So after spending almost a day with the system I've realized I'm torn on the UI. On the plus side it's really fast compared to PS3 and installs take like a minute or two at most but if you're looking for flash it's not here. Feature wise it's as basic as you can expect from a modern console UI. I also really don't like those recent activity pages where everything is kind of just thrown up there in a sloppy, unorganized manner.
So basically it's a UI that's meant to do its job and stay out of your way and that's it. I think I was just hoping for that "next gen" feeling I got when I first saw the 360 blades back when I picked up the system in 05. I guess I should just be thankful everything works so fast and tabbing works instantly as well. Hopefully they can add a way to keep track of your open tabs like on Vita, maybe it's there now but I can't seem to keep more than 1 thing open at a time with a game running. Everything seems to close out completely when I back out of it.
I semi-agree. But I think it is a good starting point and it will grow well.
A few things I would like to see that would improve the UI:
- friend groups. And more than one group per friend. So my sister can be both family and GAF. And my coworker can be both in the work group and Reddit.
- settings for recent activity by groups. So I can always see activity from family and close friends, but more rarely from random GAF people.
- block certain games' or apps' activity from showing up. Or make prominent activity on games I am currently playing (or have played in the last 2 weeks).
- comparisons by groups. Compare Knack trophies to my coworkers only, or to reddit only. How am I doing in Driveclub against family or against GAF only.
