It's even worse than it appears.
Friday January 15, 2021; 1:11 PM EST
Roku's UI?#
  • I think Roku is an incredible product. The remote is the best. The UI is great. On screens that integrate it, where Roku is the OS, it's even better. It's how screens should work, imho. I called it the Entertainment Desktop in April 2019. #
  • But there's something I've heard a lot -- Roku's user interface "needs work." Or it's old-looking, dated. #
  • But I don't get it. Compared to what? It seems pretty good to me, and I've spent decades thinking about and working on interfaces for stuff like that.#
  • PS: Remember iTunes?#

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