MSI2017 48 Posted October 28, 2024 Posted October 28, 2024 Hi all, Seeing that it recently got free, I decided to spin up a VM and and try PlexAmp. I absolutely hated the Plex Server UI (who needs to customize network settings right?) but I must say Plexamp is absolutely amazing. Not only is it gorgeous without it being gimmicky, its wildly functional as well. Even the free tier. This does make me realize that I would love an Emby Alternative, but as has come up before I think Emby would greatly, greatly benefit from a professional UI/UX designer, maybe a freelancer. I do recommend trying PlexAmp a bit to get a feel for what I mean. Are there any plans on this in the short term? I am not sure how UI is handled now but it might free up some development time if outsourced. 2
MSI2017 48 Posted October 28, 2024 Author Posted October 28, 2024 Ah shit sorry guys, wrong place. It should've been feature request. Been a while
MSI2017 48 Posted October 29, 2024 Author Posted October 29, 2024 22 hours ago, Luke said: HI, what do you like about it? Well, the UI is just very well-thought-out. The spacing is natural, the blur is good, and it's crazy responsive. And it's easy to see the queue and add songs to play next etc. If you are really interested I can make a short video but I think it should be used to notice how great it is. What is you general opinion on maybe hiring a freelance UI designer? Might free up some time for you and the rest of the team to focus more under the hood, with the additional bonus of getting some nice UI updates
MSI2017 48 Posted October 30, 2024 Author Posted October 30, 2024 20 minutes ago, maxiniedermeier said: hi I just wrote something similar I read it yes! Really curious to hear Luke's take on this. Obviously we don't know enough about the operation but as an outsider it seems like a logical idea to hire a freelance professional and free up development time for other issues (such as transcoding)
ebr 16170 Posted October 30, 2024 Posted October 30, 2024 Hi. We welcome feedback on the UI and do strive to keep it up to date, professional-looking and, mostly, highly functional. However, just a point of fact - hiring a UI designer to suggest changes would not "free up" any resources for us. It would, in fact, require us to then dedicate our development resources to implementing such changes. Just wanted to point that out. Keep the suggestions coming. 1
MSI2017 48 Posted October 30, 2024 Author Posted October 30, 2024 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ebr said: Hi. We welcome feedback on the UI and do strive to keep it up to date, professional-looking and, mostly, highly functional. However, just a point of fact - hiring a UI designer to suggest changes would not "free up" any resources for us. It would, in fact, require us to then dedicate our development resources to implementing such changes. Just wanted to point that out. Keep the suggestions coming. Fair point, I didn't consider that to this extent. Obviously it would have to be implementing and said person needs to understand the working of emby and such. Is it however something that the team is considering or are the resources limited? I do think it would be beneficial to have a proper "make-over" doesn't have to be a 180, in fact rather not, but a lot of things can use some polish. Still I do agree with the philosophy that functionality and stability should be first. Especially playback I'd rather be a a lot smoother in sub-optimal conditions rather than it looking a touch more fancy Edited October 30, 2024 by MSI2017
Luke 42077 Posted October 31, 2024 Posted October 31, 2024 On 10/29/2024 at 6:44 PM, MSI2017 said: Well, the UI is just very well-thought-out. The spacing is natural, the blur is good, and it's crazy responsive. And it's easy to see the queue and add songs to play next etc. If you are really interested I can make a short video but I think it should be used to notice how great it is. What is you general opinion on maybe hiring a freelance UI designer? Might free up some time for you and the rest of the team to focus more under the hood, with the additional bonus of getting some nice UI updates What do you mean by spacing is natural?
MSI2017 48 Posted October 31, 2024 Author Posted October 31, 2024 39 minutes ago, Luke said: What do you mean by spacing is natural? This giant blank space here for example: Compared to Plexamp very natural spacing, which also gives very convenient access to the queue for example: 1
Luke 42077 Posted October 31, 2024 Posted October 31, 2024 59 minutes ago, MSI2017 said: This giant blank space here for example: Compared to Plexamp very natural spacing, which also gives very convenient access to the queue for example: OK so is that all you mean by natural spacing?
MSI2017 48 Posted October 31, 2024 Author Posted October 31, 2024 30 minutes ago, Luke said: OK so is that all you mean by natural spacing? No, its the button placement as well, its less cramped and makes the screen feel bigger. But it's not only spacing. I really recommend trying it out, I assume you've already got a Jellyfin and Plex server running? Always good to see what the neighbours are doing 1
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