Sad about losing the ability to mark the status of stuff in related Anime. Used to be able to see what you had scored everything in a franchise or add a whole franchise to want to watch etc all from one place. The amount of steps added to that now is huge. A really useful section full of information for the user and easy access to edit status and the like has been removed with no replacement it seems.
I like the design but I can't lie that I'm quite disappointed about the loss of this feature as I used it all the time.
This, very much this. Not being able to check at a glance if you have them marked, or be able to change their status is an extremely bad change.
As far as i can see, changing the Related anime list to cards adds absolutely nothing, but removes several features and reduces information available.
If nothing else, this change alone will increase the amount of pages loaded from the server by a LOT, potentially risking causing performance issues, for absolutely no useful reason.
Aside from that, there's the right side which used to have a lot of useful stuff like forum links regarding the anime, i used those a fair bit. Oh wait, moved to the bottom?
I didn't even find that until specifically looking. *feels like old man grumbling*
The feeling i get is that the pages have been dumbed down and information/usefulness stripped.
Aside from the Related section, i have no idea whether that is true or not since i can't compare properly, but that's what it feels like.
Since the cards are too small to add the lost features to, do as what was done with the browser when changing to grid view and losing features the same way? Add a button to switch between table/list view and card view?
Full width (no right-hand column past a certain point)
Then why do i have about 1/7 of the width of the screen just white on each side now?
Absolutely not complaining, just very curious and wondering if i'm interpreting it wrong.
A greatly enhanced mobile experience and appearance
Please remember that not everyone uses mobiles to access.
Also, the infrequently-used feature to mark a series' status from the relations area has been removed for consistency with the design.
Infrequently? It's one of THE by far most used features! Not necessarily to CHANGE watching status, but to GET THE INFORMATION AT A GLANCE.
The aggregated Stalled and Won't [Watch/Read] stats have been removed from the entry pages. You can still mark these statuses, but the aggregated counts no longer appear. This was a purposeful decision, as these stats are mostly irrelevant to the wider community.
Why? No, they were not irrelevant. They were just as useful as the other numbers.
I'm curious why folks aren't using their personal anime lists more often to determine rating and status information?
Because it's faster using the browser's link memory to get back to each anime's page with just 4-5 keystrokes? Especially when typing that takes less than a second.
To be able to check for any changes in related animes at the same time?
To NOT have to search through your list to find the right one? Which can be quite a thing, depending on what you're trying to find. Using the top right search feature is also nearly always much faster.
The default grid view adds a lot of scrolling and an extra click(either to open the update view or switch to table view).
Would have liked to get a 'night mode' or something to change the background to other colours than white, but i can understand if that takes a low priority compared to other things A-P wants to implement :)
THAT, would be an excellent addition. Yes please. It gets very bright in the dark of the night. Yes, that was an intentional rhyme, i do it all the time.
Halex said:
Please bring back the Table View for the Related Anime & Manga.
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The reviews look good, but too short to engage the reader.
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The discussions look good, but they are forgotten all the way down the page, it was more exciting to read them in the sidebar to get a glimpse of what people said about the show. I wonder how many people will actually scroll so read them now.
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Agreed.
The custom lists need to show more than just 2.
And they need to show more text. Also, the picture cards that are shown look weird, feels rather useless to have 1/4 of the cards just black, when that space could be used to increase the amount of text shown instead.
jtank said:
Agreed. I don't know why you guys hate tables and lists so much. Tables and lists are nice.
Especially when the tables and lists work better.
I guess it's just trendy to go for form over function nowadays. Except the cards doesn't improve form for the Related part anyway. Might be the "new=shiny good" syndrome.
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Apologies for whatever of above technically ends up in the wrong thread.
