Hi all… I’m I going Mad, or is there a new watched tag appearing in my media library? Over the last couple of weeks more and more of my media library has started to be tagged as “Watched” with a green disk and yellow checkmark… I have never seen this before, and HATE IT!!! Dear Plex, as I use yo…

There has always been a ‘watched’ indicator of some form or another. Currently there’s a transition from unwatched items being marked with an orange upper right corner to watched items being marked with a green circle and tick.

I can not speak for everyone else but, a media library application that lets me differentiate between media I have and have not seen yet is a feature I welcome and use often, especially for smart filters.

I’m in favor of an option, but I think I like this way better. It seems odd that “watched” media has no mark and shows the poster exactly as it is, while an “unwatched” file is marked with an eye-popping orange triangle in the corner. It feels odd after a few years for them to be doing this now, e…

I’ve been a Plex user for at least 10 years, and the watched/unwatched indicator has been there pretty much that whole time. At least, I don’t remember a time when it wasn’t there. I’ve always thought it to be pretty unobtrusive, and a reasonable feature.

The watched status has always been there… I don’t know how you’ve missed it… Are you talking about normal Movie and TV libraries, or personal media libraries for home videos and the like?

I have a feeling this is a feature that’s inconsistent across clients. The web and android clients show nothing for watched, which is perfect. Yellow corner stripe for unwatched. If some are now showing ANYTHING for watched, that’s a step backwards. I don’t see it on my devices though. Pics of …

Inconsistencies on how watched status is displayed are definitely a problem, even if not the OP’s problem. See this thread for more info: Undo change to posters showing unwatched count

In my opinion, the ideal state of a poster is that of an unblemished one. The more markers visible on a given screen, the more visual clutter. Which is better, a marker for watched or unwatched, comes with another question: Which majority is more common? For me, it’s drastically in favor of watched…

Please help me understand the use-case for this update decision. In what scenario would a user want to be indicated that they have “watched” content? What actions can a user take on already watched content? Tell themselves “good I already saw that piece of content” In what scenario would a us…

The lack of a green check means unwatched. It seems easy enough to me to see which items are unwatched. Conser also that the orange unwatched triangle could be invisible for content posters with a lot of orange. The checkmark is more effective, even on posters that are black. Hardly a ‘horrible UX…

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OttoKerner September 22, 2023, 5:10pm 12

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