Grid view on big box?

[sagaopc]

There is a possibilty to put grid view on Big Box and others forms? Like a launchbox, had grid style...

[DOS76]

BigBox has a grid view its called LaunchBox

[Kriven]

DOS76 said BigBox has a grid view its called LaunchBox

That wasn't nice :-\ There's a lot a grid view in Big Box could provide that LaunchBox can't, like a way more comfortable couch experience.

[DOS76]

My bad I'm not trying to be a dick or anything I just don't see why you would want BigBox in grid view I feel like it would be like using LaunchBox. I voted for BigBox and I find it to be very attractive looking but I always find myself using LaunchBox (on the couch, in bed or at the kitchen table) because I find it to be more usable. Yeah if I have people over and want to show off my setup I'll show them BigBox. I have been using double B a little more lately though because after adding the videos from EmuMovies it really pops. Again I apologize I wasn't trying to be an asshole.

[SentaiBrad]

Neither Big Box or LaunchBox are done growing and developing and indeed they can learn from each other. That said, some things work on one that don't work on the other. Even so, there will be a lot of experimentation, a lot of lofty goals and ambitions that Jason and myself have. We never entirely rule anything out. We can at least test it, gauge user interest and of course see how it fits in to everything else. Big Box was made with one thing in mind and that is your TV. The reason why there is no Grid view has a little bit to do with LaunchBox, it kind of has that covered. We kind of saw that LaunchBox in the way it is setup can translate to a TV but there is a better way to do it. In the same way that Big Box can work on a computer right in front of you but LaunchBox works better with a mouse and keyboard. The way BigBox is designed is not around a Grid View system, which is not to say it will never happen but is to say that they both compliment each other. Let's keep in mind that Jason is the only coder and an entirely new way to view things when you already have two sides of a product that compliment each other the way LaunchBox and BigBox do it would be... not wasted time, but time spent else where to make BigBox have more feature parody to LaunchBox. LB always had the opportunity to be controlled with a controller, but it shines with a mouse and keyboard. BB can be controlled with a keyboard, but shines with a controller. Shoehorning the opposite of what each of these pieces of software do defeats the purpose of one another and they're already super competent.

[Kriven]

DOS: Don't beat yourself up too hard about it, man. You weren't in Asshole Country yet. Mainly the thing that a grid view would offer Big Box is expediency. I, like DOS, find myself using LaunchBox more because it's much simpler to navigate. In Big Box I have a list, and I have to pick through the list one item at a time. It's a pain, particularly for large collections. A grid view (which is already partially implemented on the front page of BB... literally just expand that to have more columns and rows and we're in business) would allow users the benefits of both an easy and intuitive browsing experience with the style offered only by Big Box.

[Jason Carr]

I actually do see a grid view as an important option for Big Box, or at least a box art list view of some sort. I'm not sure exactly when we'll tackle that, but it is indeed planned.

[Dormat]

+1 The other big benefit for grid view in big box is ease of use for those who only use it but won't be configuring it. We would be able to limit the features and keep it simple.

[jacobsson]

+1 for the grid view!!! I think this issue has a good summation on a higher level:
https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/2102/new-view-in-bigbox-grid

[barksdale365]

This is what I am looking for before pulling the trigger.

Ideally with the following:

• Vertical/Horizontal Scrolling
• Number of rows/columns
• Size of each grid
• Square/Wide/Poster grid format

[Bedwyr]

The pre-existing analog to grid view is Kodi. Several Kodi themes already have poster/album grids that people can page through and that works quite well on the big screen for taking in lots of content and options at once.