11 Jul 10
When I'm looking at a game, I have to scroll down to see the time controls. There seems to be enough horizontal space beside the players' names and flags for a modified time-controls window, e.g.,
Player1 (flag) 1d 23h 45m remaining (7d timebank)
Player2 (flag) (7d timebank)
The overall time controls (e.g. 3 days per move, 7 days timebank) could go up in the game-description block, in a second column--there seems to be plenty of horizontal space up there too.
Moving this information "above the fold" would be pretty easy without cluttering the screen--there's lots of nice clear space up there just waiting to be used 🙂
12 Jul 10
Originally posted by pyxelatedRemember, different people have different screen resolutions. The whitespace you see might not be there for everyone else.
When I'm looking at a game, I have to scroll down to see the time controls. There seems to be enough horizontal space beside the players' names and flags for a modified time-controls window, e.g.,
Player1 (flag) 1d 23h 45m remaining (7d timebank)
Player2 (flag) (7d timebank)
The overall time controls (e.g. 3 ...[text shortened]... cluttering the screen--there's lots of nice clear space up there just waiting to be used 🙂
13 Jul 10
Originally posted by Daemon SinWell, I don't want to start an argument about something I have next to no information on, though I imagine that most RHP players these days have at least 1Kx768 available.
Remember, different people have different screen resolutions. The whitespace you see might not be there for everyone else.
Point taken, though... I forgot that board size is an option, and that not everybody chooses the small board (my preference). Still, I wonder if there's a way to rearrange things so that the time controls can appear above the fold. Having to scroll to see something as vital to the game as the time controls is annoying.
13 Jul 10
Originally posted by pyxelatedTrue, but I'll bet there's still a few annoying people stilling viewing the site in 800 x 600 and IE5. God knows I get enough of those loonies on my own sites.
Well, I don't want to start an argument about something I have next to no information on, though I imagine that most RHP players these days have at least 1Kx768 available.
Point taken, though... I forgot that board size is an option, and that not everybody chooses the small board (my preference). Still, I wonder if there's a way to rearrange things so t ...[text shortened]... fold. Having to scroll to see something as vital to the game as the time controls is annoying.
Russ has mentioned that he's planning to launch a redesign of the site interface in Feb 2011. Maybe if you suggest it to him (make a post about it in Side ideas of use the Send Feedback option), he'll include it in the redesign.
Or, if you know how to, you could even write your own custom CSS file or browser plugin to move the time controls yourself.
13 Jul 10
Originally posted by Daemon SinDoh! Now why didn't I think of that? 🙂 I do this stuff for a living... but I've never used user CSS to modify somebody else's site. I'll have to give it a try.
True, but I'll bet there's still a few annoying people stilling viewing the site in 800 x 600 and IE5. God knows I get enough of those loonies on my own sites.
Russ has mentioned that he's planning to launch a redesign of the site interface in Feb 2011. Maybe if you suggest it to him (make a post about it in Side ideas of use the Send Feedback option), ...[text shortened]... ld even write your own custom CSS file or browser plugin to move the time controls yourself.
And I should have posted this in Site Ideas to begin with.
Thanks!
13 Jul 10
It is an interesting idea that caught my attention because I just fixed the bug "timebank not shown correctly for unstarted games - no depletion shown", and I made some minor changes to board view time controls display.
Having just set up a worst case though, assuming a 1024px horizontal res, a large board, a non-sub player (so they see an ad) with an opponent with a long name leaves very little space for additional information. I'll definitely consider it during the interface refresh though.
14 Jul 10
Originally posted by RussHi Russ! Thanks for considering this (and thanks for a very entertaining site).
It is an interesting idea that caught my attention because I just fixed the bug "timebank not shown correctly for unstarted games - no depletion shown", and I made some minor changes to board view time controls display.
Having just set up a worst case though, assuming a 1024px horizontal res, a large board, a non-sub player (so they see an ad) with an ...[text shortened]... for additional information. I'll definitely consider it during the interface refresh though.
One possibility to save some horizontal space would be to make it a table with just the times beside the players' names and the identifying info in the headers, e.g.
| Left to move | Timebank |
01d 23h 45 m | 06d 05h 04m |
(empty space, he's not on move)|7d |
Of course this looks ugly (I can't line things up properly), but you get the idea... trade vertical space for horizontal. Don't know how much that will help in the worst case.... but maybe enough?
14 Jul 10
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Originally posted by RussWhy not use the hover feature?
It is an interesting idea that caught my attention because I just fixed the bug "timebank not shown correctly for unstarted games - no depletion shown", and I made some minor changes to board view time controls display.
Having just set up a worst case though, assuming a 1024px horizontal res, a large board, a non-sub player (so they see an ad) with an ...[text shortened]... for additional information. I'll definitely consider it during the interface refresh though.
When hover over the avatar, then all the stat info appears.
14 Jul 10
Originally posted by FabianFnas(2) Looks like it's changed from Arial to Verdana.
I'm not too keen on this new design:
(1) The left column is to wide. It was better before.
(2) Is there another font used on the poster text? It was better before.
Info on each posting header - nice.
(1)That column hasn't been changed. It doesn't have a set width, it stretches to fit in the longest line of text in the entire column (usually the "Location" line). The only reason it might look longer is that characters in the Verdana font are slightly wider than in the old Arial one.