution.
I really hope they don't add dumb "features" to it later. I don't even want shitty streaming apps.
Vital Tundra
Member
Get the hell out'a here with that bullshit. Dont even want streaming apps. Be happy wihtout your apps somewhere else. Guess you still rockin cable television exclusively.
Yep
OrbitalBeard
Member
Adding new apps won't take anything away from its clean UI or functionality.
They can add features without making it cluttered, or behave slow. Also, those streaming apps would be handled like the games(tiles), and will be up to each user to download them.
I really do not understand people saying this. It makes no sense. The wiiu was slow as hell because Nintendo made a horrible clunky ass os, not because of streaming apps, or icons.
RichiRamjag
Member
If the system is the least cluttered, then what does it's age have to do with anything. You just have a stick up your ass about Nintendo obviously. You're just making yourself look bad.
This. I'm not sure why people don't get it.
Depends on how you organise it. This is how I have my PS4 setup.
Store
What's new
Apps
Games
Media
Library
Damn I need to do this.
Inf3cted_b3ast
Member
Ps4 UI for me. I really dislike the xb1 UI with what little time I spent on it. As for the switch, it looks like a Ps4 UI with way less features so let's see how it looks when all the apps and features come.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Yeah PS4 for me.
Mine is set up just like Hoo-doo except that I have the internet browser separate as I watch Giant Bomb premium content on it a lot.
Mine is set up just like Hoo-doo except that I have the internet browser separate as I watch Giant Bomb premium content on it a lot.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
I actually like PS4 but the menus are bad.
Switch looks great too. Not used it so can't really say much about it. Can't wait to get one.
Switch looks great too. Not used it so can't really say much about it. Can't wait to get one.
Caayn
Member
I really liked the GameCube's menu, simple, elegant and fast. It did everything you needed while staying minimalistic and one with the design language of the hardware.
I also enjoyed the PS3's XMB. If it had no ads and was faster it might have been higher on my list.
Switch feels like a sleeker/minimalistic version of the PS4 UI. I wonder how Nintendo will handle the UI when more games become available.
Xbox always had a feature packed UI that feels like it's aimed at a power user.
I also enjoyed the PS3's XMB. If it had no ads and was faster it might have been higher on my list.
Switch feels like a sleeker/minimalistic version of the PS4 UI. I wonder how Nintendo will handle the UI when more games become available.
Xbox always had a feature packed UI that feels like it's aimed at a power user.
Ads? On a Nintendo platform?