Offer a choice - classic Plex or the new Plex interface

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I remember when Vista came out and my customers that “upgraded” without asking hated the $#!+ out of the new vista. I had two choices - upgrade them to XP which made them angry because they paid for something they hated and then didn’t use or put ClassicShell on - it made Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 start menu and many other things just like Windows XP. So for about a decade most of my customers preferred the old interface over the new one- with win 11 most of my customers were happy with the new menu as Microsoft finally got it right after a decade of forcing a bad menu on people.

Why not offer people a choice? I’d be fine if Plex said - well we aren’t going to do any more work on the old Plex interface - hey at least I get something usable. The new one is about as useful as using a stick of butter as a catcher’s mitt. I’m sure butter has uses but it isn’t a good choice for catching baseballs.

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I just want to be clear - the post wasn’t meant as a put down - you tried something and it didn’t turn out well. Trying new things is good - sometimes it improves something such as a recipe and sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve made some HUGE mistakes in my life time - this is how we learn and grow. I think you got enough feedback to realize the new interface isn’t loved by everyone and that’s OK - this is how we learn from our mistakes - unless like some fanatics we just trench ourself in and ignore what others are saying and insist we know better than everyone else.

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This is straightforward, just restore the previous interface. The new one is horrible.

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