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Bedrock Servers Tab Needs a Complete Redesign

The new servers UI is a travesty that needs to be fixed. First, here's a list of what's wrong with it:

  • The first thing you see is a banner ad that takes up quite a bit of screen real estate.
  • Navigation with a controller was not well thought-out. (See below for some more details)
  • 3rd-party servers are hidden behind a button at the bottom, making them inconvenient to access.

As far as controller navigation is concerned, here are some things that make it difficult as of writing this:

  • The "New & Featured" section is in a tile layout where one button is large, and the other 4 buttons are smaller. navigating between these with a controller is somewhat inconvenient.
  • The right and left buttons in the "Trending" section are difficult to access on a controller as it depends on having previously selected the bottom-right tile from the "New & Featured" section, making it difficult to scroll through the pages of the "Trending" section.
  • The "Add Server" and "My Servers" buttons at the bottom seem to require that the bottom-right tile of the "All Servers" section be selected in order to move the selection onto them.

I suggest the following to fix the above problems:

  • Remove the banner ad at the top and replace it with a favorite or pinned server section.
  • On platforms that support it, saved 3rd-party servers should automatically appear at the top of the list before partnered servers.
  • Use a single-column layout when using a controller
  • Make pagination possible using the left and right trigger buttons.
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    There are more details that I would like to add, but couldn't fit into the character limit:

    • Don't make sections to advertise partnered servers. Put them in whatever order you wish, but make sure that they are always below saved 3rd-party servers and pinned partnered servers.
    • Make connecting to the server the default action upon pressing the A button on the selected server and use another button (perhaps X or Y) to show more details about that server. On other platforms, there could be a join button and an info button on each server in the list.