Improved interface

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OK, so I've thought about a few implementations that would make more
friendly (and useful) the interface.

It's drawn by hand, as I don't have time to make a photoshop mockup, but
still is easy to understand...

Firts, the main screen (first half of the image), starting from left to right:
- Add game button
- "Sort by" button (drop-down menu, possible values are Title, Date added
and Size)
- Filter (possibly alphabetically: A, B, C, D...; showing only games
starting with selected letter)
- Configuration
- Return to Wii Menu

Center of the screen:
"previous" button and "next button", another way to navigate the games. The
"Coverflow" interface is left without changes.

Bottom:
Scroll bar and button for switching list mode (coverflow/thumbnails)

Some info can be added at bottom screen, like # of games or free space on
drive. Useful, at least.

The bottom half of the image is the screen that appears when clicking on a
game. Little changes, only the "close button" on the top-right corner and
an option to download the game's cover if not found.

Well, only some suggestions. Comments are welcome.

PS. Maybe I'll do a mockup with photoshop later.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by basd...@gmail.com on 31 May 2009 at 5:42

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I like the idea of having a download cover button when a cover is missing on 
the 
load screen.

Original comment by justin.h...@gmail.com on 31 May 2009 at 9:53

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Original comment by scognito@gmail.com on 31 May 2009 at 10:03

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I've attached a mockup below. Hope it helps understand the ideas better.

Original comment by basd...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2009 at 2:36

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Ooops, forgot to comment:
Please note that I've added another feature: change USB drive (pendrives at 
bottom
left, labeled "1" and "2"). This could be useful if you have 2 USB drives 
connected.
Clicking one of this icons should hide the current drive's games and load the 
new
selected drive (possibly with a progress bar).

You could even populate the two drives connected at startup and save in memory 
the
list of games available on the secondary drive, so it would only take few 
seconds to
change from one to another. Not sure if this is possible, or if it would slow 
down
the whole thing...

Original comment by basd...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2009 at 2:43

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nice smooth interface :)

Original comment by scognito@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2009 at 2:48

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no offense but i think the nice looking mockups look a bit square and unnatural
right now the coverflow loader has a bit of a natural wii feel to it

in my opinion you should set the goal of the design to be as much like a native 
wii
interface as possible to make the user experience seem like it belongs there

otherwise go for an apple/mac feel (again, the mockups dont look like a mac 
interface)

or both (assuming you can find a decent balance between the two)

otherwise though good ideas for the concepts of what should be there

Original comment by nemchik on 1 Jun 2009 at 7:22

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Like I said, comments are welcome. Actually, my photoshop skills (and hence my
graphic-designing skills) are very poor. My intention was to provide an example 
of
what I was talking in the first comment, more than "redesigning" the interface.

Anyway, thank you very much for your comments.

Original comment by basd...@gmail.com on 1 Jun 2009 at 9:38

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UI Overhaul as of r511... hope you like. Like nemchik mentioned, we're trying 
to keep
it a balance of 'Apple inspired' but with 'Wii roots'.

Original comment by afou...@gmail.com on 3 Jun 2009 at 8:41

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complete for R1.0... additional UI enhancements will be entertained post R1.0

Original comment by afou...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2009 at 6:04

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