I would say that it clarifies that stability has not improved on multiple devices.
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Like Netflix does, or Hulu, or Prime, or Apple?
All of those Apps moved to a horizontal menu, and Plex followed them
Been awhile since I looked at Emby. Installed as a test on a Pi5 with a few shows and movies. Nice UI, but I still like Plexās better (yes, the New Ui). The one thing I like about Emby is that it doesnāt (seem to) collect/scrap user info/data however, my viewing is very boring and I only use Plex for myself, so I can live with Plex collecting my data (though I wish they didnāt), and I checked whatever boxes to opt-out (I need to look at that and the Consent Preferences again).
Iāll continue to test Emby, good to have a backup plan anyway.
Roku app here. Go scroll through a movie collection with more than 1 screen of items, view some media, and then back out to the collection and try to scroll to see more of the collection. That usually breaks Plex on Roku and requires a restart of the app. Thatās just one problem of many.
Also having tons of problems with latency with scrolling through my large media collection and also issues with showing the wrong description for TV episodes (it shows previous or next description for some reason until I move it around slowly and then back to the episode). Its not my network or servers, I know that for a fact as Im on a 10Gb fiber network and enterprise servers. The app itself is slow as hell.
Also having issues with subtitle stackup on the screen for some media. Sync issues between video and audio.. it is terrible.
I honestly wonder how much of this was vibe codedā¦ I suspect their reasoning for moving to this new experience was because they dont have the programmers around to properly support the original implementation anymore. Thats how it seems to work at my job when the competent people leave and they try to fill in the blanks with people that really shouldnt be developers. The previous Roku version did not have these latency issues or collection viewing issues at all.
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Yep, I have 14 libraries here and that doesnt even count my friends Plex servers that Im connected to. New Experience is awful for serious media collectors.
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Well, according to SE56, these complaints are not relevant in general. So suck it up, I guess. /s for clarity. I have the same issues.
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You would think that Plex would have metrics as to how many libraries server admins have. So they could do a query and see how much these changes would affect other users?
(Then again, maybe they donāt have that knowledgeā¦supposedly they donāt know whatās in our libraries but I thought theyād at least have a count of libraries, but maybe not?)
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Not denying they all do it. Iām just saying for me, personally, horizontal scrolling for TV episodes is annoying..
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On our 16:9 displays it makes the most sense to scroll horizontally ?
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Personal preference, obviously.
Although my quick reply isā¦ Why? On the web interface, on our 16:9 computer monitors, episodes are listed in a grid. On my 16:9 living room TV with my old Plex client (8.5.2.20133) on the Firestick, I can see 9 episodes at a time with the grid. On my Roku upstairs, I can see 4.
Iām not saying youāre wrong for liking a horizontal scroll. My point is thereās no real reason to not give the option of a layout like they do in the web interface.
Is it the end of the world? Of course not. It just annoying when an optional layout is so simple to implement.
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Not really, still reduces the amount of data visible on screen. Instead of having columns of easily navigable information which can show many items at the same time, you have 1 long row, only showing a couple of things. I have 6 libraries currently, soon to be several more, and itās already harder to navigate and quickly switch target.
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Interesting attitudeā¦
So fancy features that are commonly called Bloat by the likes our_conf are now totally necessary early in an new app development. To me if your so bent on these Bloat features so quickly, Iām sure you can find them with Emby, Jellyballs.
I promote what simply works and hope with time great features will return. Look at Plex history, value software takes time.
It seems candy is required at any opportunity.
What are you talking about? Your post makes no sense.
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I am talking about your replies
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I think this makes it worseā¦.
Plex, bring back the old New Experience
I started a Topic:
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I am glad to hear them at least acknowledge this issue. I donāt know how on Godās green earth that the UI could lose focus of āpersonal media usersāā¦ isnāt that the majority reason anyone uses Plex?!
Iāll definitely give the new app a try and see if it works any betterā¦. but hasnāt the point been missed? I think the CORE issue with the UI is the fact the sidebar layout was and still is superior in almost every way.. people want it back. If you ātook it to heartā you would realize that 90% of people want the sidebar back and actually give us an option to CHOOSE one or the other. You make it sound like this is impossible or something.. If you want to double down on what people DO NOT WANT what exactly would you expect to happen? 
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Funny, theyāve been working on the āNew Experienceā for over a year now and still donāt seem to have a clue as to what users want. There was nothing wrong with the old interface! They could probably have added some of the āprettier UIā to the old navigation and I think that would have been the best of both worlds vs. what this monstrosity has become.
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Iāve come to the conclusion that it must at least partially be because of the software platform theyāre using. Either it has limited options for developers to customize layouts, or itās too difficult to do with the number of developers/engineers they have left after layoffs. Iām picturing a line in the documentation something like āWith our platform, the possibilities are endless. You can design any navigation style you can think of, as long as its horizontal.ā
Iām curious to see screen shots what this preview looks like. The only Roku I own sits 200 miles away in my cabin, so Iām not likely to see it for myself anytime soon!
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Is there a link to that poll? With only 114 respondents, itās not valid.
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