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[Arkhandar]

That looks pretty nice. But take out the phone and put in a overflow button that contains the settings, electronic manual, statistics, etc. And instead of putting in a whole Miiverse panel just put in a button (below the mii) that brings up the post to miiverse screen.

 

have the white background only frame the apps, to make the separation between the apps and the Mii more clear. and center the top dots in that new frame.

 

After that it should be really awesome.

 

What's the phone for, anyways?

 

Thanks. I'll take your suggestions into account and make some changes tomorrow. 

 

The phone icon is for Wii U Chat, the most unused feature of the Wii U

[grahamf]

huh, I forgot all about that feature

 

Also: How about a pop-up notifications panel? You can click on the marquee bar (that'll have the icon look like a tab when pop-up is supported) when in the home screen or system pause menu to bring it up. That would work without making things too crowded.

 

And I really hope Nintendo is looking at your mockups

Edited by grahamf, 22 October 2013 - 03:16 PM.

[Arkhandar]

huh, I forgot all about that feature

 

Also: How about a pop-up notifications panel? You can click on the marquee bar (that'll have the icon look like a tab when pop-up is supported) when in the home screen or system pause menu to bring it up. That would work without making things too crowded.

 

And I really hope Nintendo is looking at your mockups

 

Something in the lines of this?

Edited by Arkhandar, 26 October 2013 - 09:44 AM.

[MatrixChicken]

I think it'd be pretty cool if the Home button was treated like the 3DS's is. When in-game, pressing it would bring you back to the Wara Wara Plaza, leaving the game in a paused state. You could then easily go right back into the game without any long loads or anything like that. That's really my only complaint, though. I think the UI looks pretty good, actually. My thinking is that, in designing an OS, you should either constrain customization to a minimum, only allowing things like moving icons, or let the user do whatever they want with it. Change the background, change button layouts and styles, basically let them be the designer. Leaving the user with the power to change their background, but not to change the color, style, etc. of the rest of the UI is bound to make people unhappy, wanting more customization, and living with their own Frankenstein's monster of a home screen.

Edited by MatrixChicken, 22 October 2013 - 04:01 PM.

[KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums]

How about this guys?

 

 

I feel like the square slots are a little too flat. makes it feel kind of plain imo :/

Also, I feel like the text is too square-ish. Kind of looks like a digital clock display

Maybe something more like Kozuka? And maybe in White?

 

I think it'd be pretty cool if the Home button was treated like the 3DS's is. When in-game, pressing it would bring you back to the Wara Wara Plaza, leaving the game in a paused state. You could then easily go right back into the game without any long loads or anything like that. That's really my only complaint, though. I think the UI looks pretty good, actually. My thinking is that, in designing an OS, you should either constrain customization to a minimum, only allowing things like moving icons, or let the user do whatever they want with it. Change the background, change button layouts and styles, basically let them be the designer. Leaving the user with the power to change their background, but not to change the color, style, etc. of the rest of the UI is bound to make people unhappy, wanting more customization, and living with their own Frankenstein's monster of a home screen.

But... that's what the Wii U home button essentially does... (unless I'm crazy) O_o

Edited by xWydrAx, 22 October 2013 - 08:55 PM.

[Colinx]

Something like this?

It looks nice, but the problem is that if it is a marquee then you need to wait for it to finish scrolling to see what it says. It would be fast if it was like is on the XBOX. I don't see why it needs to tell you the message. 

[Arkhandar]

I've updated the Notifications target design. I hope you guys like it

 

[TheUltimateWaddleDee]

I wish there were in-game notifications and folders, but that's it.

[Abcdude]

Reeves, please get yourself a job at nintendo and overhaul their OS. You don't understand how much I love your design of a notification system. It's too perfect.

[Mewbot]

I have serious doubts nintendo will do that, as porn backgrounds are a given if this is allowed.

Are porn backgrounds a problem? As long as you can't post screenshots of your background on Miiverse it should be fine.

[Lebon14]

About the UI designs concepts of post #31, 39 and 47... they're still flat, yes. However, I kind of relate it to what Nintendo could come up with so I like it. In fact, I would love that so much more than the stupid Metro UI Microsoft has.

[Arkhandar]

Thanks for you support guys.

 

I'm working on new mockups of other system apps, and I'll release them as soon as possible.

[UPDATE]: Added "Miiverse" and "Notifications" final designs. What do you guys think?

 

Miiverse

 

 

Notifications

 

Edited by Arkhandar, 26 October 2013 - 09:46 AM.

[grahamf]

That looks really awesome, and definitely a big improvement over the current apps. But I can see a technical limitation getting in the way: That's effectively a fast task-switch toolbar at the bottom, which would be ideal if the console could instantly load in Miiverse or whatever. but the Wii U currently has a pretty long loading screen for each app, so a major rewrite of the core os would be needed otherwise the task bar would be odd.
 
What I meant in my post (#42) was referencing this bar:
 

How about this guys?
 

I was thinking of making the pop-up bar clickable (maybe a larger icon in the left corner to make it easier), which would bring up essentially a history of all notifications, kind of like the Blackberry Hub:

All notifications (new and viewed) would show up on this list, and you can click on a notification to open the respective app and view/do more. Does that make any sense?

[KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums]

Are porn backgrounds a problem? As long as you can't post screenshots of your background on Miiverse it should be fine.

Something like that doesn't really matter to Nintendo. I'm sure they wouldn't want people to be able to do it at all since it's supposed to be a family friendly console.

[Arkhandar]

That looks really awesome, and definitely a big improvement over the current apps. But I can see a technical limitation getting in the way: That's effectively a fast task-switch toolbar at the bottom, which would be ideal if the console could instantly load in Miiverse or whatever. but the Wii U currently has a pretty long loading screen for each app, so a major rewrite of the core os would be needed otherwise the task bar would be odd.

 

You're right. With the current load times, the task bar would be useless.. unless we return to the original idea of making a "Preview Mode" to more "heavy" system apps, such as Miiverse, Nintendo eShop, Nintendo TVii, and System Settings (which would require to close the suspended app). This way, the Notification Center and Daily Log apps would be instantly swap-able, and the Internet Browser wouldn't require a Preview Mode so it could launch directly.

 

Something like this:

 

New HOME Menu

 

 

 

I was thinking of making the pop-up bar clickable (maybe a larger icon in the left corner to make it easier), which would bring up essentially a history of all notifications, kind of like the Blackberry Hub:
 

All notifications (new and viewed) would show up on this list, and you can click on a notification to open the respective app and view/do more. Does that make any sense?

 

That's a good idea, but I don't think that would work very well during gameplay. My vision is that the notification pop-up would be clickacle like you said, but instead it would launch the the app that its referring to (in this case, the Miiverse post). For the list of all notifications by date (and time) the user would have to click the Home button and go to the "Notifications" tab. This way, everything is in one place and it doesn't distract the user too much from gameplay.

 

Miiverse (Preview Mode)

 

 

 

Miiverse

 

 

I hope you guys like it

Edited by Arkhandar, 27 October 2013 - 08:30 AM.

[NintendoReport]

You're right. With the current load times, the task bar would be useless.. unless we return to the original idea of making a "Preview Mode" to more "heavy" system apps, such as Miiverse, Nintendo eShop, Nintendo TVii, and System Settings (which would require to close the suspended app). This way, the Notification Center and Daily Log apps would be instantly swap-able, and the Internet Browser wouldn't require a Preview Mode so it could launch directly.

 

Something like this:

 

New HOME Menu

 

 

 

 

That's a good idea, but I don't think that would work very well during gameplay. My vision is that the notification pop-up would be clickacle like you said, but instead it would launch the the app that its referring to (in this case, the Miiverse post). For the list of all notifications by date (and time) the user would have to click the Home button and go to the "Notifications" tab. This way, everything is in one place and it doesn't distract the user too much from gameplay.

 

Miiverse (Preview Mode)

 

 

 

Miiverse

 

 

I hope you guys like it

 

I'd like it better if it was REAL. LOL. Great job though.

[Kiki Neko-Chan]

Arkhandar, I hope you don't mind me borrowing your idea for tabs at the bottom - brilliant idea by the way.

 

These are what I've been working on and spending most of my brain power on these past few days and it's still not complete as you can tell.

 

Suggestions are welcome and needed.

 

(Everything's done from scratch )

 

 

 

[grahamf]

That'd be awesome, especially if it had an animated background.

Edited by grahamf, 29 October 2013 - 09:30 PM.

[KeptMyWiiUAndLeftTheForums]

You're right. With the current load times, the task bar would be useless.. unless we return to the original idea of making a "Preview Mode" to more "heavy" system apps, such as Miiverse, Nintendo eShop, Nintendo TVii, and System Settings (which would require to close the suspended app). This way, the Notification Center and Daily Log apps would be instantly swap-able, and the Internet Browser wouldn't require a Preview Mode so it could launch directly.

 

Something like this:

 

New HOME Menu

 

 

 

 

That's a good idea, but I don't think that would work very well during gameplay. My vision is that the notification pop-up would be clickacle like you said, but instead it would launch the the app that its referring to (in this case, the Miiverse post). For the list of all notifications by date (and time) the user would have to click the Home button and go to the "Notifications" tab. This way, everything is in one place and it doesn't distract the user too much from gameplay.

 

Miiverse (Preview Mode)

 

 

 

Miiverse

 

 

I hope you guys like it

 

 

Arkhandar, I hope you don't mind me borrowing your idea for tabs at the bottom - brilliant idea by the way.

 

These are what I've been working on and spending most of my brain power on these past few days and it's still not complete as you can tell.

 

Suggestions are welcome and needed.

 

(Everything's done from scratch )

 

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wiiuosmiiverse.png

 

WiiUOSeshop.png

>:S

I feel like somewhere inbetween you two would be perfect in my eyes.

Ark, I fell like yours is a little too flat, and too simplistic colour-wise, and Kiki, I feel basically the exact opposite about yours - a little too 3d, and too complex colour-wise

[Kiki Neko-Chan]

>:S

I feel like somewhere inbetween you two would be perfect in my eyes.

Ark, I fell like yours is a little too flat, and too simplistic colour-wise, and Kiki, I feel basically the exact opposite about yours - a little too 3d, and too complex colour-wise

 

Thanks for your opinion! I went for something Nintendo-like, if you know what I mean - something similar to but a flatter version of the current Wii U interface. I'll take your suggestions and use them to improve it!