Well, it is more of a multi part wish. This wish is that Netflix would embrace their streaming customers better. The main part of this wish is that Netflix would take a page from Hulu and make a desktop application. Hulu Desktop is a nice piece of software that is easy to navigate especially on a 32” HDTV from the couch. Netflix needs one. Windows Media Center has a Netflix section, but it is buggy and lackluster. It looks gorgeous though. Take a look.
So as you can see, it is visually easy to navigate. It follows the same tile interface of the rest of Windows Media Center. But I think Netflix can do better. Hulu Desktop does one thing: Connects to Hulu and lets you watch their content. It does this well. I think if Netflix took a page from Hulu and builds a program to allow us to watch their content that we pay for; it will win back a lot of users. The Netflix web portal is nice also; but it lacks a few features. Mainly a keyboard centered navigation, a la Hulu Desktop. And continuous play. Hulu handles this by having a bar pop up during the last 30-60 seconds of a episode and lets you, the user, choose the next episode in the series, or one of the suggested videos. And all this is using the keyboard navigation.
I know that building a program from the ground up isn’t easy. But Netlifx has enough revenue to outsource the job to professional programmers who can make this happen. I just ask for a few things; this will make the HTPC I operate even better. Netflix, listen to my plea and make it happen.
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