Magyar_Republic
Self-requested Deactivation
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2011
- Posts
- 2,563
- Location
- Aberdeen, WA
- Society
- Whiskey Confederacy
- Avatar Name
- Edward Magyar Republic
Developers, we as a community would like to thank you for working on the UI. We appreciate your work. This thread isn't a bitch thread, but a log of suggestions to make the new chat UI better.
Below you will find a list of requests from various players to make the new chat UI better.
1) Each tab should have the ability to enter chat, and a selectable channel that chat is entered into.
2) Text Size should be adjustable.
3) The Red Bar announcing globals should be able to be moved independently of the chat window.
4) The Red Bar announcing globals should be able to be disabled.
5) We should be able to upload our own avatars to our profiles, the list of avatars provided is a bit cheesy.
6) We should be able to use a screengrab of our avatars face live within the world as a profile avatar.
7) We should be able to add certain words to a filter, at our discretion, and either enable or disable that filter.
8) Contact list should be filterable based on context flags.
9) Society context flag should auto populate to Contact List, and auto remove if an individual leaves the society before being added to friends, mentors, etc...
10) The text entry field should clear once text is sent to chat.
11) We should have the ability to bold, italic, underline text.
12) Older folks are complaining that the colors are too dull. They would like to see the pallet expanded to include some bright colors, and perhaps the ability to adjust the contrast a bit to achieve a darker black on the chat window.
13) More filters could be added to refine what type of system messages appear.
14) Long texts overlap next section. Scrolling does not seem to work correctly on avatar bio.
15) Text length is not apparent while chatting. Max length in messages is frequently reached.
16) Private messages should appear in their own tab.
17) Message center needs to be resizeable.
18) Rookie chat stops working if it is moved to a different tab after a few minutes.
19) Rookie chat is being exploited. People are using it as the new Trade chat for global sales.
20) Rookie chat breaks all chat channels eventually, causing them to become unresponsive.
21) [channel] tags are not seen as necessary.
22) Background color should be customizable.
23) Auction status is a bit redundant. See post by Dan59
24) No need for System tab by default.
25) Rookie Chat should have some sort of moderation to prevent abuse of 3rd party website advertising.
26) Messages should be able to be removed from message interface.
27) Separate trade into #Buying and #Selling
28) Chat logs dont work
29) Borders are too big and not uniform across entire UI
30) Implement Rookie chat as true newbie channel, for questions. Implement Universal chat for other global communication.
31) Rookie chat should be planetary, not universe wide.
32) Nearby names should not display in PvP
33) Add anonymity options to hide full name and society.
34) Buy out is not anonymous. Some players may wish to make this optional.
35) Planetary trade channels requested
36) No way to rename avatars unless they are on friends list, this option should exist for any name in the contact list.
37) No way to move tabs from top corners of screen.
38) Please re-instate shortcuts for channels. /s for /society, /tr for trade, etc.
39) Message center does not allow text copy
40) Default Item is displayed when linking items, not the actual item in question.
41) Friend list is difficult to use. See Akbar's post here:https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/fo...=1#post3240449
42) the tutorial messages in messaging center should be possible to delete/filter
43) sales messages should have clear indication of total income (minus all sale costs, including placing cost)
44) activating FL on logon is not needed
45) the options to disable voice chat etc are not stored on logout
46) all PMs should result in a notification
47) ingame events should be made more visible, maybe a special channel?
48) auction should also notify about when your bid is overbid by someone as before
49) Rookie Chat should display the planet the player is on next to the name.
50) Chat histories (up/down arrows) should be independent for each channel. When I press 'Arrow Up' in #Trade, I shouldn't see the previous message from #Soc - besides convenience, it will save from accidental sending out of private info.
51)There should be a way to temporarily minimize windows without moving all their channels to other windows. E.g., I want to hide a window with trade/rookie channels but keep the one with system/PMs. At least they should fold the way the old UI's private chats did fold (so you see only a header), at best - there should be a panel from which you could select which windows you'd like to see now. Naturally, windows should remember their positions on screen.
52) Commands like /listmembers without parameters should work for the currently selected channel.
53) Instead of a few predefined colors, add a 8- or better 16-bit color picker, so everyone could make as crazy combinations as he wants.
54) Maybe remove the buttons that invoke Contacts and Message Center and let people use standard buttons from Action Library and place them wherever they what. Don't know is it possible to display dynamic data, like a messages counter, on standard buttons - if not, create for that purpose a little movable panel similar to the Action Set panel in the top-left corner, kinda like (with icons clickable and opening corresponding sections):
All is IMHO, of course, not necessarily anyone else would like anything of it.
To be continued...
To be continued...
Below you will find a list of requests from various players to make the new chat UI better.
1) Each tab should have the ability to enter chat, and a selectable channel that chat is entered into.
2) Text Size should be adjustable.
3) The Red Bar announcing globals should be able to be moved independently of the chat window.
4) The Red Bar announcing globals should be able to be disabled.
5) We should be able to upload our own avatars to our profiles, the list of avatars provided is a bit cheesy.
6) We should be able to use a screengrab of our avatars face live within the world as a profile avatar.
7) We should be able to add certain words to a filter, at our discretion, and either enable or disable that filter.
8) Contact list should be filterable based on context flags.
9) Society context flag should auto populate to Contact List, and auto remove if an individual leaves the society before being added to friends, mentors, etc...
10) The text entry field should clear once text is sent to chat.
11) We should have the ability to bold, italic, underline text.
12) Older folks are complaining that the colors are too dull. They would like to see the pallet expanded to include some bright colors, and perhaps the ability to adjust the contrast a bit to achieve a darker black on the chat window.
13) More filters could be added to refine what type of system messages appear.
14) Long texts overlap next section. Scrolling does not seem to work correctly on avatar bio.
15) Text length is not apparent while chatting. Max length in messages is frequently reached.
16) Private messages should appear in their own tab.
17) Message center needs to be resizeable.
18) Rookie chat stops working if it is moved to a different tab after a few minutes.
19) Rookie chat is being exploited. People are using it as the new Trade chat for global sales.
20) Rookie chat breaks all chat channels eventually, causing them to become unresponsive.
21) [channel] tags are not seen as necessary.
22) Background color should be customizable.
23) Auction status is a bit redundant. See post by Dan59
24) No need for System tab by default.
25) Rookie Chat should have some sort of moderation to prevent abuse of 3rd party website advertising.
26) Messages should be able to be removed from message interface.
27) Separate trade into #Buying and #Selling
28) Chat logs dont work
29) Borders are too big and not uniform across entire UI
30) Implement Rookie chat as true newbie channel, for questions. Implement Universal chat for other global communication.
31) Rookie chat should be planetary, not universe wide.
32) Nearby names should not display in PvP
33) Add anonymity options to hide full name and society.
34) Buy out is not anonymous. Some players may wish to make this optional.
35) Planetary trade channels requested
36) No way to rename avatars unless they are on friends list, this option should exist for any name in the contact list.
37) No way to move tabs from top corners of screen.
38) Please re-instate shortcuts for channels. /s for /society, /tr for trade, etc.
39) Message center does not allow text copy
40) Default Item is displayed when linking items, not the actual item in question.
41) Friend list is difficult to use. See Akbar's post here:https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/fo...=1#post3240449
42) the tutorial messages in messaging center should be possible to delete/filter
43) sales messages should have clear indication of total income (minus all sale costs, including placing cost)
44) activating FL on logon is not needed
45) the options to disable voice chat etc are not stored on logout
46) all PMs should result in a notification
47) ingame events should be made more visible, maybe a special channel?
48) auction should also notify about when your bid is overbid by someone as before
49) Rookie Chat should display the planet the player is on next to the name.
50) Chat histories (up/down arrows) should be independent for each channel. When I press 'Arrow Up' in #Trade, I shouldn't see the previous message from #Soc - besides convenience, it will save from accidental sending out of private info.
51)There should be a way to temporarily minimize windows without moving all their channels to other windows. E.g., I want to hide a window with trade/rookie channels but keep the one with system/PMs. At least they should fold the way the old UI's private chats did fold (so you see only a header), at best - there should be a panel from which you could select which windows you'd like to see now. Naturally, windows should remember their positions on screen.
52) Commands like /listmembers without parameters should work for the currently selected channel.
53) Instead of a few predefined colors, add a 8- or better 16-bit color picker, so everyone could make as crazy combinations as he wants.
54) Maybe remove the buttons that invoke Contacts and Message Center and let people use standard buttons from Action Library and place them wherever they what. Don't know is it possible to display dynamic data, like a messages counter, on standard buttons - if not, create for that purpose a little movable panel similar to the Action Set panel in the top-left corner, kinda like (with icons clickable and opening corresponding sections):
All is IMHO, of course, not necessarily anyone else would like anything of it.
To be continued...
To be continued...
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