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UI DEGREDATION
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Max McGee
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CloseHmm, how to focus this in a way that doesn't sound overly harsh.
Aesthetically, I'm not a big fan of the changes to the user interface/menu structure of in the past several months. The frontpage looks way too cluttered with like a million, billion "featured doodads" and mini-listings, about half of which seem conceptually redundant to me. It's just very...garish and eye hurting. And the forums are starting to get the same way with the (IMHO) entirely redundant "latest topics" bar on the right side. It's just...cluttery, I guess. Site functionality is starting to suffer at least a little bit, too. I don't like having to click twice to get to the forums (which is the only reason I'd ever mouse over community) but that may just be personal preference.
This is just one opinion that you're free to credit or ignore as you see fit. I'm not ragequitting the site or staging a revolt. Take or leave it, others can feel free to chime in.
Thanks for listening,
-Max
Aesthetically, I'm not a big fan of the changes to the user interface/menu structure of in the past several months. The frontpage looks way too cluttered with like a million, billion "featured doodads" and mini-listings, about half of which seem conceptually redundant to me. It's just very...garish and eye hurting. And the forums are starting to get the same way with the (IMHO) entirely redundant "latest topics" bar on the right side. It's just...cluttery, I guess. Site functionality is starting to suffer at least a little bit, too. I don't like having to click twice to get to the forums (which is the only reason I'd ever mouse over community) but that may just be personal preference.
This is just one opinion that you're free to credit or ignore as you see fit. I'm not ragequitting the site or staging a revolt. Take or leave it, others can feel free to chime in.
Thanks for listening,
-Max
TheNecromancer
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author=Max McGeeI don't understand. You don't have to click twice for forums. If you hover over community, that's only 1 click. There is a Forum link at the bottom of the page, there's another one click solution :P
I don't like having to click twice to get to the forums (which is the only reason I'd ever mouse over community) but that may just be personal preference.
I like the frontpage. It shows off much more content. Latest threads isn't on the frontpage or Forums, it's on the Community portal. Which is the same page as Forums, just with an added bar on the side of "Latest" stuff.
Misao nominations have increased by nearly 30% since the new layout was implemented.
RMN just has a lot of content. It's hard to make it all visible. I try.
RMN just has a lot of content. It's hard to make it all visible. I try.
author=Link_2112
I don't understand. You don't have to click twice for forums. If you hover over community, that's only 1 click...
In mobile devices it is kind of a chore. You have to long-press slightly to make the dropdown menus work, and sometimes it goes to the main portal on release anyway. Then again maybe I just have clumsy fingers. xP
But yeah, I've said it before and I've said it again. The portals are a good idea, but the frontpage is a mess. =P
TheNecromancer
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Ah, I didn't think of touch screens. The portal is the forum, so it's the not much different. Or does that extra bar on the right screw up the formatting in some way?
I love the frontpage. It's what attracted me to the site. Though I can't say anything about how it is on mobile devices.
The forum link works well without any hassle on all of my mobile devices. Worst case scenario is you get sent to the community portal... which is pretty much just the forums and a sidebar you can safely ignore. Besides, if was really such a hassle on your own devices you could just bookmarks the forums.
This is why I suggested the shortcut idea: Having a number of shortcuts that a person can attach to their top-bar for ease of access to pages they visit a lot.
(I was thinking about five which could be adjusted via a copy/paste of the address in settings - and would default to each portal page. They could be put in a drop-down from the RMN sign on the top-bar.)
Personally, though, I rather like the changes.
(I was thinking about five which could be adjusted via a copy/paste of the address in settings - and would default to each portal page. They could be put in a drop-down from the RMN sign on the top-bar.)
Personally, though, I rather like the changes.
I like the changes, too. I find myself visiting the Community page all the time now, to get a quick view of the latest activity.
But anywho, just complaining that the frontpage is a mess and is cluttery isn't very helpful or worthwhile. it doesn't help me identify what the root problems might be for you in its design.
I mean, you could play around with the CSS in Opera Dragonfly or something. http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/105/locker/rmn4_3_mockup_reds2.png
But anywho, just complaining that the frontpage is a mess and is cluttery isn't very helpful or worthwhile. it doesn't help me identify what the root problems might be for you in its design.
I mean, you could play around with the CSS in Opera Dragonfly or something. http://rpgmaker.net/media/content/users/105/locker/rmn4_3_mockup_reds2.png
I don't have the time or skills for that, I'm afraid.
I thought "there's a bit of clutter/information overload" was a few steps ahead of "I don't like it it's bad".
I thought "there's a bit of clutter/information overload" was a few steps ahead of "I don't like it it's bad".
Darken
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Hmm, what's the point of putting the latest scripts etc. on the front page when the "DEVELOPMENT" page displays that? (GAMES page also does that but I imagine all that's worth putting in the spotlight). If I were to point at anything, it's figuring out what's redundant (how many hits does x link have on the frontpage vs others). I think there are ways to minimize the frontpage just a little bit. But that requires research and i am not sure if that's a diy thing.
edit: idk it really isn't that bad, unless you have a small screen most of the stuff is well concentrated.
edit: idk it really isn't that bad, unless you have a small screen most of the stuff is well concentrated.
thatbennyguy
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The new UI might make it harder to get to the forums, but it makes it a ton easier to get to other pages like tutorials, scripts, post history, the IRC, and other things. Besides, the frontpage is mostly for visitors, anyway, you should know that. Frequent users know where to look for the games they want, and they probably have a bookmark of the forum page saved already for quick access. Besides, it doesn't take that much to type "/forums" on the end of your url, does it?
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