Hi, I’m pretty sure that the Grid View Update post that’s a sticky in this forum used to mention a Q1 2018 target, however that seems to have been removed 2 days ago, with just “a soon as we can”. Does this mean the grid view is a far-out feature? It would be nice to have some clarification on this feature, such as, is anyone currently set to work on this? Are there any prototypes? Or has any code even been written for this feature yet? (I do understand that its Plexs policy to not give information about timelines, however they have been mentioning and promising this feature for 5/6 months)
Never mind…
I noticed the same change and was wondering what is going on. I am assuming it’s timeline has blown out which is a shame
@Error22 said:
I do understand that its Plexs policy to not give information about timelines, however they have been mentioning and promising this feature for 5/6 months
Holy moly!
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing to light some of the exact reasons developers (not just Plex) don’t let information of plans they wish to release be publicly known.
Your single statement here shows in totality the absolute wonderful empathy and understanding many have towards the development cycle.
Screw the fact the developers had to pull resources to fix other major bugs affecting many others.
By God, those developers promised grid view.
To hell with them for not making it ready sooner than later.
Oh. Wait a second.
No. They didn’t promise.
Sorry. My bad. Devs, no need for hell.
Back to work. Carry on.
It would be nice to hear an update from the developers about the status of this feature.
I’m as anti-Plex for much of what they do or don’t do as anyone here lately.
I cringe when I see (imo, cool shit, but niche shit just the same) new stuff come out like mentioned.
I have other hobbies. Development is one of them. Seeing comments like this makes my skin crawl.
Plex SHOULD imo release goal posts with no guaranteed timelines.
Bug lists with no end user editing just so we know the 150 posts regarding a same issue is at least on a radar.
It has everything to do with whether or not those lists should be shown. Nothing to do with whether or not this should be a core feature. Plex said they were working on it, they’re working on it. Give them a f-ing break and let them fix 3 other core features that broke since 1.4 that I personally consider higher priority.
Sure, the current guide bugs the heck out of me. It’s nearly impossible to view whats currently on.
At least, for once, someone was nice enough to let us know one tiny thing was being worked on.
Then when they release an update ‘sorry it’s late’, whether it’s considered excuse or not, they get jumped on and accused of making promises they never did.
Why the hell would anyone continue sharing.
I like to think of myself as a software development professional, I’ve been there seen it done it seems and now have the extremely aloof title of CTO…
Developers and software is still an art form, bad stuff happens, delays are hit, bugs are part of the game.
That said, there is now enough science in the governance structure of software development that this kind of thing shouldn’t be happening.
This has nothing to do with early release, people working hard, it has everything to do with deliverable and pragmatic software roadmaps.
It is the difference between an open source project and a company trying to build an ecosystem. Expectations are different
@mjw said:
That said, there is now enough science in the governance structure of software development that this kind of thing shouldn’t be happening.
By “this kind of thing” do you mean:
Unfortunately, we have had to push delivery out by one quarter due to resourcing challenges. The developer who was assigned to this had to be moved to another project.
If so, then this former software/firmware developer (and later Unix admin and IT project manager) must humbly disagree.
@JamminR said:
Your single statement here shows in totality the absolute wonderful empathy and understanding many have towards the development cycle.
Screw the fact the developers had to pull resources to fix other major bugs affecting many others.
By God, those developers promised grid view.
To hell with them for not making it ready sooner than later.
And your statement here shows your misunstanding. I’m simply asking for more transparency. I wouldn’t mind if they said “We encountered such and such” or “We had to move the dev” again, however simply changing a post and providing no explanation makes me feel a bit short changed. All I’m really saying that if there has been 6 months of development on this feature, there must be something to show. Its not that hard to say, we’re currently at this stage, such as still designing the UI, or we’re currently porting the feature over to these clients for example.
It launches today! See this: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/298470/grid-view-update-for-dvr-program-guide#latest
