by pl5bnsf » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:17 pm
Here's my view of compact vs expanded (and the new gui in general)
I liked seeing the v5 way of doing things. For example I prefer to usually download the smaller set of videos for a show. I don't need HD all the time, I'd rather download 300meg rather than 1.x gig of data (except when I do want the big files).
So with V6, I need to watch carefully for the ONE line showing the total size of a show. Then carefully look for the other ONE line with the smaller set.
With V5, I had to scroll thru many lines, but each line showed say 49meg for each piece of the download, I know quickly that I did not want that set, so I keep scrolling down to the next set of 15meg files. All while continuing to scroll down.
With V6, I had to, horrors, actually read and think more. And stop scrolling and think. And read. Carefully. With V5 and a larger in-your-face file list (expanded) it was easier to do things mindlessly.
And with V6, you have the nested tree listing and all that. It's very confusing. Probably much better/quicker/cooler/modern. I can appreciate the speed issues. And I have tried to work with the compacted view, I understand that better now. If V6 had a an expanded with NO trees view, like V5, I would be very happy with that.
Gui wise, I can't figure out the windowing. I like V5. I had the groups list in the top 2/3 of the windows and my download list in the bottom. Period. I know where things are. In V6, I don't know, I bring up the download list and it fills the screen. I try to move things I get placement options. And then I never can find my download/group list again. I'm scared to move a window. Or I lose the way the windows were setup and I don't know, it's just confusing.
And now Newsbin has those green icons on each line. I don't know what each one means. I just changed over to Windows 7 as well. And WOW am I tired of blue backgrounds with light blue text. Give me standard old windows old style grey with black letters any day.
Again, the new gui required too much thinking on my part to use.
So guess I'm going to stick with V5, V5 has been fantastic, and V6 also works great, I just can't handle the new gui. It's becoming 'better' but not easier.