Accessibility of interface

[the_antisocial_hermit]

It's been mentioned before; several times I think, but nothing's ever been done about it. It annoys me too. Especially when I'm just clicking by habit and hit the one that takes me back.

[Sicofonte]

PROVIDE "SHOW TODAY" BUTTON IN THE EVENTS PAGE

This was a suggestion in the Flyspray system (Task ID: 257; Task type: Feature Request; Category: Web Interface; Status: Requires testing; Assigned To: Pedro Loureiro)

The "Show ALL"button on the events page seems to return several days of conversation which takes a longer time to refresh. Often, this is a lot more than is needed.

Could we have a Show Today button in between "Show None" and "Show All" so that we can just refresh the conversation from the beginning of today?

Good idea! But how should we define 'today'? With the current turn number? That would be useful for people in some time zones, but useless for people in other ones ... Or just the past 8 in-game hours, including the current? That might be most useful ...

If user presses "show today", then he goes to another tab and comes back to events, should today's events still be displayed or should it show what is shown by default?
At the moment the "hide all" button has this memory effect, but the "show all" does not...

The "show today" button should have the memory effect. The practical problem is that when playing the game, periodically a whole round of introductions is done at a location - such as when the Karnon Imperial army gathered with its allies recently. To update the character names, it is necessary to repeatedly select a character, then edit their name, and then return to the events screen. Because the current view disappears after a few cycles, it is then necessary to hit "show all" which takes quite a while to refresh each time. All that is really needed is to see the last 8 Cantor hours of activity to be able to name the next character.

[Lord_Igor]

I would like if it was possible to view notes in envelopes without first taking them out.

[Solfius]

I would like if it was possible to view notes in envelopes without first taking them out.

So, having folders instead of envelopes?

A good idea I think, as it can be fairly time consuming to take notes out, look at them and replace them

[wichita]

I agree with note previewing as well.

[Zanthos]

I don't really know where this would go, but can we have the option to automatically add resources to a clothing project like we have with tools? and maybe the same interactive clothing menu?

It's not vital, but has the potential to drastically reduce the number of clicks it takes to manufacture clothing, good for slower browsers.

BUt this has probably already been suggested already, hasnt it.

[Arlequin]

Another suggestion:

Switch the talk form and the character rename form, so we can talk from the character description page. You need to rename a character only once, but then you may talk to him/her very often and then it's an annoyance to load two pages each time, either if you click his name in the activity page or go each time to the people page and click the talk button. Also I would like to keep the description on sight while I'm talking.

[Dozess]

grate idea, Arlequin. 100% support.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

Fix the clothing menu... make it nicer... and make it where you can automatically add resources to clothing when you choose to make something. It kind of sucks when you're used to being able to add automatically for most things and all of a sudden you can't on clothing. It's always being overlooked....


And still... again... how about a link to the java chat client on the down page? The information is not enough for some people that would like to get in when Cantr is down. Just a simple link...

[SekoETC]

A logical request: Merge the target selection and amount selection pages for giving resources. That would save you from loading one page. There isn't much sense in having them separately anyway, since it doesn't do any checks after selecting the character, you only check for their weight capacity after you've chosen how much to give. Also, that page is missing the famous back button.

[Pie]

here's a suestion. Get rid of the extra page when selecting people to view. I should only have to click on that eye button once.

[Sicofonte]

Switch the talk form and the character rename form, so we can talk from the character description page. You need to rename a character only once, but then you may talk to him/her very often and then it's an annoyance to load two pages each time, either if you click his name in the activity page or go each time to the people page and click the talk button. Also I would like to keep the description on sight while I'm talking.

Switch or just merge?

I would love the character's description page (when that character is in the same location) having the form for whispering, and the drop-down list for the dragging option, just there.

A logical request: Merge the target selection and amount selection pages for giving resources. That would save you from loading one page. There isn't much sense in having them separately anyway, since it doesn't do any checks after selecting the character, you only check for their weight capacity after you've chosen how much to give. Also, that page is missing the famous back button.

An expansion to this:
Having, anywhere in the Events page (maybe in a bordered menu in the side of the page), three buttons "Take", "Drop" and "Give" with its respective drop-down lists:
- Take button, with a drop-down list for the resource(maximum)/items/notes/keys.
- Drop button, with a drop-down list seeded with the character's inventory, for selectiong the resource(maximum)/item/note/key to be dropped.
- Give button, with two drop-down lists, one seeded with the character's inventory, for selecting the resource(maximum)/item/note/key to give away, and the other seeded with the characters in sight, for selecting the receiver.

Other frequent actions could be in that side menu.


I have seen some webs with user-defined links. This would be just great. You could have fast links for editing your diary note, seeing your favourite map, whispering your lover, hunting those annoying scarabs... all those particular actions that your character does often but always requires more than two page loads to be accomplished (and two page loads when Cantr is lagged is just an agony).

[Sicofonte]

A simple but useful suggestion from Dertalai's ideas in the Spanish forum:


Adding, in the project setting menu, next to each required resource, the amount of each required resource that the character has in the inventory.

Example:

In one day you can produce 350 gramos of iron. You will need the next resources:
840 grams of iron ore (you have 2000)
560 grams of coal (you have 1200)
1750 grams of limestone (you have 1800).

[tiddy ogg]

On the Locations page, for those who can't see the map/understand the symbols on it: Would it be possible to describe the terrain of adjacent locations... ie
"Path to unknown destination becomes
Path to unknown destination (forest)?

[Sicofonte]

In the damage / hunger / tireness bars, the number of the percentage is into de image of the bar. When you are not able to see images, thats a problem.

I would appreciate to change those damage / hunger / tireness bars for the bars systems used for the vehicles/locations capacity, where the number is outside the bar, as text.