Do you think the PS3 "dashboard" needs a facelift?

It does, in my opinion. Compared to the 360's, the PS3 dashboard is quite bland. I would like to see a whole new setup, which should include an improved user profile tab that pops up when you log on and shows what trophies you have earned, profile info, and so on. Also a seperate tab for demo's would be nice, rather than them stacking up in your game tab.

What would you guys like to see improved/added/removed from the PS3 dash, if anything?

The XMB is fine, easy to use and straight forward, function over flash.

You fail. There is a demo tab under the game tab. That is where all my demos are:roll: Also it just got a face lift so your not going to get another on soon. IMO

Couldnt hurt. I dont really care that much myself i spend very little time actually looking at it, but it would be a nice change i guess.

It's called the "Cross Media Bar" or XMB. You can liven up your theme by downloading or creating your own. Do a Google search for PS3 Themes and you'll find a bunch of websites with free user created content. I don't want to see my trophy info every time I log on. The most common thing I want to do is play games.

EDIT: Didn't see that part about a demo tab. You can press triangle while highlighting a demo and under information type in Demo and then press square to change the sort method and you'll find them all in a folder named Demo. Ta-Da

You fail. There is a demo tab under the game tab. That is where all my demos are:roll: Also it just got a face lift so your not going to get another on soon. IMO

POPEYE1716

I like the PS3's dashboard. It's easy to navigate through. The Xbox's is horrible in my opinion.

The XMB is fine the way it is. :)

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You fail. There is a demo tab under the game tab. That is where all my demos are:roll: Also it just got a face lift so your not going to get another on soon. IMO

zarshack

I like it the way it is, everything is simple and a lot easier to use than the 360 dashboard, demos are very easy to find too, I do agree about the user profile, would be nice to see some improvements to the friend list, like being able to see their info without having to click on their profile.

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You fail. There is a demo tab under the game tab. That is where all my demos are:roll: Also it just got a face lift so your not going to get another on soon. IMO

The_Rick_14

I think the XMB is awesome, and easily the best out there, IMO. It could use a couple of tweaks, sure, but I don't want any major changes to it because I'm very happy with it.

Simple, clean, and elegant. Exactly as a user interface should be.

You said 'dashboard'.

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Xross Media Bar.. get it right! and i could care less. i put a game in and i play it.. end of story.. BTW coolest story you will ever hear..

who cares about little pointless things like how it looks when it functions like it should..

What? The PS3 doesn't have a dashboard. It's not a car.

What? The PS3 doesn't have a dashboard. It's not a car.

Furi-Kun

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What? The PS3 doesn't have a dashboard. It's not a car.

NaughtyRag

Pick me up plz. :P

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What? The PS3 doesn't have a dashboard. It's not a car.

Furi-Kun

Pick me up plz. :P

Eww you called it a dashboard. PS3's interface has a super cool name: Xross Media Bar or just XMB. I love it though. I think it's really easy to use and very well organized. The way it's set up allows for quick access for anything you need.

i think the ps3 dashboard is out of date. they need to make it more accessible to people. make it faster and easier to find things and just more intuitive, and less cluttered. as it stands now i think the xmb is way over cluttered, they need to simply things, they can keep all the options in there while simplying the interface alot. xmb was great back in the day but its dated now, and 3.0 is in my opinion a sign that sony heading in the right direction. clarkportmanken

Sony already attempted to do that, and failed miserably

I find thr XMB much easier to navigate and far more practical.

Imo the 360 dashboard is quite clumsy, to much flash for no reason.

[QUOTE="clarkportmanken"]i think the ps3 dashboard is out of date. they need to make it more accessible to people. make it faster and easier to find things and just more intuitive, and less cluttered. as it stands now i think the xmb is way over cluttered, they need to simply things, they can keep all the options in there while simplying the interface alot. xmb was great back in the day but its dated now, and 3.0 is in my opinion a sign that sony heading in the right direction. raven_squad

its not as user friendly as it could be. it is cluttered and thats just a fact, you can hardly see your background most of the time since theres so much stuff on screen at the same time, which i thinks a waste cause your really only focused on thing at a time.

i don't need to see everything, 9/10 times your either playing a game or blu-ray after that the playstation store and the friend list is the next big thing. thats four things that your really gonna need access to most of the time you log on.

the other stuff doesn't always have to be on screen cluttering everything up. sony's just needs to make things more accessible and just easier to navigate the thing. increasing the font size and icon size is a good sign, they see their issues and you can tell they are addressing them.

I love how it is right now. I would be kind of upset if they changed it =/

I like the PS3's dashboard. It's easy to navigate through. The Xbox's is horrible in my opinion.

brandojones

It does, in my opinion. Compared to the 360's, the PS3 dashboard is quite bland. I would like to see a whole new setup, which should include an improved user profile tab that pops up when you log on and shows what trophies you have earned, profile info, and so on. Also a seperate tab for demo's would be nice, rather than them stacking up in your game tab.

What would you guys like to see improved/added/removed from the PS3 dash, if anything?

Samox

So you prefer a cluttered interface, with useless advertisements everywhere and stupid looking avatars to the elegant and easy-to-use/straight-forward XBM?

And to respond to your question, I like the XBM the way it is. It doesn't need any "facelift", just small improvements because it already is close to perfection like the PlayStation controller. :D

I think it needs a small fix. Its good but the latest patch messed it up a bit.

If you want a good theme for xmb grab this one

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3media&thread.id=157218&view=by_date_ascending&page=3

Get one I edited(PhalanX) for fm 3.0 since the guy who made it added this ugly half blob behind the icons. All i did was remove it from the wallpaper and centered the main icons so it looks closer to the themes first debut.

1. It'snot the "dashboard, it's the Cross Media Bar, or XMB for short
2. No

first of all, it's called the XMB, second of all, it's good the way it is. nice, clean and simple. what you're suggesting would make it as ugly and cluttered as the 360 dashboard.