Adding logos is something that I personally liked a lot and had wanted for a long time, but it would be even more perfect if we could have an option in settings to replace the title in normal white letters with the logo, as it is a bit redundant to have both and that little change would make Infuse have an even more appealing and modern look.
Or, at least, have the Apple TV app look like the Mac app, in which the logo is neatly arranged in the lower left corner and the title in white letters is a bit more hidden in the synopsis area. Like this:
Exactly. I love having the logo but itâs just a bit strange to have the logo in the top corner and also the white text in the bottom. Or, like I said, at least have the Apple TV app look like the Mac app. The Mac app looks a lot more cleaner with the logo in the bottom.
I agree. Was happy to see I could turn logos off for movies (where this is an issue) but leave it on for TV series (where it isnât, since the episode title is displayed instead), so I could avoid this grating at my nerves. .
I believe I read the reason Firecore chose to keep the title visible for movies (in the white font) with logos displayed is that some movies have logos that are purely graphical (non-textual) or stylized in a way that was hard for some to read.
Please do NOT replace the white name with the logo. While the logos look great on the fanart there are many logos that are so stylized that they are very difficult to read.
Leaving the video name in itâs readable format is very important for those with less than âeagle eyeâ vision.
Like I said, if the logo is a problem to certain people, just create the option to leave the white text or not. The user can choose. Or just make the Apple TV app look like the Mac app, where the logo and white title are still both there but in a more pleasant way.
Iâd like the option to replace the text with the logo, but not at the expense of forcing others to lose the option to display both. Iâm happy and thankful we got the option to show/not show logos individually for TV shows and/or Movies out of the box with the update.
This is another place where that âExpertâ settings toggle would come in handy. Under the âShow Logosâ setting option, you could have a âReplace TV Title Textâ On/Off option that appears only if you have the âExpertâ toggle ON and âShow Logosâ is set to either ON or âTV Shows Onlyâ.
I donât know whether it is difficult from a programming point of view - but from a UI perspective it would be quite simple to implement I should think. In the normal Settings menu, have:
TV Show Titles/Logos
Text Only
Logo Only
Both
Movie Titles/Logos
Text Only
Logo Only
Both
No need for an expert settings menu for this one.
Iâm not sure how other people navigate the app - but by the time Iâm on the details screen (where the logo would replace the right text) Iâve already selected what Iâm planning to watch via the Poster with the name written underneath. I canât see a situation where I would need to read the title on the details screen to know what movie or show Iâm in?
Probably would be. But my feeling is Firecore is trying very hard to maintain low complexity in both Infuseâs UI and Settings options.
What you (or I) suggest âonlyâ adds one more settings toggle â but it DOUBLES the number of visible settings toggles for that feature. Replicate this across all features we power-users want control over, and your settings page can quickly grow by dozens of new items.
Iâm not expecting there are enough users who care about this enhancement to justify Infuse cluttering the settings page for its âEverydayâ, donât-make-me-have-to-decide users.
But Iâve come to the conclusion there are enough requested tweaks by power-users to justify just one extra âExpertâ toggle in the default âSimpleâ settings menu, were there the will at Firecore to give us noisy users their way.
The Settings menu already has a LOT of options⌠theyâre all clearly defined, easy to understand, and serve a purpose. Scrolling past options that arenât important to you isnât a hardship.
I donât know, âexpert modeâ seems to me like a solution to a problem that doesnât exist.
Iâm wouldnât call myself a âpower-userâ⌠Iâd just like the layout to look a little bit nicer with regards to the logo and media title. As it turns out, some people would rather keep the clutter - so I think thereâs a straightforward way that we could both be happy
I donât disagree, but their are inherent differences between the 10-foot, remote control powered UI and a desktop UI that require consideration. The number and size of the interface buttons and minimum text-size constraints, for example.
The size of the title font, if moved to the right of the buttons, will probably be too small to stand out as distinctly as it does in the Mac version (especially for the folks who already have difficulty making out the more stylized logos).
I don´t mean changing the interface buttons, just put the white title smaller with the synopsis and put the logo in the lower left corner, like the Mac app. Just that.
Thatâs what I mean. If you make the title font smaller, people wonât be able to easily read it.
Youâll also have to reduce the size of all the other fonts (details, synopsis) to maintain the relative scaling of font-size between the various sections (header/sub-header/body), and then the smallest text will absolutely be too small to be legible.
Or, you move the title to the right, but donât make it smaller, and you have logo text next right next to title text. Still ugly; and I think probably worse.
Or you move the title text right, and down â to where the details currently are displayed. That pushes the details down, and that pushes the synopsis down ⌠right off the screen.
Donât think itâs workable.
I like the setup on the Mac ⌠but look at both images you posted at the same size; and note how much tinier the buttons and text are on the Mac. It works on a computer monitor you are sitting two feet away from, but you canât get away with such dense formatting on a TV across the room.
I understand what you mean, thatâs why I think the best thing is to have the option to choose between having the logo or the white letters. There´s already the possibility to choose between so many things in the settings, is it really that difficult to create one more option?
And I understand those who prefer white text over the logo so they can read the title better, but is it really that hard to read a logo? Movie posters, streaming services like Disney+, Netflix, HBO Max etc, they all use a logo instead of plain white letters and no one seems to have a problem reading the logo.
I agree. But I also see why doing so will lead to excessive cluttering of the settings page (if they make this exception, theyIâll have to keep making more) just to satisfy some of us.
Currently we have the option to show or not show the logos. Which means, we can accept their implementation of the new feature, or reject it and stay as we were. Iâm grateful for that. Iâm really glad Iâm not forced to accept a subjectively ugly, undesired Increase in clutter.
Or, make the new âShow Logosâ settings option pop-up really wordy with two new additions :
On
On, and Replace Movie Title Text Movies Only
Movies Only, and Replace Movie Title Text TV Only Off
It doesnât have to be forced on everyone. Literally all that needs to be done is make it optional. A simple checkbox âReplace Movie Title with Logoâ⌠and everybody will be happy. The only time problems arise is when a new feature is introduced and NOT made optional. You canât please everyone, thatâs for sure.
Edit:
Sidenote
I feel like the logo being at the top left feels a bit unnatural and makes the whole artwork look like the text-based art that some people despise.
Not sure why @james deviated abit from the original suggestion
All streaming services thta i checked have the text replaced by the logo
I feel thatâs a bit unnatural too. Donât get me wrong, I really love having the logo itâs just feels odd and a bit redundant to have the logo and the white letters. And, as you mentioned, all streaming services and movie posters have a logo and not white text so I donât see how having just the logo is a problem.
And that last image you posted of how infuse could look like⌠Just look how beautiful, modern and clean it looks with just the logo at the bottom!
Agreed. I think for those who likes logos (including myself here) would prefer to replace it by the white title instead of putting it far away from the rest of the information.
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