It may not be the right thread but seeing that the new Android app and the new Trakt are virtually the same, and also seem very similar in functionality, I’m posting it here anyway.
The new Android beta just doesn’t do it for me. It looks almost exactly like Trakt Lite, which I never use because I simply don’t like the way it looks.
I really don’t like the horizontal scrolling under ‘Continue watching’, i want to see vertical items without having to click on them first.
I can’t go without my Upcoming Schedule calendar. I use it daily. The Upcoming Schedule in the new app is not functioning like a calendar and doesn’t feel very user friendly. I want to be able to scroll vertically. And I’d like to see a calendar format almost exactly like it is in the current Android app, sorted by date and not: airing ‘in x days’.
I also dislike the fact that there’s almost no header anymore. I like the fact that your header image from the desktop site’s also visible on the Android app.
I much prefer the look and feel of the current Android app. Same goes for the mobile and especially the desktop website.
And to try to not only point out the negative. The new Android Beta app works very fast and very smooth, in that aspect it’s a lot better than the current Android app.
The latest announcement that LITE will be the new Trakt, which although I already feared was coming, still kind of baffled me. I remember the first big redesign of the Trakt website years ago, which took some getting used to but turned out to be great. I love the current website. I don’t really see if Lite has the same functionality options as the current website, it doesn’t seem that way. At least it’s not easy to find everything. And as stated before, I just don’t really like the look, especially on desktop.
I also wonder how I’m supposed to scroll sideways. I can’t grab an image and drag sideways. Lite seems pretty useless on desktop.
Overall there seems to be a decrease in functionality if you compare the current Android app and current website to the new Android Beta and new Trakt website.
This all saddens me a bit to be honest. I have absolutely loved using Trakt almost everyday for the past twelve years (8 of them being a VIP) and I was stoked when there finally was an Android app as well which I liked. Until now. Change isn’t always progress in my opinion.