alt Hacker NewsGod how i hate these unresponsive TV interfaces. Even the apple TV feels slow and like it renders at half a frame per second.
Instead of selecting something you already see, it feels like you're discovering something that's slow to render.
Imagine your PCs desktop was like this, or your phone's app list. Click once per "next selection." It would drive me mad.
tv ui favors larger elements and longer transitions to make focus & change more legible for distant viewing. at 1m-3m people have a harder time following the ui. tv browsing is also much more frequently a group activity, where one person is pushing buttons and so knows what transition will happen, but others on the couch need to follow the activity too. different modality & ui priority compared to phone or desktop which are much closer to the face and much more personal/single player.