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I know this is going to make me sound old, but so much UI/UX is getting worse. I can't even tell which tile is highlighted on my appleTV because it's only about 5% larger than the adjacent ones. The only way you can tell is by the change as you cursor around, you can't tell at a glance (and this is on a 75" TV).

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At this point I think they’re just changing stuff to change stuff. Like some new hire(s) somewhere(s) are looking to make a name for him/herself by changing stuff.

Or the cult of A/B testing has been fully implemented.

I wonder if the UI developer pool is changing, or the influence of marketing and other groups is screwing things up.

Good user interfaces use timeless concepts. This might imply that conservative folks make the best UIs, which might not be as sexy.

And a good browsing experience shouldn't be held hostage to "featured promotions" or worse, advertisements.

Maybe there's a market for nice experiences.

I think of costco vs other stores -- at costco, you go get your stuff, pay for it and get out. At other stores there are featured products and advertising influencing the store layout and cluttering the checkout line.

In Apple TV settings I enabled High Contrast. It's in Accessibility.

Thanks! Just did that last night. I was afraid it was gonna be ugly as hell, but it was just a subtle change with a white box around the selected tile. Perfect!

Yeah, I really don't know why UI/UX designers feel the need to highlighted selection to be so minimal. HBO Go's highlight isn't much better than Apple's

Same issue with many apps on NVidia Shield TV.

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