Playstation Store has a great looking interface [Archive]

masonite

10-21-2006, 03:47 AM

it looks like not everything is going to cost money - have a look on the right hand side of the bottom screen, where it says "top ten" - they're downloads for warhawk, so it looks like there's going to be some free downloadable content as well as charged stuff. :) Nice to see them do this.

Also, notice that the right hand side of the screen has the downloads avaliable for what ever is being shown on the left hand side of the screen - and "free" items are shown in a yellow cartouche sort of thing. Now look at the top screen - PSone games are shown, with a whole lot of yellow cartouches on the right. so possibly some PSone games will be free for download? i could be reading too far into this, as it could just be for show, to make the service look attractive, or these things could already have been announced, but i thought it was interesting nonetheless....

xbdestroya

10-21-2006, 04:15 AM

Well, PS2 games are a ways off guys, so you may want to just go track them down to buy physically. ;)

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 04:42 PM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125873&page=2

http://content.imagesocket.com/images/l_wk_0601026sce04c52.jpg

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Sephiroth_VII

10-26-2006, 05:17 PM

Nice pics, UC!!! I especially like the black XMB.

Raijin

10-26-2006, 05:23 PM

They did an excellent job at the design of the Playstation Store. Really, really good stuff.

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 05:45 PM

Nice pics, UC!!! I especially like the black XMB.
I still wish the XMB was a bit more than a shoehorned version of the PSP interface. So dull looking. I'd much more prefer a tabbed interface that looks as good as the PS Store.

Viano

10-26-2006, 05:47 PM

I still wish the XMB was a bit more than a shoehorned version of the PSP interface. So dull looking. I'd much more prefer a tabbed interface that looks as good as the PS Store.

consider ps3 is targeting at the wide range of users, maybe that's the reason they chose xmb

Sephiroth_VII

10-26-2006, 05:48 PM

I still wish the XMB was a bit more than a shoehorned version of the PSP interface. So dull looking. I'd much more prefer a tabbed interface that looks as good as the PS Store.

PSP and PS3 are meant to be very compatible. That's why they both have the XMB. I personally think it's the best console GUI I've ever seen.

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 05:58 PM

consider ps3 is targeting at the wide range of users, maybe that's the reason they chose xmb
I don't get it. The fact that the PS3 is targeting a wide range of users should mean they would have a more inviting interface. The XMB is cold and has ridiculous levels of branching. A tabbed interface would have been a lot better like the PS store or Xbox 360's interface.

For example, when you boot up to the interface, you'd think that the option to jump into a game would be close on hand, but you have to scroll all the way to the right to find it.

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 06:00 PM

PSP and PS3 are meant to be very compatible. That's why they both have the XMB.The XMB on the PSP was never that great in the first place.

And just because they are compatable doesn't mean they need the exact SAME interface. Portable Media players don't have to have the same interface as your PC for transfers to work.

Viano

10-26-2006, 06:11 PM

GTAce

10-26-2006, 06:16 PM

I love the XMB and im glad they did it into the PS3 and i like these clear design.^^

Btw. thanks for the pics the store looks great too.

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 06:21 PM

I don't know lol, but personally I think xbox interface looks a little uhgli imo loL
Well they don't have to go with the playground colours but they could still have it with a wide layout with everything tabbed into folders. It would make everything much easier to look at and find. They did it with the Playstation store.

Viano

10-26-2006, 06:25 PM

maybe they don't wanna confuse consumers plus it will be easier because its similar to psp

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 06:36 PM

maybe they don't wanna confuse consumers plus it will be easier because its similar to psp
How exactly will it confuse customers? People buying a PS3 and a PSP will not be confused as to what they have.

People transfer stuff between PCs, Ipods, Creative Labs players, PDAs, etc with no trouble whatsoever. So what if the interface is different?

On the PSP there weren't that many functions so the XMB was servicable. However on the PS3 people will be more likely to be frustrated if to find a particular item quickly they have to go through a whole set of branching.

It's gonna be right, right, right, right, right, X, down, down, X, right, right, X, down, X... you get the point right?

Could you imagine if the Playstation store functioned like that? Or the interface of the 360 instead of the blades (tabs)?

Viano

10-26-2006, 07:22 PM

I think the playstation will have its own pages isn't it?

and puhh.. the unified-XMB-looking-interface is better looking for me anyways, that's all it matters..　♪

Kabbage

10-26-2006, 08:42 PM

Haha Look at that cat... eating noodles. That makes me smile.

Sephiroth_VII

10-26-2006, 08:45 PM

I personally find the XMB much more functional than 360's Blades, but that's not what we're supposed to be discussing here, you know.

section

10-26-2006, 08:45 PM

Haha Look at that cat... eating noodles. That makes me smile.^^I like it too. It's... sympathetic.

Sephiroth_VII

10-26-2006, 08:51 PM

It's gonna be right, right, right, right, right, X, down, down, X, right, right, X, down, X... you get the point right?
Just noticed this. Have you ever tried navigating the PSP XMB? It's very simple, and even though the PS3 have more icons, you can just keep the button pressed down when you're going far in the menu.

Kabbage

10-26-2006, 09:05 PM

Just noticed this. Have you ever tried navigating the PSP XMB? It's very simple, and even though the PS3 have more icons, you can just keep the button pressed down when you're going far in the menu.
Another person one on the official Playstation Forums who thinks going up and down and left and right will be confusing :evillaugh

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 09:24 PM

Just noticed this. Have you ever tried navigating the PSP XMB? It's very simple, and even though the PS3 have more icons, you can just keep the button pressed down when you're going far in the menu.And then zoom past where you want to go, thus making you backtrack...

Look at your computer desktop with all the icons there. Imagine using the keyboard to navigate instead of your mouse.

Now imagine you can only view icons in a cross with one column and one row at a time. Sounds limiting, doesn't it?

Now imagine NOT being able in columns, and only 4 items in a row at a time. NOTHING else shows up until you actually scroll to see what it is.

This is essentially what the XMB is.

The XMB on the PS3 seems cool because there are hardly any features on it. You pretty much end up memorising what the options are (since the icons aren't labelled).

You CAN'T do this with the PS3. Everything is broken down too much with ridiculous levels of branching., yet you can only view about 3 or 4 icons on screen (and only the one you're currently checking is labelled). That means to find exactly what the icons are you have to do a whole lot of scrolling. That's where the "right, right , right, right, right, down, down, down, right, right..." came in. There's going to be a good deal of scrolling done just finding the right folder, and it's going to be even WORSE when you start filling up your drive with files and folders. Remember you're using a d-pad and not a pointing device like a mouse on Windows.

Now oppose this to a tabbed interface where the menus are ALL VISIBLE onscreen and ALL LABELED (like the 360 or the PS3 store). From the jump you know what main folder to go into, and when you go there, it's tabbed again with EVERYTHING visible onscreen. Imagine using the Playstation store with everything on one big scroll bar.

Just because it's on the PSP doesn't mean it works on the PS3, or that it was the best system for the PSP in the first place. There's a reason Tabs are used in most modern GUIs.

Kiosko

10-26-2006, 09:39 PM

The blue fits well with Blu-Ray. The interface is clean and slick.

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 09:42 PM

The blue fits well with Blu-Ray. The interface is clean and slick.Yeah it truly is. It blows away the 360's marketplace, that's for sure. They had everything right and then dropped the ball on the Marketplace, which looks like they were running out of time and just appended a bigass scrolling list with no organization altogether.

Sony seems to have done the reverse.

VG Aficionado

10-26-2006, 09:49 PM

*rant*:duh:

That reminded me of someone who hated the XMB because he didn't want to "decypher hieroglyphs" when using a PSP. The XMB is extremely simple to use, the icons are labeled and you won't be using more than 4 or 5 different icons/tools most of the time. I've seen young kids using the XMB, so it's really beyond me whenever I see someone hating it for reasons like ease of use or functionality. You may like it or not, but if you think it's difficult to use, you either never spent more than 5 seconds with it or you need a new brain.

Undercover Cop

10-26-2006, 10:06 PM

:duh:

That reminded me of someone who hated the XMB because he didn't want to "decypher hieroglyphs" when using a PSP. The XMB is extremely simple to use, the icons are labeled, and you won't be using more than 4 or 5 different icons/tools most of the time. I've seen young kids using the XMB, so it's really beyond me when I see someone hating it for reasons like ease of use or functionality. You may like it or not, but if you think it's difficult to use, you either never spent more than 5 seconds with it or you need a new brain.

You are not understanding.

The XMB for the PSP works because you won't be using more than 4 or 5 different icons/tools most of the time

That's why it works - there are few options so you instinctively memorise where everything is.

This is NOT the case with the PS3. This pic is the SIMPLEST livel of branching you will ever see on it at launch.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060511/rt06.jpg

And this is the BEGINNING. You haven't seen how cluttered and convoluted it looks it is when you look through settings for example. Imagine how ridiculous it's going to be when you have a lot of stuff on your HD later on.

It defeats the purpose of having iconic images when most of them are OFFSCREEN.

Compare that with the 360 (which also uses a D-pad)

http://www.winsupersite.com/images/showcase/xbox360_guiderev_02.jpg

You see? All of the main menus are ALL ONSCREEN at the same time. It's just that Microsoft put their "tabs" as long "blades" on the side instead of having tabs at the top like Firefox or Opera.

Now compare that with Wii's version, which is basically have everything visible in folders on the screen. With a D-pad this would be convoluted, but they are using a pointing device like your mouse. You simply point and click like you do with your computer's desktop.

http://www.nintendojofr.com/images/nouvelles/2006/10/wii2.JPG

http://www.icongenesis.com/ignssim/tour/ignss_after_ss.jpg

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The XMB was a decent solution on the PSP to navigating when you cannot have all your files displayed on such a small screen at the same time. They HAD to keep some of the main folders OFFSCREEN. This does NOT work for consoles which uses TV screens which are even bigger than computer screens. Add to that the riduculous levels of branching and you have an interface that is needlessly more tedious than it has to be.

The 360 has proven it so.

The Wii has proven it so.

Internet browsers have proven it so.

The Playstation Store have proven it so.

Get it now?

VG Aficionado

10-26-2006, 10:13 PM

What the hell man? That was uncalled for, I'm not even comparing it to anything else. I've been using the XMB for more than a year now and I fail to see how could it possibly be so complex and difficult to use. If you find it hard to use, I'm sorry, but you're in a serious lack of brains.

KnightRiderX

10-26-2006, 10:15 PM

I don't get it. The fact that the PS3 is targeting a wide range of users should mean they would have a more inviting interface. The XMB is cold and has ridiculous levels of branching. A tabbed interface would have been a lot better like the PS store or Xbox 360's interface.

For example, when you boot up to the interface, you'd think that the option to jump into a game would be close on hand, but you have to scroll all the way to the right to find it.

that is just ur opinion. I think the XMB is one of the best, if not the best available, interface on the planet. It shows simplicity in an open world. and once u start to navigate and play around with it, u are able to see the sophistication of it masked under a simplified interface. it is very welcoming. and about not going directly to a game, I think that is more of an option that can be set in the settings and if it isn't there, it is something that Sony can add later. i mean u don't even have to repetitive press the right-directional button to get to the game icon; just hold it and it'll get u there easy and fast (if laziness is part of it).

EDIT: u seem to be someone who gets lost easily when he doesn't have an image or trail of where he just came from. I don't see how u cannot see this as non-confusing. The PS3 is a very complex OS, console-wise, and the XMB is a perfect way to have users interact with it without feeling intimidated.

Lekko

10-26-2006, 10:36 PM

So... undercover cop: Don't think of them as icons, think of each chunk on the XMB as a tab, with all the features listed under it. The PS3 has seperate tabs for each major category like: Movies, music, buying things, settings, pictures, games, and network. I usually don't watch a movie and listen to music at the same time, and I am never fiddling with network setting while shopping online.

It's not like Icons because it is split up into folders, or Tabs, of specific functionality, just like the 360 blades.

In your icon analogy, now imagine if instead of all yoru icons on your desktop, you have 6 or so folders, each in category. A games folder, music, video... ect. same thing. Although a pointing mechanism like a mouse would help navigate faster, but these navigation systems are on controllers, with buttons. Folders and general organization help out tremendously then.

Kabbage

10-26-2006, 10:41 PM

Stupid people shouldnt use the XMB... it becomes hard then.

Undercover Cop

10-27-2006, 12:43 AM

Stupid people shouldnt use the XMB... it becomes hard then.You're adding nothing to the thread either way. If you can't be bothered to make more than a dumb quip, it would be better if you had just shut the fuck up and let other people handle this discussion.

So... undercover cop: Don't think of them as icons, think of each chunk on the XMB as a tab, with all the features listed under it. The PS3 has seperate tabs for each major category like: Movies, music, buying things, settings, pictures, games, and network. I usually don't watch a movie and listen to music at the same time, and I am never fiddling with network setting while shopping online.

It's not like Icons because it is split up into folders, or Tabs, of specific functionality, just like the 360 blades.

In your icon analogy, now imagine if instead of all yoru icons on your desktop, you have 6 or so folders, each in category. A games folder, music, video... ect. same thing. Although a pointing mechanism like a mouse would help navigate faster, but these navigation systems are on controllers, with buttons. Folders and general organization help out tremendously then.

Indeed, but if you liken the icons to tabs in themselves, it would be like having tabs where all of them aren't visible at once at the same time. No problem if there aren't many items, but troublesome if there are a whole bunch.

For this to work there needs to be a better folder organisation to have everything visible on screen at the same time, and eliminate the needless levels of branching.

Again, they did so well with the Playstation Store, so why have this XMB on the PS3? It's like they just took the XMB from the PSP and just kept adding branches and buttons, while the P-Store looks like it actually had some thought put into the graphics design.

Domination

10-27-2006, 12:47 AM

How exactly will it confuse customers? People buying a PS3 and a PSP will not be confused as to what they have.

People transfer stuff between PCs, Ipods, Creative Labs players, PDAs, etc with no trouble whatsoever. So what if the interface is different?

On the PSP there weren't that many functions so the XMB was servicable. However on the PS3 people will be more likely to be frustrated if to find a particular item quickly they have to go through a whole set of branching.

It's gonna be right, right, right, right, right, X, down, down, X, right, right, X, down, X... you get the point right?

Could you imagine if the Playstation store functioned like that? Or the interface of the 360 instead of the blades (tabs)?

LOL! It's designed to be simple. I think simple is best.

BTW, the XMB can function in a variety of ways. One does not need to hit a series of faces buttons or directions on the D pad to get where they are going. That only happens to be one of its options. By simply holding down a direction, you can zip through the XMB and to your destination very quickly. By tapping a series of directions, you can go go straight to you destination without ever hitting a face button. So as you can see, the XMB can be navigated in a variety of ways.

Undercover Cop

10-27-2006, 12:59 AM

LOL! It's designed to be simple. I think simple is best.I understand what you're trying to say, but the XMB is simple and elegant in terms of presentation style, but not in the actual usage.

I'm not advocating the flamboyant colours of the 360's, but rather how they figured a way to display all the tabs in a manner than reduces the number of steps needed to go from point A to point B.

Browsers function in a similar manner (except Internet Explorer to date). It's just that the 360 has long visual tabs on the sides instead of at the top.

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BTW, the XMB can function in a variety of ways. One does not need to hit a series of faces buttons or directions on the D pad to get where they are going. That only happens to be one of its options. By simply holding down a direction, you can zip through the XMB and to your destination very quickly. By tapping a series of directions, you can go go straight to you destination without ever hitting a face button. So as you can see, the XMB can be navigated in a variety of ways.
Yes there is free scrolling to go through a long list of items in a branch quickly - the 360 and other tabbed interfaces (in PNP devices) have that too. But as the items fill up, you're gonna need folder organization to go along with it. IGN and Gamespot and other podcasts said that there still isn't any folder system for media, making this a scroll fest.

My Creative Zen Vision M has a fancy looking interface, but it also features efficient tabbing and folder organization, why not the XMB?

And yes, you need the face buttons to select an item. Hence the "right, right, right, right, X, down, right, ... "etc.

Domination

10-27-2006, 01:06 AM

You are not understanding.

The XMB for the PSP works because

That's why it works - there are few options so you instinctively memorise where everything is.

This is NOT the case with the PS3. This pic is the SIMPLEST livel of branching you will ever see on it at launch.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060511/rt06.jpg

And this is the BEGINNING. You haven't seen how cluttered and convoluted it looks it is when you look through settings for example. Imagine how ridiculous it's going to be when you have a lot of stuff on your HD later on.

It defeats the purpose of having iconic images when most of them are OFFSCREEN.

Compare that with the 360 (which also uses a D-pad)

http://www.winsupersite.com/images/showcase/xbox360_guiderev_02.jpg

You see? All of the main menus are ALL ONSCREEN at the same time. It's just that Microsoft put their "tabs" as long "blades" on the side instead of having tabs at the top like Firefox or Opera.

Now compare that with Wii's version, which is basically have everything visible in folders on the screen. With a D-pad this would be convoluted, but they are using a pointing device like your mouse. You simply point and click like you do with your computer's desktop.

http://www.nintendojofr.com/images/nouvelles/2006/10/wii2.JPG

http://www.icongenesis.com/ignssim/tour/ignss_after_ss.jpg

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The XMB was a decent solution on the PSP to navigating when you cannot have all your files displayed on such a small screen at the same time. They HAD to keep some of the main folders OFFSCREEN. This does NOT work for consoles which uses TV screens which are even bigger than computer screens. Add to that the riduculous levels of branching and you have an interface that is needlessly more tedious than it has to be.

The 360 has proven it so.

The Wii has proven it so.

Internet browsers have proven it so.

The Playstation Store have proven it so.

Get it now?

LOL! You're kidding, I hope. If the XMB is going to be difficult for you to use, then the blades should be even more difficult since it has a number of sub windows and other options that you must sift through before getting to a destination. Comparing stills does it no justice.

Undercover Cop

10-27-2006, 01:15 AM

LOL! You're kidding, I hope. If the XMB is going to be difficult for you to use, then the blades should be even more difficult since it has a number of sub windows and other options that you must sift through before getting to a destination. Comparing stills does it no justice.

The XMB has a lot of sifting through sub-menus and options as well, due to the levels of branching. Added to that, despite the huge size of your television, you can only see a given amount of information at any given time. And let's add the fact that it's also overly bland. This is a console, not a handheld. You're okay with this honestly?

Domination

10-27-2006, 01:17 AM

I understand what you're trying to say, but the XMB is simple and elegant in terms of presentation style, but not in the actual usage.

I'm not advocating the flamboyant colours of the 360's, but rather how they figured a way to display all the tabs in a manner than reduces the number of steps needed to go from point A to point B.

Browsers function in a similar manner (except Internet Explorer to date). It's just that the 360 has long visual tabs on the sides instead of at the top.

Yes there is free scrolling to go through a long list of items in a branch quickly - the 360 and other tabbed interfaces (in PNP devices) have that too. But as the items fill up, you're gonna need folder organization to go along with it. IGN and Gamespot and other podcasts said that there still isn't any folder system for media, making this a scroll fest.

My Creative Zen Vision M has a fancy looking interface, but it also features efficient tabbing and folder organization, why not the XMB?

And yes, you need the face buttons to select an item. Hence the "right, right, right, right, X, down, right, ... "etc.

Only by looking at it, would it seem difficult to use. But I can tell you that its more efficient than what you what like to think.

The XMB is also upgradable.

VG Aficionado

10-27-2006, 01:20 AM

The XMB has a lot of sifting through sub-menus and optionsThat's only true for the configuration menu, which most people will only use once, twice or even never in their lives. There's just 1-level branching at most on the other menus, and it doesn't always happen.

And let's add the fact that it's also overly bland.Text is much blander than icons anytime :duh:

Man, stop trying to make us hate the XMB. We've used it, we're familiar with it, we know it's simple as hell, we know it's really functional, we know it works great and we don't agree with your FUD, so what's your point :tardbang:

GTAce

10-27-2006, 01:20 AM

Domination

10-27-2006, 01:27 AM

The XMB has a lot of sifting through sub-menus and options as well, due to the levels of branching. Added to that, despite the huge size of your television, you can only see a given amount of information at any given time. And let's add the fact that it's also overly bland. This is a console, not a handheld. You're okay with this honestly?

Not near as many as the blades. Only when you are viewing one of the four blades is where things look simple. From there, you are given a dozen other windows and options in which you must scroll. With the XMB, you sift through one type of content (mostly likely a folder or destination); anything extra is pulled up in a side window when a face button is pressed.

Undercover Cop

10-27-2006, 01:32 AM

UC why you cannot except the opinions from other people who like the XMB.
Its ok when you meaning that there are better examples for a menu design but when some guys like the XMB (like me) let them. ;)
I'm not dismissing anyone. I'm just wondering why people keep fawning over the XMB when it's obviousits shoehorned onto the PS3 when it doesn't really fucntion as well (it's obviously designed and suited for the PSP).

Btw. the topic is the design of the store and not the XMB.I know that the thread topic is - I created the thread in the first place. And the reason I created it is because I'm amazed Sony has a beautiful, elegant and functional interface for its online face, and then has a XMB which is both bland AND not as effecient as people make it out to be. It's obvious which was actually designed from the ground up and which was simply slapped on from another device.

And I've tried to explain myself in detail so that people can't accuse me of being flippant.

VG Aficionado

10-27-2006, 01:37 AM

I'm just wondering why people keep fawning over the XMB when it's obviousits shoehorned onto the PS3 when it doesn't really fucntion as well (it's obviously designed and suited for the PSP).FYI, the XMB was born before the PSP was launched. PS2/DVR hybrid PSX and some Bravia TVs use the XMB, and it works just great on them. PS3 is no exception.

then has a XMB which is both bland AND not as effecient as people make it out to be.I've been using the XMB for more than a year now and I couldn't possibly agree with this.

And I've tried to explain myself in detail so that people can't accuse me of being flippant.You're just being a FUDer who doesn't succeed in spreading FUD in this and other forums.

Undercover Cop

10-27-2006, 01:38 AM

Not near as many as the blades. Only when you are viewing one of the four blades is where things look simple. From there, you are given a dozen other windows and options in which you must scroll. With the XMB, you sift through one type of content (mostly likely a folder or destination); anything extra is pulled up in a side window when a face button is pressed.
I agree that the simple tabbing design doesn't permeate throughout the entire interface. In fact when you reach the Marketplace it completely breaks down into a unorganized scrollfest (I mentioned this earlier). But the main idea of simplifying everything via a managed number of tabs which are all available onscreen works for the basics, and its this tabbing system that I wished Sony had adopted.

This is why I offered other examples like the Playstation Store, internet browsers like Mozilla, etc.

OmniCloud

10-27-2006, 01:46 AM

LOL..are we really debating about which system has the best start-up screen:huh: WOW-November 17th needs to get here fast...

Undercover Cop

10-27-2006, 01:50 AM

The XMB is also upgradable.That's what I'm hoping for, kinda like having Style XP for Windows XP.

GUNDAMSEED

10-27-2006, 01:56 AM

xmb is going easy to use. plus you use damn keyboard and mouse can't cost more than 30-50 bucks . hell thats what i plan to use bluetooth keyboard and mouse FTW.

PUNK em 733

10-27-2006, 03:46 AM

Just one question...what is FUD?

*GRABS POPCORN*

Okay let the flames continue.

chrismt

10-27-2006, 03:49 AM

Eh it looks bland, but it's far better than PS2's background.

Old_Timer!

10-27-2006, 04:02 AM

10-27-2006, 07:35 AM

Eh it looks bland, but it's far better than PS2's background.
better than PS2's interface yes. but better than that magical, enchanting background art and sound? never.

what is great about the XMB is that anyone can use it. even if you never touched a computer before.
but I do have a problem with a feature it doesn't have. you can know what I am talking about if you have alot of pics or vids or MP3s you want to go through in the XMB. it arranges everything you have in one, very long, line. if only it would breack that long line by showing your pics in multiple lines next to eash other if they are too many. when you scroll down, all of the lines will scroll with you- just like how we scroll through our files in PCs and such.

yoshaw

10-27-2006, 07:48 AM

but I do have a problem with a feature it doesn't have. you can know what I am talking about if you have alot of pics or vids or MP3s you want to go through in the XMB. it arranges everything you have in one, very long, line. if only it would breack that long line by showing your pics in multiple lines next to eash other if they are too many. when you scroll down, all of the lines will scroll with you- just like how we scroll through our files in PCs and such.

Z,

That could be done rather easily. Just make individual folders for each album in the 'MUSIC' folder(or VIDEO or PHOTO folders). It would show up as seperate folders(or lines if you wanna call it that) on the XMB too. Then simply go into each folder and maybe again have more sub-folders within them if you wish. It's super easy to maintain if you know how to do it. Which is if one's a PC user, it'll be a piece of cake :) And that means everyone and anyone!

10-27-2006, 08:52 AM

that is a good solution, but I was talking about the general view style of the XMB. what if I had alot of pics, mp3s or videos that shouldn't be put in different folders since they belong to their existing folder?

it isn't a big thing really, but I find my self asking 'why not' when even I am searching for that file I want to run out from a long line.

ah, wait a sec. it just hit me: you have to have one line in order to move to the next icon in the XMB. if they did what I am talking about, then moving to the next section would have to be changed to be done with the shoulder buttons rather than the D pad.
ah, maybe that is why they kept the format in solo lines.

Viano

10-27-2006, 01:32 PM

using xmb is like equiping the new armours and weapons in those rpg games loL, it feels good loL.

xbox blades.. I personaly think it's very, ugly.. it feels like the legendary mikrosuft blue screen will show up in any second..

back to the topic, for gt I wonder if you are able to access the ps store inside the game to get the courses and cars etc

VG Aficionado

10-27-2006, 02:53 PM

Just one question...what is FUD?Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Which are what "someone" who posts here using three different usernames usually tries to spread all the time.

MegaCot

10-27-2006, 09:16 PM

UndercoverCop if you don't like the XMB that's fine, but there is no need to keep yelling it at the top of your lungs. You don't hear me complaining about X360 do you, just let it go and do yourself and us a favor.I'm not yelling at the top of my lungs, I'm writing detailed reasons WHY I believe the XMB is completely wrong for the PS3 interface. Funny no one was accusing me of "shouting at the top of my lungs" or "spreading FUD" when I was praising the interface of the Playstation Store. Looks like everything has to be pro-Sony or you get jumped on.

Hopefully this thread (that I created in the first place) will get back on track...

MegaCot

10-27-2006, 09:19 PM

using xmb is like equiping the new armours and weapons in those rpg games loL, it feels good loL.

xbox blades.. I personaly think it's very, ugly.. it feels like the legendary mikrosuft blue screen will show up in any second..
Well Sony didn't have to use the flashy colours that Microsoft used, or even the "tabs on the side" design, but it would have been better if they had went with a full onscreen tabbed interface that had a little more... pizazz.

Hopefully skins will be available. Imagine getting a Christmas skin, for example.

back to the topic, for gt I wonder if you are able to access the ps store inside the game to get the courses and cars etcMost likely yeah.

xbdestroya

10-27-2006, 09:20 PM

Hopefully this thread (that I created in the first place) will get back on track...

Ok yes, please - let's try to do this. That goes for everyone...

Old_Timer!

10-27-2006, 09:39 PM

Well Sony didn't have to use the flashy colours that Microsoft used, or even the "tabs on the side" design, but it would have been better if they had went with a full onscreen tabbed interface that had a little more... pizazz.

Hopefully skins will be available. Imagine getting a Christmas skin, for example.

Most likely yeah.

You gotta be kidding, Microsoft already is saying Sony is copying their style cause they have a great online system. So now you want Sony to do tabs so MS can say see they even copy our Dashboard interface. Pleaseeee!!!