Open hl2guide opened 1 year ago
Using 100% as a binary breakpoint is not perfect, as many people stop their videos partway through. Dimming the opacity on a gradient of watch % isn't perfect either, as depending on the implementation, it risks 1) making "is this video watched at all" harder to visually detect, and 2) making a list/grid of watched videos more cognitively complex, with multiple opacity gradients to visually parse. This feature also introduces the problem of presenting less information on the History page than appears in other views, which is not what you would expect as a user.
I'm open to other solutions that take into account the above considerations.
Also of note: I'm not sure how effectively we're currently communicating watched & watched % to disabled users. It would be worth checking with YT's implementation and other apps for possible inspiration on how we could improve our accessibility here if at all.
IMO the feature introduces more problems than solutions
Using 100% as a binary breakpoint is not perfect, as many people stop their videos partway through. Dimming the opacity on a gradient of watch % isn't perfect either, as depending on the implementation, it risks 1) making "is this video watched at all" harder to visually detect, and 2) making a list/grid of watched videos more cognitively complex, with multiple opacity gradients to visually parse. This feature also introduces the problem of presenting less information on the History page than appears in other views, which is not what you would expect as a user.
I'm open to other solutions that take into account the above considerations.
Also of note: I'm not sure how effectively we're currently communicating watched & watched % to disabled users. It would be worth checking with YT's implementation and other apps for possible inspiration on how we could improve our accessibility here if at all.
@kommunarr
Currently if you watch 1 second of a video and then pause and go back to Subscriptions it shows as dimmed and "WATCHED".
May be we should consider just having watched statuses like so:
OR
even simpler: Just only dim for 90% to 100% video progress.
I appreciate the suggestions, but for either of your suggested solutions, it still has the problem of:
depending on the implementation, it risks 1) making "is this video watched at all" harder to visually detect
, which is arguably much more desired of a behavior than "is the watched
styling misrepresenting the degree of progress". Any solution that we implement should not compromise the former to achieve the latter.
Still doubting that this is a valid issue that needs to be solved. I have the feeling this stems from the underlying issues https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/964 https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/issues/609
Guidelines
Problem Description
Videos that are in progress of viewing (say 30% watched) have the same dimmed appearance as a 100% watched video on their thumbnails.
Proposed Solution
Please consider either adding an icon for "in progress" or dimming them less than 100% watched videos.
Alternatives Considered
Using the app as is.
Issue Labels
visual improvement
Additional Information
No response