Widget improvements
under review
Davide Farella
Having a large widget with a single item is not very handy. I would suggest adding more options to display at least 3 items for a large widget.
I would find it super useful having a widget with 3 last watched episodes (or better, one episode for each series), so I can easily tap and start tracking it.
This is literally the only reason why I cannot get rid of Trakt app.
Kevin Cador
under review
I'm currently looking at the feasibility of another Widget Improvement request: to have a slider/carousel. I like that idea because I would keep the design I really like while giving more for people who want more. Would that work for you?
Davide Farella
Thank you Kevin Cador! I'm not sure about the carousel, it would not be the best UX IMHO. I also like the simple design of the current approach, but honestly it's really only aesthetics, with very little utility, still IMHO.
I have two ideas, which one does not exclude the other:
1) Have different widgets, like native apps (e.g. Calendar offers both simple and more informative variants)
2) Not sure how to describe it, nor how Apple does it, since I have very little experience in Swift dev and basically zero in Widgets, but I was impressed when I tried
Siri Suggestions
widget: if you add one Widget, it shows 8 apps, but if you add a second one, it shows 8 different
apps.That would be a nice feature: one could add three Widget with
Last watched
and see his last three watched movies/episodes.I think the first one would probably be easier to use and develop, but just wanted to throw another option.
Kevin Cador
Davide Farella thanks a lot for your feedback! I like Option 2, I have a page with 3 Siri Widgets on my iPhone. I don't know how they do it exactly (I have a hunch but I'm not 100% sure I can do the same).
So far, I've avoided option 1 to not have to maintain two (or 3 to be exact) Widgets but at some point I'll have to I guess.