Here is a concise summary of the provided text:
**Title:** Critique of Poor User Interface (UI) Design
**Main Points:**
* The author rants about frustrating User Experiences (UX) and poor UI design in various platforms, highlighting how good UI often goes unnoticed.
* Specific examples of criticized UI/UX include:
+ Microsoft products (Windows, Xbox One dashboard)
+ Video games (Mafia 3, Super Smash Brothers Melee's newer versions)
+ Media apps (Hulu, Amazon Prime) on Xbox One
* In contrast, Netflix is praised for its improved UI/UX.
* Key takeaways on good UI design:
+ Stays out of the user's way
+ Doesn't waste the user's time
+ Provides a seamless experience, making itself unnoticed.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, excluding opinions, with each fact numbered and in short sentences:
1. **Microsoft is criticized for its UI design**, specifically in Windows Live and Windows 8.
2. **Windows 8 was widely hated for its large use of giant panels** for navigation.
3. **Xbox One's dashboard navigation is described as stuttery, slow, and confusing**.
4. **Xbox One's UI has multiple screens with advertisements**.
5. **To turn off auto-renewal for Xbox Live on Xbox One, users must go to the Xbox website**.
6. **A Naughty Dog artist spent many hours designing the backpack UI in The Last of Us**.
7. **The weapon wheel was an innovation in console gaming**, providing quick options.
8. **Hulu's app has a loud greeting and giant fonts with struggling picture loading**.
9. **Hulu's "Keep Watching" tab does not always show the most recently watched show**.
10. **Hulu does not auto-play the next episode in a series after credits like Netflix does**.
11. **Amazon Prime's UI features a sideways scroll bar with occasional stuttering**.
12. **Netflix's UI is praised for using less than half the screen space effectively**.
13. **Netflix allows skipping intros, has smooth scrolling, and tracks watched content well**.
14. **Snapchat's new UI (at the time of recording) was also criticized** (no specific details on what was criticized, as the text cuts off at this point, but this fact is about the existence of criticism rather than expressing an opinion).