[BUG] Plexamp Desktop Clicking on the artist (or album) name does not open the artist screen

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Server Version#: 1.42.2.10156
Player Version#: PlexAmp v4.12.4

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open PlexAmp app

  2. Start playing a track

  3. Click on the artist name (or album name)

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Expected behavior:

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Current behavior:

  • The same drawer as pressing on “…” icon is opened, with “Go to album”, “Go to artist”, …, and other buttons. So I need 2x clicks to get where I need.

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This hurts the UX as it increases required clicks by 200%. This UX is different from playing music via https://app.plex.tv/desktop, where, upon a click to artist/album I get to the expected page within 1 click. Other players, like Spotify, have this behavior consistent with https://app.plex.tv/desktop.

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cc @elan @chrisc

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Not all screens are on the large side.
Not all fingers are pencil-thin.
Meaning this is intentional.

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@OttoKerner , please don’t call UX inconsistencies across Plex apps “intentional”.

I understand that PlexAmp headless/mobile/desktop is literally the same React Native codebase, but it’s lacking mouse-hover events - e.g., highlighting tracks on mouse hover, underlining artist/album names, etc. And it is distracting.

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@OttoKerner please stop moving this from Desktop Players to “labs”. The website clearly states it’s a top-level product now - https://www.plex.tv/plexamp/

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I am moving this thread where it belongs and where there are the best chances that a developers is going to see it.

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Here are some more distracting UX inconsistencies:

  • start playing a track
  • click on an album
    • Expected: go to an album
    • Actual: see the drawer and have to click again
  • click on an album
  • click on an artist name
    • Expected: wait, should i see drawer again?
    • Actual: go to an artist (as expected, actually)
  • click on an album
  • start playing a track from that album

P.S. @OttoKerner , the argument about pencil-thin fingers doesn’t hold up to scrutiny

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This is one of my bigger annoyances with Plexamp (while Plex desktop standard is super easy to zip around)

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yep, literally all other players are doing it in the same way - Plex Desktop, Spotify, Tidal, Rockbox, etc. It’s a shame that moderators brush it off as “pencil thin fingers”, which is completely irrelevant.