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[Suggestion] Improve Database Manager with "Explore" view style

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database: explore databases feature request
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Description

Database Manager is to me a great way to discover new games or quickly informations about games but it's not as user friendly as Explore feature.

Instead of displaying all .rdb files just after you enter the Database Manager entry I'd see something more like that Explore view :

  • Search name (so among all games in all Databases)

  • Show all (here we'd have a list of .rdb files just like currently)

And then all the remaining

  • By Genre
  • By Developer
  • By Year
  • By Release year
  • ...

It'd be way more convenient like this.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the current Database Manager entry with the existing Explore feature. Identify the entry points for listing .rdb files, searching across databases, and browsing metadata such as genre, developer, and year. Done means the Database Manager offers the requested Explore-style navigation and filtering.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
databases, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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