SERVER - redundant media item PLAY icon

[CharleyVarrick 277]

When browsing media pages in 3 of the View modes (Banner, Poster, Thumb) we have a PLAY icon over each media items.

That's up to one hundred PLAY buttons per pages. On the other hand, the 3 other View modes (List, Poster Cards and Thumb Cards) do not show the PLAY icon. Hovering over an item, we're getting a different PLAY icon (before context menu, Watched and favorites)

 

Just wondering whats the use of having PLAY buttons displayed all over when, should one want to play something, will need to hover over the item anyway and get another PLAY icon. Plus it blocks lower right part of the poster, and often part of the poster title.

 

In fact, I am wondering if the only differences between Poster/Poster Card and Thumb/Thumb Card is the extra PLAY button?

If so, isn't it heavily redundant?

 

EDIT: just notice by having 2 windows opened side by side, Poster Card has a footer with text title, year of release, context menu dots

Anything else I might have missed? After using Poster view for a week, I think I'm gonna switch to Poster Card view...

 

Thanks again for your great work

JLR

Edited November 17, 2016 by jlr19

[ebr 14913]

Those are designed for quick access on touch interfaces where there is no such thing as "hover".

[CharleyVarrick 277]

But if someone on a touch interface click on the media, he does get the PLAY button on the very next detail screen anyway.

When I use my phone, I'm all thumbs and would probably hit play by accident more often than on purpose. I prefer getting the details first, If I'm not sure I want to listen to that, I have not started streaming content for nothing.

I guess its a personal preference thing...

[Luke 37068]

A lot of people don't want to have to click to navigate to the next page.