Please, please make it so there’s only a check if something has been watched. In no other UI in the world does a check mean not completed. It’s so confusing. Please reverse this.
Hi,
May I ask what do you mean? What specific section that has this is confusing? Can you share screenshots?
Hi, I think he means the checkmark indicator.
In my screenshots, Shōgun is not watched yet, but the purple checkmarks make it look like the show/episodes are already watched. The color makes it even more confusing, because a colored checkmark usually feels like an active or completed state.
So visually, it really gives the impression that the content has already been watched, even when it hasn’t.
Well, the button is not filled, so it is not watched. That is the same logic we had on V2. If the color is filled, then it is watched.
Not watched:
Watched:
Not watched:
Watched:
For episodes, we only show the checkmark if you still have to watch them, once you do, we show it under the image. For example, left is watched, right is not watched:
Hi,
Then do you have any suggestions? How can we have an icon there for users to mark the item as watched, and another for when the item is already watched that would look in a way that would not be confusing to you?
I think the main problem is that the visual logic is not consistent between the main page and episode thumbnails.
On the main page, it makes sense:
watched = colored, and not watched = not colored.
But on episode thumbnails, it feels reversed:
not watched = colored purple checkmark, while watched = small not colored checkmark.
So visually, the same idea does not behave the same way depending on the section, which makes it confusing.
For me, it should be uniform everywhere: colored = already watched, and neutral/uncolored = not watched.
Also, maybe the “mark as watched” action should not use a checkmark at all. It could be an eye icon, a plus + icon, or another neutral symbol, so that the checkmark always clearly means already watched.
All the comments here are exactly what I was asking. It’s not intuitive.
One problem is the status indicator is in different positions depending on the status. If it’s not watched, then your icon is on the right. If it is watched, then your icon is in the middle. Where you have to look changes. The status indicator should stay in the same place regardless of status. This also demonstrates another weakness. You can mark an episode as watched from the episode list, but you can’t unmark it. You have to go into the episode.
BTW the V2 interface was near perfect. I can only hope that as work progresses on V3, it will be steered in a direction more like V2.
unless it is corrupt
That’s because one is an indicator and the other one is an action button
Ah, so I can do it from there. That helps. But it still doesn’t behave like a toggle button. It’s two different actions.
the “after” image mirrors v2 design, and i think it looks nicer with that sleek outline for unwatched shows/movies.
Suggestion : keep v2.
Strangely or not, it’s much more intuitive in v2 to understand what’s unwatched and watched. You know why? Because of the coherence with the other buttons (collect, list, favorite). There are 4 buttons with the same pattern. Unfilled VS filled.
Which is not the case on v3.
To add to the inconsistency/confusion the Android app uses the purple box with white check mark to indicate '“not watched” when viewing the details of an individual movie/show episode .. so it still looks just like V2 but with the exact opposite meaning. Watched items just change it to the stylized white check mark and adds the indication below the thumbnail.
Unwatched:
Watched:
since the ios version and the website both look like the one that @addison0 posted, I imagine the android version is soon to follow. The android app is always a little behind the web and ios versions unfortunately
The check is either white or purple. It’s confusing to remember which one means it’s watched, they are both a checkmark.
Andro. still got some old colors here and there and will be updated for consistency.