UI in Skyrim is going to look like the itunes interface : V

» Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:06 am

i've read in one of the gameinformer posts that the UI is inspired by itunes, not sure if this is new for you guys or not but i just thought it would be cool to know what you fellas think about this

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 11:09 pm

You read wrong. All Todd said is that when they were brainstorming about the UI they though what if Apple made a UI. Thats it. He didn't say that it was inspired by itunes or any apple product.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:59 pm

What's an itunes? The last thing I saw by Apple was.... I think there was a 'two' in the title of the machine or something.

» Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:57 am

You read wrong. All Todd said is that when they were brainstorming about the UI they though what if Apple made a UI. Thats it. He didn't say that it was inspired by itunes or any apple product.

im not allowed to post scans but im pretty sure what they already have posted in the game informer's mag looks like itunes tho

» Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:08 am

You read wrong. All Todd said is that when they were brainstorming about the UI they though what if Apple made a UI. Thats it. He didn't say that it was inspired by itunes or any apple product.

Yeah, I'm sure he just forgot all about Skyrim and began talking about random occurences in his everday life at that point after he had just begun talking about the Skyrim UI which happens to be rather similar. I'm sure there was no implied influence whatsoever.

I want an "I am not sure what to think of it yet" option.

» Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:56 am

no, well this isn't true, they just take inspiration in the usability of mac products, they just ask themselves "what if mac made a rol game"

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:03 pm

no, well this isn't true, they just take inspiration in the usability of mac products, they just ask themselves "what if mac made a rol game"

Basically this. They won't be modeling Skyrim's UI after iTunes. They were just inspired by it's ease of use.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:55 pm

We haven't even seen it in action yet... this poll is pointless (and would be too absolute in any case).

» Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:55 am

LOL if true, i prefer Music bee beta interface.

BTW does the game comes with an Iphone 4 rebate cupon ?

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:26 pm

Yeah, I'm sure he just forgot all about Skyrim and began talking about random occurences in his everday life at that point after he had just begun talking about the Skyrim UI which happens to be rather similar. I'm sure there was no implied influence whatsoever.

I want an "I am not sure what to think of it yet" option.

Im not exactly sure what you are saying here but the part about what if apple made a UI is directly from Todd's mouth.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:12 pm

Actually from what I've seen, the new UI looks ethereal. Considering you're a Dragonborn, I think it will fit nicely.

» Sun Jun 13, 2010 4:57 am

Im not exactly sure what you are saying here but the part about what if apple made a UI is directly from Todd's mouth.

What I'm saying is that you wouldn't just bring that up randomly in an interview while talking about your own interface that appears to take influence from it unless it really was taking influence from it. That doesn't mean they just copied it directly, but it was clearly an inspiration.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:45 pm

PC users will probably get a different interface - the menu items will be the same but the way they are accessed won't. So I couldn't care less

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» Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:00 pm

At least it stands out!... Probably due to the fact it looks ugly as sin and has no place in the TES world. :facepalm:

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:04 pm

Todd specifically states that the Apple interface was an inspiration for the Skyrim menus. :shrug:
And yes, I love what I've seen so far.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:43 pm

im not allowed to post scans but im pretty sure what they already have posted in the game informer's mag looks like itunes tho

We haven't even seen the inventory list yet right? And besides, no, it'll not look like iTunes, it's just the simplicity that inspired him (them).

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:20 pm

I haven't seen anything of the UI apart from that screen showing the schools of magic, so I didn't vote. You should add an option for not knowing. Really, it's far too soon to say "I love it" or "I hate it" when most of us haven't even seen anything yet.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:57 pm

Until I actually see the new UI in action I'm not going to judge it either way. I will say that judging from the one screenshot I've seen it looks like the menus might have been inspired by and based off of the iTunes "cover flow" feature, which could be really nice if implemented correctly or a fail of epic proportions if implemented incorrectly.

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:41 pm

I haven't seen anything of the UI apart from that screen showing the schools of magic,

I thought that was what we were talking about. :shrug:

Anyway, think that was a 5am, skooma induced decision by the design team with that one. :clap:

» Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:32 pm

I think its a crazy leap to assume the UI will look like iTunes, that's not what Todd said. Being inspired by how easy an interface is to use DOES NOT MEAN it will look anything like iTunes - it means exactly what he said in context - they want to make the interfaces easier to use and navigate the menu's (versus the Fallout3 long-scrolling menus).

Keep it in context! I look forward to seeing how they have improved it.