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Am I crazy or does the Xbox one have the worst menu layout ever?
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Head.spawn
Junior Member
Use the Movies and TV app OP, you don't need to download a media player for this... everything you need is right there already.
retardedrockstar
Member
Dont worry. It's real bad.
Goalus
Member
I find the Xbox One UI super efficient and smooth.
Press RT -> pins
Press LT -> you are back up
Press Right, A -> games
Press Right, A, Down -> apps
Press RB four times -> store
Press Xbox Button -> quick menu with more shortcuts
I always thought people on this forum were tech-savvy lol. If you can't operate the XBO UI with ease, I'd be surprised how you are able to get anything done at all on a computer system.
It was a glitch. It's not a worldwide failure In OS software because it didn't work for you.
Daffy Duck
Member
It's not just you.
It's horrendous, I didn't mind it day one to be honest, what we have now is just a clunky mess and horrible to use.
It really irritates me now it's two presses to return to the home screen.
I'd have those that after 4 years it would be solid, not worse with every iteration.
It's horrendous, I didn't mind it day one to be honest, what we have now is just a clunky mess and horrible to use.
It really irritates me now it's two presses to return to the home screen.
I'd have those that after 4 years it would be solid, not worse with every iteration.
Strangelove77
Member
Does it still look like it came straight out of Idiocracy?
Come on, that is alot to memorize and is very counter intuitive if you ask me. Eveyrhing is "easy" when you spend alot of time with a certain OS but the learning curve shouldnt be this steep.
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
The more i use my PS4 Pro, the more i hate going back to the Xbox OS. Even with 2 big redesigns this gen, its still clunky, slow, and overall, terrible. The OS at least had snap before as a differentiation, but since thats removed, the PS4 OS is just much better as a console OS.
MS really should just start over.
MS really should just start over.
fast_taker
Member
X1 dashboard is really simple and straightforward.
What I'd love to see being improved in future versions is the performance!
It is slow! very slow! compared to my PC at least! I always get that feeling of using a Pentium 3 with 512mb of ram pc....
What I'd love to see being improved in future versions is the performance!
It is slow! very slow! compared to my PC at least! I always get that feeling of using a Pentium 3 with 512mb of ram pc....
True, 360 UI is terrible nowadays filled with auto playing ads which tends to slow down browsing or sometimes freeze the console altogether.When the 360 came out, that interface was the shit.
Nowadays? Yeah. It's pretty bad.
...if that's what you call steep, I feel like you're trying too hard to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Even if you need to spend 5 minutes to figure out how to use it, it's horrible when you can use competitors systems instantly. And Xbox one UI is definitely more than 5 minutes to get used to.
I mean, it literally took me five minutes to figure out how to switch accounts on my brother's PS4, so...
Goalus
Member
RT is like page-down on Windows
LT is like page-up on Windows
RB is like TAB on Windows
LB is like Shift+TAB on Windows
I find this super intuitive and hope MS keeps these mechanisms because they are actually a great idea. And you don't have to memorize anything because you can always see which tile is highlighted.
EYEL1NER
Member
I'm not too terribly fond of it but ever since I learned how to hid the Mixer and OneGuide screens/tabs a few days ago, I've found that I like it better and that stuff loads a lot faster. I'm still tempted to go and hide community tab as well and then just have the main screen and the store as my only options. Sucks that the 'feature' is apparently going away at some point (I saw where Major Nelson said it wasn't an intended option and that it will be removed soon).
That image takes me back though. I loved the Blades so much.
And this is off topic but whoa! I was looking in that little IM box and see the name "trixie360." Seeing that name is a trip, I completely forgot she existed. Man, could you even imagine the shit she would be getting from asshole GGers if she were still a spokesperson for the Xbox brand?
That image takes me back though. I loved the Blades so much.
Hatefilled Vengeance
Member
I like it a lot. It's a nightmare going back to 360 now.
Mucking around in the 360 menu while using BC is definitely a fucking nightmare.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Blades were terrible too.
Did you guys never need to look for games or demos in the store on blades when it filled up? It possibly the shittiest experience buying anything ever.
Seldom, but good UX design should be based upon intuitive design. One shouldn't have to be familiar with the setup to get going.
Good app it's what I'm using now, but I had to download it it wasn't installed by default. A lot better than the PS4 media app though which loses audio sync when watching over usb and no subtitle support.
Your opinion and all that, but man we are so different in viewpoint.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
I completely dislike the xbox one UI as well. Its by far the worst out of the current gen consoles. It's not only messy looking and cumbersome, but if you have even a slightly rough internet connection it's atrocious. The xbox UI also crashes more games and gives more errors than any console I've ever used. It's so poorly constructed. Microsoft NAILED the 360 with the blades. That was their gaming developers in their prime, when the xbox heads wanted a dedicated videogame box. and was perfectly suited for a console experience. Now its horrendous. I feel like there's to much running in the background of the xbox one. Make it simple again.
chronic_archaic
Member
I don't know why - I mean, it's literally been the same thing since 2008 and it wasn't bad then.
Truckondo2.0
Member
It's bad. The PS4 is my main system but I got the Xbox One for 4K disc playback and a few games. The amount of ads shoved in your face is embarrassing. I don't pay for Live so I'm hit with an ad (to pay for Live) before I resume playback of my game I want to play. I really wish you could disable it.
This as well, so awful. I also really dislike how the gamehub is forced in your face unlike the PS4 and switch where that stuff is there if you want it, which I don't.
VanCityGamer
Member
chronic_archaic
Member
I have over 200 games installed on my Xbox One and I can boot any of them within 10 seconds of booting the console...
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
It's really not difficult at all, and you admitted yourself you never use the Xbox, which always seems to be the case in these threads.
How? On Xbox from the home screen it's literally "Right -> A" and you're at My Games and Apps, or from anywhere "Xbox Button -> A -> Down" and you're there again. On PlayStation you have to go home, then scroll all the way to the right to get to the library. Which is just terrible, still can't believe they haven't improved library more.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
I'm glad they finally added the functionality to that particular app, there used to be some other super barebones app available for your needs.
hanspampel
Banned
Didn't start there, but it's now the best and most beautiful console UI ever.
You need to get used to it and know some stifd, tho.
But that is the case for every operating system in the world.
You need to get used to it and know some stifd, tho.
But that is the case for every operating system in the world.
LukasTaves
Member
You are not the only one. For whatever reason xbone's UI is completely hated around here, despite giving the most options with less actions than every other console UI. It even has some well thought focus shifting when you move the cursor that priorize the most common options.
This thread proves it is quite difficult, with people who use it often are okay with it but people who don't use it often are annoyed at the least. Good UX design is based upon ease of use so that people in turn enjoy using your product so much that they will continue to do so.
So in turn, when they do the opposite it turns people away. That's why people who don't like it don't get better at it, there is no reason to do so when the system itself is a chore to use. I wish it wasn't the case but it really does feel like that. A big clunky chore.
PezDispenser
Banned
My friend recently sold me his white sunset overdrive xbone for 100 bucks. I've been enjoying it alright, but I do find the guide/dashboard UI to be pretty obnoxious.
HOWEVER, there is one particular issue that drives me crazy, I suppose it COULD be my TV but I've never had any similar problems with anything else...
The achievement description texts. It's this incredibly thin white or grey font against a bright green background, and it is just completely fucking unreadable for me no matter how close I sit, or how much I fiddle with the brightness or contrast, I can not read a fucking word of the achievement text.
Does anyone else have the same problem??
HOWEVER, there is one particular issue that drives me crazy, I suppose it COULD be my TV but I've never had any similar problems with anything else...
The achievement description texts. It's this incredibly thin white or grey font against a bright green background, and it is just completely fucking unreadable for me no matter how close I sit, or how much I fiddle with the brightness or contrast, I can not read a fucking word of the achievement text.
Does anyone else have the same problem??
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Certainly the worst UI out of the current consoles, for me anyway. I prefer the cleaner / more simple look of the Switch and PS4.
You can change the colors of everything, mine are black and purple this much I know at least but couldn't tell you how I did it since I think it was an option at set up.
Not to mention that you can't pin apps on PS4 so you're basically forced to scroll through icon to find the app you want, and that's assuming the app used recently enough to even be on the main screen.
It was even more of a pain to access what you want on PS4 at launch. Thankfully they took a cue from Microsoft and added a quick menu, but there's still a lot of work to be done with the main menu.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
I like it had XB1 since launch.
SmokinGunZ1981
Member
I really don't understand the hate the Xbox UI gets, it seems to be the most intuitive and provide the most options of the big 3 os's to me. I find the PS4 to just be a long list of icons that really need rearranging, and I can never seem to find the system setting i'm after. The Switch is fine but so bare bones I never really spend much time in the menu ststem.
Might be your TV. It's easy to read for me. You can change the color at settings > personalization
