UX Suggestions Box

[aureateflux]

Have you ever thought of a neat way you'd like to organize something in RYOT or found something that works but could be a bit easier or smoother, but wasn't really something you'd consider a major issue?

This is a place to collect small UX tweaks to bring to the attention of @IgnisDa and anyone who wants to tackle some things as a contributor. Hopefully this will also encourage some folks to dip their toes into contributing by offering a useful list of small features and fixes to tackle. Nothing on this list is a demand-- these are just ideas and suggestions that might help improve RYOT.

I'll start this off with a handful of items I've thought of while using RYOT for a couple of months. I've already made an issue for these items. In the future, I'll make new issues if people add ideas to this thread that get a lot of traction.

[aureateflux]

My initial suggestions:

• Make the quick progress update process clearer for the user
  - Add alt text to the progress update button on the media thumbnail
  - Change update progress icon to be more prominent?
  - In the progress update modal, prefill provider to be the last provider used
  - For cases where more data isn't needed, skip the modal update progress on button click? (If this is too easy, maybe replace the modal with a confirmation that gives an option to edit the details of the action)
  - For media that requires number of episodes per season but that data is missing (anime, etc), add a field in the modal to set the number of episodes to prevent adding fake episodes and require that it be set to increment episode

• More Contextual Help
  - Add a help toggle similar to what's in OPNSense or Unraid to give in situ context on how to use various functions (like explaining settings or clarifying that removing an item from a collection won't remove it from the entire library)

• Dashboard
  - Add an "On Deck" section to show the next movie, episode of various shows, or unstarted books or video games you have marked as wanting to consume (currently there is an "Upcoming" section in the dashboard settings, but it isn't populated on my instance, so I'm not sure it isn't intended to serve this purpose or if it's supposed to tell you about a show that's about to air)
  - "In Progress" section should prioritize longer form formats such as books, audio books, or series to offer an overview of what is being consumed concurrently
  - Add something to show what the next episode in a series is on the series thumbnails in the Dashboard. This could be the title or number of the next episode and be displayed as an overlay, as alt text, or replacing the title of the media item
  - Add an option to decide how many items to display based on horizontal real estate on the dashboard to fill up all available space or go with the preselected number of items as currently implemented
  - Add the option to dictate how many rows are displayed (I personally prefer one row)

• Media Profile Pages
  - Rework tabs to place actions intuitively
  - Make icon buttons for Add to Collection and Update Progress and put them in the main overview page
  - Add Review button should be available on the Reviews tab and contextually in expanded view on individual episodes
  - On the Actions tab make the actions in More Actions the core of the tab
  - Move the current occupants of More Actions to be buttons in Actions tab
  - Move "Add to Collection," "Update Progress," and "Post Review" into the More Actions button since they are now available in other tabs as backup in case users have a hard time finding them

Feel free to discuss or add your own suggestions!