Posted by Justin on 12/27/05 14:57

The Real Bev wrote on [Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:48:01 -0800]:
> GMAN wrote:
>
>> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
>>>Kimba W Lion wrote:
>>>> "SpammersDie" <xx@xx.xx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The legalistic bludgeoning aside, somebody needs to take the whole lot of
>>>>>DVD menu designers, tie them up and hit them over the head until they learn
>>>>>a simple principle: The purpose of a menu is to get to the feature I want.
>>>>>Not to waste my time with flying text, silly animations, movie spoilers,
>>>>>repetitive soundtracks.
>>>>
>>>> Amen to that. Whoever invented the noisy animated menu should be shot.
>
> Having to figure out where you are (cryptic selection indicator) by unfocusing
> your eyes and seeing what moves is a pain. The people who design these things
> are the ones who design websites based on flash. Hangin's goo good fer 'em.

Good point. One additional point is when you have two options and what
differentiates them between being selected and not being selected is
them switching colours... How the hell do you know what one is selected?

>>>A DVD menu should also NEVER give away spoilers unless you are looking
>>>for spoilers.
> >
>> Whats worse is when the dvd cover art gives away the key point to the whole
>> film, Look at the original Planet of the Apes cover artpictured here.
>>
>> http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/024543001096IE?source=froogle
>
> I'm pretty sure that by the time the DVD came out nearly everybody knew the
> ending already. Does seem like a real annoyance for new movies, though.

Not everyone has seen the movie.

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