Apple Music needs to be rebuilt from the Ground

[dagamer34]

What's the difference between a hamburger menu and apples use of the ellipse in Apple Music?

BGR also complained about Apple Music http://bgr.com/2015/07/09/apple-music-problems-itunes/. And on the Committed podcast Kirk Mcelhearn said it feels like it was designed by the marketing department. According to job listings on Apple iTunes has its own design team so the buck stops with Eddy Cue. If Jony Ive is really in control of all design then he needs to take control of all design. But there are plenty of issues with Apple Music that aren't UI design related. Honestly I think Eddy Cue needs a good ass-chewing from Tim Cook. Messing up people's playlists, libraries and album art isn't acceptable.

Hamburger button is normally where the back button resides, and as iOS doesn't have a dedicated back button like Android and Windows Phone have, it's a clash of UI elements. To see how this is done very poorly, see the Amazon iOS app which sticks both buttons right next to each other in a way that makes it easy to tap on the wrong one.

 

[motulist]

You may very well be right. We've known better so we're disappointed.

Oh please. Spotify is notorious for having a poor interface. I wanted to love spotify because there was so much music available there, but every time I tried to use it the interface frustrated me to the point that I nearly lost my temper and wanted to smash my device on the ground.

 

[bbfc]

It did take me a while to understand MUSIC but know I know how to use it, I prefer it to Spotify.

 

[Rogifan]

Hamburger button is normally where the back button resides, and as iOS doesn't have a dedicated back button like Android and Windows Phone have, it's a clash of UI elements. To see how this is done very poorly, see the Amazon iOS app which sticks both buttons right next to each other in a way that makes it easy to tap on the wrong one.

Here's something Apple UX Evangelist Mike Stern said about hamburger menus at WWDC:

http://blog.manbolo.com/2014/06/30/apple-on-hamburger-menus

And finally, the downside of being able to show a lot of options is that you can show a lot of options. Is that you will show a lot of options. The potential for bloat and misuse is tremendous. They allow you to add all sort of stuff that your users don’t really care about. Like information about the app. Or version history, or credits. I hate to break it to you, but no one cares.

And the other thing is that people wind up taking ads and special offers and making them look just like regular sections and putting it in there too. That sucks. No one wants that either. Look, drawers of any kind have a nasty tendency to fill with junk.

IMO the ellipse in Apple Music shows too many options. It seems like anything they couldn't find a home for elsewhere ended up inside the ellipse menu. If you tap on an ellipse in a playlist it has the option to share the playlist even though right next to the ellipse is the share sheet icon where you can do the exact same thing! Apple needs to practice what it preaches.

 

[I7guy]

It took me a few minutes to figure everything out. Overall I like it.