Not sure why this thread is marked “closed”. Regardless if it will be entertained, users should be able to express/vote on what they want. Anyhow, on the off chance a PLEX employee finds the time to read this I thought I’d contribute my $0.02.
I understand and support refactoring and unifying the codebase to simplify development and minimize the variance in target deliverables. That is laudable and makes sense on a go-forward basis…HOWEVER, refactoring how the client works does not imply the GUI has to change dramatically. The new user interface is less intuitive, as tested by 4 pairs of elderly grandparents and “dumb” as commented on by no less than a dozen young children. Teens and middle-aged adults have even less complimentary things to say. There has not been a single positive comment about the change in the user interface.
Mapping of controls and having an optional “classic” UI is a small lift by comparison to the myriad extra-and-unneeded features that keep appearing. Behind the scenes the client does what the client does, but the GUI is what the user sees and after a decade of great success with the preivous UI, why mess with success?
The new UI is not good and does not offer a single arguable improvement in user experience. An option to have the old UI should be created.
Thanks for listening.
