Re: The Premium Avatars and reason for Friend List plain gray bars....

Rikopio · ‎07-31-2007

krcm0209 wrote:
Rikopio wrote:
I hate that idea. I want a simple and clean interface. But since 3.00, that has all gone to **bleep**.
You could've just said it all went down the drain, but nooo... you had to put the censor to use.

Sorry, I'll try again.

I hate that idea. I want a simple and clean interface. But since 3.00, that has all gone down the drain.

Ninja-Matic · ‎01-11-2007

shuTumDown wrote:
here is the reason for the grey bars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23BQatTYK6c

Nopers.

It's for future updates so we can see PSN level, trophy count, etc in the negative space of the gray area.

If they wanted you to read White text on bright backgrounds Sony would have been smart enough to add a DROP SHADOW to increase the contrast between the lettering and background.

Then they would ONLY show the gray bar on friends that you have selected/hovering over - that's the logical solution without cluttering an entire screen with gray bars... then again... this firmware is anything BUT logical.

shuTumDown · ‎11-27-2007

Ninja-Matic wrote:
shuTumDown wrote:
here is the reason for the grey bars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23BQatTYK6c
Nopers.

It's for future updates so we can see PSN level, trophy count, etc in the negative space of the gray area.

If they wanted you to read White text on bright backgrounds Sony would have been smart enough to add a DROP SHADOW to increase the contrast between the lettering and background.

Then they would ONLY show the gray bar on friends that you have selected/hovering over - that's the logical solution without cluttering an entire screen with gray bars... then again... this firmware is anything BUT logical.

well idk the afrika theme kinda gave the bars meaning to me. but i will agree they have plans for this new look , i think they just rushed the update

Get your Portable ID!

duff916 · ‎02-04-2008

But if you don't have or want to spend the extra money to change the gray box on your profile you'll look like a cheapskate. They better offer free ones as well...

ziggurcat · ‎06-19-2009

or include the option to adjust (if all it's going to be is a grey box).

Get your Portable ID!

Ninja-Matic · ‎01-11-2007

shuTumDown wrote:
Ninja-Matic wrote:
shuTumDown wrote:
here is the reason for the grey bars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23BQatTYK6c
Nopers.

It's for future updates so we can see PSN level, trophy count, etc in the negative space of the gray area.

If they wanted you to read White text on bright backgrounds Sony would have been smart enough to add a DROP SHADOW to increase the contrast between the lettering and background.

Then they would ONLY show the gray bar on friends that you have selected/hovering over - that's the logical solution without cluttering an entire screen with gray bars... then again... this firmware is anything BUT logical.
well idk the afrika theme kinda gave the bars meaning to me. but i will agree they have plans for this new look , i think they just rushed the update

You've never seen a bright BG before? O.o

Trust me - Afrika is not the first to have a bright BG where you couldn't read the text on the XMB.

shuTumDown · ‎11-27-2007

Ninja-Matic wrote:
shuTumDown wrote:
Ninja-Matic wrote:
shuTumDown wrote:
here is the reason for the grey bars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23BQatTYK6c
Nopers.

It's for future updates so we can see PSN level, trophy count, etc in the negative space of the gray area.

If they wanted you to read White text on bright backgrounds Sony would have been smart enough to add a DROP SHADOW to increase the contrast between the lettering and background.

Then they would ONLY show the gray bar on friends that you have selected/hovering over - that's the logical solution without cluttering an entire screen with gray bars... then again... this firmware is anything BUT logical.
well idk the afrika theme kinda gave the bars meaning to me. but i will agree they have plans for this new look , i think they just rushed the update
You've never seen a bright BG before? O.o

Trust me - Afrika is not the first to have a bright BG where you couldn't read the text on the XMB.

no thats not it at all i have 200 bg in my list some are so bright its like setting fire to my retna

Get your Portable ID!

Blazeking · ‎12-06-2005

XGmeltdown wrote:
Blazeking wrote:
Let me share my views on both subjects. First, the Friends List. The bar itself is the top of the Profile Card (When you go to the separate screen).
They could be working on getting rid of needing to go to that extra screen to view the whole card. Implementing the "Drop Box" feature should
further streamline the XMB and hopefully save some system resources. Now with the Premium avatars, they're gonna be just like how Home content
is either premium or free. One feature I would like to see is the ability to have Profile Card themes. The theme would also look the same on the friends list.
That's pretty much what he said. You said themes for the cards while he was saying premium avatars. (the avatars would cover up the gray box)

No, premium (or free) avatars won't cover the box. That should be the job of profile card themes.

You see how you have the EU Gamer card? The theme of it is Infamous (altough you should be able to change

the color too).

G.A.P. Member first / R.L.S. Advocate second

SIGMA__7 · ‎09-15-2008

I don't want to see big ugly grey bars - if they even want us to see more info about our friends (like who cares - if you care, you should view their profile), then I want to see a gamercard similar to Zaanos's sig. that is well designed and nice to look at. grey boxes are brutal and do not suit the overall look and feel of the PS3's sleek and minimalist design. they had it right before, and are now trashing what was a very well designed interface.

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