Drift wrote:
After installing today's program update (4.23.1), restarting Coollector puts it in a loop of redownloading the update and prompting the user to install it again.
Thank you very much for reporting that issue, it's now fixed.
You'll have to update one more/last time, I apologize for the trouble.
Drift wrote:
let me say here that I think the tab-less redesign is a huge mistake. Things that were easy to do before, cross-referencing actors and roles, are now much harder to do, because it requires fiddling with a drop down menu. Tabs are quick and easy, drop down menus are slow and tedious.
Please explain what "cross-referencing actors and roles" means. What's your workflow? Are you in single or dual pane mode?
Drift wrote:
If you did it because you think the new design looks better, I'll have to disagree about that too.
I've always hated the tabs design, it was a mistake from the beginning, I felt ashamed about it and I'm so relieved that it's now gone.
To begin with, the app looked weird, no other movie app is organized this way. Having a main interface with half a dozen tabs, it's a no-no, it's amateurish. You've gotten used to it but for new users it's a barrier to entry. With the new design the app looks more like other apps that users are already familiar with, such as the various streaming apps, Plex, Jellyfin, etc... and I'll double down in that direction with an upcoming update.
On top of that, there were cases where the old design didn't make sense and even myself I could get confused, even after all those years using it. For example if you're using the single pane mode, it's ridiculous that the tabs keep moving around and only half of them are visible. When I can't find the tab that I want to select, I have to do some thinking, make it appear, and now I can click it
Finally, it's hard to deny that visually the app looks slightly better now, I'll be surprised if you don't agree with that. It's less cluttered, less "weird", and we gained some space.
Drift wrote:
The old design was better by far. Please give us the option to keep using it.
Unfortunately it's not possible, it was a complete rewrite, the internals of the app have changed to a point that it's impossible to keep both designs. Controls look and act differently, events propagate differently, various actions must be taken in different order, etc... etc... Even myself I hadn't anticipated that it'd take this many changes
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