Original version using the same “biaxial” template that we used in My Shows . Users were often coming to this screen from My Shows, which turned out to be confusing. They were in My Shows, then there’d be a screen transition to a screen that looked
Actions (buttons) are also presented in a horizontal strip.
This was an incremental visual design change, moving away from saturated colors.
An action strip in with the newer visual design.
We moved to a completely neutral color scheme as we felt it gave the UI a more contemporary look.
Around this time, we started to use full screen atmospheric images behind the UI. This addressed the cable operators’ requirements for a visually rich product, while allowing us to keep a text-driven UI where necessary. The atmospheric here is dis
We kept the original biaxial layout while we worked on alternatives. This version with the large atmospheric was live for awhile.
An episode strip in the newer biaxial screen.
Cast information.
We still wanted to address the confusion that arose from the transition from My Shows to content screens. There was no sense of place because the screens looked very similar. This was one of a series of explorations. It has a navigation menu on t
This is another exploration with two horizontal strips. It is essentially a tabbed UI. The selection in the upper strip changes what is displayed below.
Another alternate design that reduced functionality in order to provide more visual impact. With this design, there would be two versions of the series screen–the one shown here which you would find in Search, and another more feature rich, text hea
We decided to go with a more functional screen, rather than the image heavy alternatives. The design shown here is a modification to an existing screen. This was considered as an interim solution.
This is the current design of the series screen. We decided against the interim solution (previous mockup) as it would be throwaway work. This screen ended up looking similar to My Shows , but it is different enough that the transition from My Show
After a few seconds, a tip appears underneath the highlighted episode indicating the behavior that is triggered when the user presses OK on the remote. Since we aggregate from multiple sources (Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, recording on disk, etc) we
Some categories display galleries on the right side. The thinking here is that for episodes of this show (The X-Files), a text list is easier to navigate because it is content you are familiar with. In the case of May Also Like (recommendations), th
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