FA Project: UI Overhaul
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mboy10032004
New Member
The 'Species' list should be updated to include:
Rabbit
Squirrel
Hedgehog
Shark
Chicken
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When hovering a submission, the popup should show only 'By xxx' and the corresponding avatar.
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Every FA webpage should have a box for login & password. I don't like to navigate back to my userpage after login.
Rabbit
Squirrel
Hedgehog
Shark
Chicken
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When hovering a submission, the popup should show only 'By xxx' and the corresponding avatar.
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Every FA webpage should have a box for login & password. I don't like to navigate back to my userpage after login.
RailRide
The Real Wheels of Steel
Gronthar said:
You can already achieve this effect. Since BBCode can be used in descriptions, all you need are the URLs of the preceding and succeeding pages:
{url=URL} Link text {/url}
Replace the "{ }" with "[ ]" in actual use, and as long as the string of links is typed out as one line, they'll appear as one line in the description. I've posted more than 50 pages of comic in my gallery and they're all linked in this fashion. In fact, I made the suggestion that links open in the same window just so this technique would work.
---PCJ
Spottycat
New Member
Things I would like to see:
Groups should be obvious why people want that. Then if you're drawing something for a particular community, people could more easily watch a whole community for updates instead of browsing the main list constantly looking for new artists.
Multiple Color Schemes should also be obvious.
Changing the Nav Links to a horizontal bar I think would help reduce a slight amount of the clutter currently on the page. The Donation button could be relocated beneath message-count/log-in information in the far top right of the page.
Species Listing for artwork categorization would be cool if it worked something like Firefox's search bar, where it pulls up common queries and allows you to select from them. Then it would be a simple matter of selecting commonly used entries for a primary list, or even automating the main list to populate the species selector with used tags that have been used a certain number of times. Another example of this would be Livejournal's Userinfo pages, where it displays your likes and dislikes and makes a valid search for other users based on those tags.
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I don't expect the 1st and 4th items to be simple undertakings, but the nav bar change and color scheme changes should be pretty easy.
Where would you like us to suggest color schemes? Drop me a note on FA or an email from here and I'd be glad to settle in for a bit and palette up some usable schemes as ideas. (allowing user-entered values for interface pieces, to do customs would be best for offering a little to everyone in the end, but having some assigned favorites would be cool.)
- Groups
- Multiple Color Schemes (I'd love to see a Savannah Gold/Brown one...)
- "Nav Links" Conversion to Horizontal Style rather than left frame.
- Comprehensive Species List
Groups should be obvious why people want that. Then if you're drawing something for a particular community, people could more easily watch a whole community for updates instead of browsing the main list constantly looking for new artists.
Multiple Color Schemes should also be obvious.
Changing the Nav Links to a horizontal bar I think would help reduce a slight amount of the clutter currently on the page. The Donation button could be relocated beneath message-count/log-in information in the far top right of the page.
Species Listing for artwork categorization would be cool if it worked something like Firefox's search bar, where it pulls up common queries and allows you to select from them. Then it would be a simple matter of selecting commonly used entries for a primary list, or even automating the main list to populate the species selector with used tags that have been used a certain number of times. Another example of this would be Livejournal's Userinfo pages, where it displays your likes and dislikes and makes a valid search for other users based on those tags.
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I don't expect the 1st and 4th items to be simple undertakings, but the nav bar change and color scheme changes should be pretty easy.
Where would you like us to suggest color schemes? Drop me a note on FA or an email from here and I'd be glad to settle in for a bit and palette up some usable schemes as ideas. (allowing user-entered values for interface pieces, to do customs would be best for offering a little to everyone in the end, but having some assigned favorites would be cool.)
1. Search.
2. Moderation of tags.
What I mean by this is that new tags need to get some sort of approval by a mod, even if just "look through a list and click checkboxes", before they become active.
The point of this would be to prevent tags from becoming uselessly fractured ("dog" vs "doggie", etc...).
3. Allow filtering of tags, and require that artists tag their work appropriately.
I should be able to set it so that I *never* see *any* [insert fetish here]-related submissions.
4. Don't go too ajax-crazy.
It's not worth it if it doesn't save the user any time vs a page reload.
5. Allow administrator shouts to be supressed.
Even if it was just a simple cookie (no database hit), it'd still be appreciated. Besides, for this, there's no security risk in trusting a "don't show this shout_id" cookie.
2. Moderation of tags.
What I mean by this is that new tags need to get some sort of approval by a mod, even if just "look through a list and click checkboxes", before they become active.
The point of this would be to prevent tags from becoming uselessly fractured ("dog" vs "doggie", etc...).
3. Allow filtering of tags, and require that artists tag their work appropriately.
I should be able to set it so that I *never* see *any* [insert fetish here]-related submissions.
4. Don't go too ajax-crazy.
It's not worth it if it doesn't save the user any time vs a page reload.
5. Allow administrator shouts to be supressed.
Even if it was just a simple cookie (no database hit), it'd still be appreciated. Besides, for this, there's no security risk in trusting a "don't show this shout_id" cookie.
Xodiac
New Member
One thing that annoys me in the current interface is the descriptions that show up in windows when you roll over the thumbnails in artists' galleries. I don't think they should be removed or cut or whatever - far from it. It's a great idea. The problem is that these windows always appear to below and to the right of the cursor - even when the thumbnail is on the right or bottom of the page. Thus, the desc for these minipics is unreadable because it's halfway out of my browser window. (I tried maximizing the window to full screen, and it still happened, so having a too-small window isn't the problem.)
Make it so this rollover window always appears fully inside the browser window, please.
Make it so this rollover window always appears fully inside the browser window, please.
Border Walker
New Member
No clue if this has been suggested before, but this was something alot of people got behind when a certain incident happened to me, given I'm underage but have some artists I watch who submit mature and adult artwork.
Basically, it's like a tag thing, but beyond that, What it is is, like how we click whether the art is general, Mature, or adult now, it's expanded into a 'why' category.
What I'm saying, and barewith me, it's hard to explain, is that when someone submits something that's mature, when they click to rate it mature, a special bar beneathe it which may be grayed out before hand becomes typable, and the artist must put in WHY they rated it that. it's also help with the search as well. people could type in Key words, such as 'blood, gore, vore' or, if mature, fetish keywords like 'watersports' or 'inflation'.
Then, and here's where it kicks in, on a user's control panel somewhere, beyond just saying whether we want to view mature work or not, we can specify the type. We type in types of mature we don't want to see or want to see, and that way, when we click to view submissions, we can see only what we want to see. I know some artists on DA who left FA because there were things they didn't want to see, but they still saw it. Implementing this would get rid of that, and would make me very happy because I hate how I see things I don't want to see, but I see it because I have artists on my watch list who draw it. It's one of my Pet peeves, cause I'm ok with seeing Blood and gore, but I'm not ok with adult, nor should I see any anyway, but I see things submitted as Mature when they're adult.
I think... I made a more clear description in my journal I posted about it... so... if this makes no sense, try my Journal ((note it was written in a bit of an Angry mood...)) Link
Basically, it's like a tag thing, but beyond that, What it is is, like how we click whether the art is general, Mature, or adult now, it's expanded into a 'why' category.
What I'm saying, and barewith me, it's hard to explain, is that when someone submits something that's mature, when they click to rate it mature, a special bar beneathe it which may be grayed out before hand becomes typable, and the artist must put in WHY they rated it that. it's also help with the search as well. people could type in Key words, such as 'blood, gore, vore' or, if mature, fetish keywords like 'watersports' or 'inflation'.
Then, and here's where it kicks in, on a user's control panel somewhere, beyond just saying whether we want to view mature work or not, we can specify the type. We type in types of mature we don't want to see or want to see, and that way, when we click to view submissions, we can see only what we want to see. I know some artists on DA who left FA because there were things they didn't want to see, but they still saw it. Implementing this would get rid of that, and would make me very happy because I hate how I see things I don't want to see, but I see it because I have artists on my watch list who draw it. It's one of my Pet peeves, cause I'm ok with seeing Blood and gore, but I'm not ok with adult, nor should I see any anyway, but I see things submitted as Mature when they're adult.
I think... I made a more clear description in my journal I posted about it... so... if this makes no sense, try my Journal ((note it was written in a bit of an Angry mood...)) Link
Kio
New Member
CyberFoxx said:
Bokracroc said:
You are both wrong about this. Let me explain,
The fscommand("showmenu","false") in a swf gets ignored when embedded in an html page unless the menu=false property is specified.
The newer Flash 7 menu items/menu hiding is applicable only when Flash Player 7 or higher is present on the user's system otherwise the default menu is shown.
So the best option is to use those tags in the web page.
And, Flash Player itself has a performance border. If a movie it is becoming unstable, Flash player always pops a notification/question to the user if he/she wants to abort or continue using the script. There's been no computer crashing from a complicated flash movie.
Also about the quality, the makers should add an option for it. Or furaffinity could use the quality=auto html tag which sets the movie's quality according to pc performance.
So an option on Furaffinity for disabling the flash right click menu items would be good and harmless for users and worksafe for makers.
i love that the little banner at the top of the site changes but do you think we can get it set up so we can tell who drew the banner that time? maybe even just a little notation at the bottom?
there was an earlier post about this aready but i really liked the idea of being able to change what shows in your user page, i know i don't use most of the info boxes i'm given and that some people use all of them, it would be nice to be able to choose what shows up. and on that note just about any color scheme is cool, or maybe changing the scheme like you do the banners, but being able to choose your color scheme would make browsing easier on your eyes in the long run.
and i suppose this isn't so much a layout change, but shouldn't the FA forums be a PART of the FA site? like being able to get forum updates and replied messages in your message box with all your other updates? i mean i was on FA about a year or so before i even realized that the forum sites existed, then i couldn't figure out why it wouldn't accept my user info from FA ><; maybe it's just me though
there was an earlier post about this aready but i really liked the idea of being able to change what shows in your user page, i know i don't use most of the info boxes i'm given and that some people use all of them, it would be nice to be able to choose what shows up. and on that note just about any color scheme is cool, or maybe changing the scheme like you do the banners, but being able to choose your color scheme would make browsing easier on your eyes in the long run.
and i suppose this isn't so much a layout change, but shouldn't the FA forums be a PART of the FA site? like being able to get forum updates and replied messages in your message box with all your other updates? i mean i was on FA about a year or so before i even realized that the forum sites existed, then i couldn't figure out why it wouldn't accept my user info from FA ><; maybe it's just me though
ok i will not use caps lock and unleash the fury i will simply say
make it so you can view 100 submitions, and make it so once i delete the 100 im looking at it stays 100!
id even settle for 64 just keep on 64 if thats what i want! im not on 56 k i wanna look at as many as i can wihtout having to load the same picture again and again
make it so you can view 100 submitions, and make it so once i delete the 100 im looking at it stays 100!
id even settle for 64 just keep on 64 if thats what i want! im not on 56 k i wanna look at as many as i can wihtout having to load the same picture again and again
Rhainor said:
Try reading what I wrote before making a fool of yourself, eh? And if you don't like the sound of that, it's exactly what you were implying to me, just more clearly worded.
A click-link is NOT the same as a mouseover. It takes more time, requires more fine mouse control rather than a broad sweep, so it slows down fast browsing...And with the huge quantity of files uploaded to FA every day that's a concern.
Having to click on 3/4 of the titles on every browse page becomes a major investment in added time when you're talking about 40-50 pages on a slow day.
If there's going to be a click-link, then make it the artist/poster name, not the image title. Load the image title on click, that's fine. But artist name/poster is more likely to be a deciding factor in whether a browsing individual is likely to click on an uncertain looking image than the title of said image.
saphire-hawk
New Member
Some new features would be really nice like:
1.) Front page personalization capabilities. Like being able to change from a small set of previously chosen colors so we can add more personality to our front pages. Something similar to that on Y!Gallery.
(Even if it has to be a subscription feature, people would pay for it just like they do on deviant art)
2.) Have an area for ID pictures or a separate tab for Profile information. (similar to the commission tab)
3.) Add more Species to the Species category.. More common animals like RABBITS lol.. Can’t believe you guys don’t have that, there but you have Opossums.
4.) Allow comment hiding or deletion from images in people’s own galleries. (to get rid of hateful comments or just plane stupid one’s)
5.) Create a feature so we can delete our own accounts when we want to leave or move to a new screen name.
That’s all really that I can think of. Those features would really place fA on the same level as dA.
1.) Front page personalization capabilities. Like being able to change from a small set of previously chosen colors so we can add more personality to our front pages. Something similar to that on Y!Gallery.
(Even if it has to be a subscription feature, people would pay for it just like they do on deviant art)
2.) Have an area for ID pictures or a separate tab for Profile information. (similar to the commission tab)
3.) Add more Species to the Species category.. More common animals like RABBITS lol.. Can’t believe you guys don’t have that, there but you have Opossums.
4.) Allow comment hiding or deletion from images in people’s own galleries. (to get rid of hateful comments or just plane stupid one’s)
5.) Create a feature so we can delete our own accounts when we want to leave or move to a new screen name.
That’s all really that I can think of. Those features would really place fA on the same level as dA.
tesfox
Member
Lot's of cool ideas goin on! Read a good bit of em, but not all. As someone who does web design, maybe the ability to make our own layouts? Have a universal set of ids/classes on all pages with a guide to what's what? Than we can make our own css files and have FA however we want it.
But that's one idea. The 3 things I'd have a lesser chance of doing on my own by myself:
-When switching number of images per page, start with the last viewed set of images, not at the beginning
-when browsing a gallery, favs or submission messages next/previous buttons would be nice
-and the least likely: for those of us that have alot of submissions piled up, maybe a mass download option? than we can just nuke our inboxes? like I said, least likely.
But that's one idea. The 3 things I'd have a lesser chance of doing on my own by myself:
-When switching number of images per page, start with the last viewed set of images, not at the beginning
-when browsing a gallery, favs or submission messages next/previous buttons would be nice
-and the least likely: for those of us that have alot of submissions piled up, maybe a mass download option? than we can just nuke our inboxes? like I said, least likely.
Vrghr
New Member
1) Would be nice to be able to use the new tags system as a "Filter ON" and "Filter OUT" system. Â
For instance, in "Filter ON", only the selected tags would show up in a search result. The "Filter OUT" would exclude the selected tags from the search results. Â
These features should be combinable with other search criteria, to create complex search such as; "All Fox species uploaded in the last 30 days, Filtering OUT all "Snuff, Scat, Watersports" tags."
2) Link to +Watch users for a viewed submission. So a person looking at an entry they like can link to other users who also liked and +Watched that item. Great way to build networks of folks with similar interests.
3) User-Creatable "interest groups": A user could select a topic and chose to make it "Closed (private - users added only by group originator), Open (All may 'subscribe'), Screened (Filtered - Users submit request to join and originator 'authenticates' or not)". A seperate journal area for the group would be nice, as would seperate messaging services, accessable to all in the group but with optional 'moderation' by the originator. New submissions compiled for those of the group should be an option as well (a "new stuff" page similar to the users' +Watched version, but filtered to only the submissions of those in the group and not dependent on +watches for everyone in the group).
4) "Site Level" interest groups created by the mods/admins in addition to the "User Created" versions would be good too. Would be a nice place to consolidate things like all the artists that have submitted banner art for FA, or perhaps folks contributing "sales art" for FA T-shirts, cups, caps, etc, or for artists who have submitted items, art, stories, etc., for the FA con book...  all those kinds of things.
<Edited to add a couple more "goodies">
5) For writers, abillity to create "books" that can have additional chapters appended as writing continues.
6) Folders to segregate submissions as a user desires. Folders should be selectable in both the user's gallery, and in their "favorites" area, allowing a user to place all submissions for a particular year in a single gallery folder, their story favorites in a "favorites" one, and all their submissions by a single favored artist in another "favorites" one, etc. If coding permits, sub-folders under a primary folder would be nice too (IE: "Foxes" primary with sub-folders for "Vixens", "Tails", "<fox-drawing artist>") for both Gallery and Favorites folders.
7) "Prior" and "Next" selections to allow scrolling through a gallery, folder, or favorites list instead of having to leap back to the user's Gallery or Favorites page between each click. (should also reduce bandwidth on the site by not requiring a refresh of the gallery or favorites page between each selection). In addition, if folders are implemented, an "UP" feature to browse to the next higher level would be good, especially for nested folders.
For instance, in "Filter ON", only the selected tags would show up in a search result. The "Filter OUT" would exclude the selected tags from the search results. Â
These features should be combinable with other search criteria, to create complex search such as; "All Fox species uploaded in the last 30 days, Filtering OUT all "Snuff, Scat, Watersports" tags."
2) Link to +Watch users for a viewed submission. So a person looking at an entry they like can link to other users who also liked and +Watched that item. Great way to build networks of folks with similar interests.
3) User-Creatable "interest groups": A user could select a topic and chose to make it "Closed (private - users added only by group originator), Open (All may 'subscribe'), Screened (Filtered - Users submit request to join and originator 'authenticates' or not)". A seperate journal area for the group would be nice, as would seperate messaging services, accessable to all in the group but with optional 'moderation' by the originator. New submissions compiled for those of the group should be an option as well (a "new stuff" page similar to the users' +Watched version, but filtered to only the submissions of those in the group and not dependent on +watches for everyone in the group).
4) "Site Level" interest groups created by the mods/admins in addition to the "User Created" versions would be good too. Would be a nice place to consolidate things like all the artists that have submitted banner art for FA, or perhaps folks contributing "sales art" for FA T-shirts, cups, caps, etc, or for artists who have submitted items, art, stories, etc., for the FA con book...  all those kinds of things.
<Edited to add a couple more "goodies">
5) For writers, abillity to create "books" that can have additional chapters appended as writing continues.
6) Folders to segregate submissions as a user desires. Folders should be selectable in both the user's gallery, and in their "favorites" area, allowing a user to place all submissions for a particular year in a single gallery folder, their story favorites in a "favorites" one, and all their submissions by a single favored artist in another "favorites" one, etc. If coding permits, sub-folders under a primary folder would be nice too (IE: "Foxes" primary with sub-folders for "Vixens", "Tails", "<fox-drawing artist>") for both Gallery and Favorites folders.
7) "Prior" and "Next" selections to allow scrolling through a gallery, folder, or favorites list instead of having to leap back to the user's Gallery or Favorites page between each click. (should also reduce bandwidth on the site by not requiring a refresh of the gallery or favorites page between each selection). In addition, if folders are implemented, an "UP" feature to browse to the next higher level would be good, especially for nested folders.
Rhainor
Rawr.
Zjonni said:
I read every word you typed. Your meaning, while possibly clear to others, was not clear to me. Now it is, and I can say that while you may have preferred the way the mouseovers worked before, you are probably (not definitely, but probably) in the minority on this. I, and most of the people whose comments I have seen on the subject, prefer the new method.
That said, I think there should be a "Mouse-over behavior" option in the user settings, just like the recent light/dark skin option. Having choices is good, everybody can be happy.
kjorteo
I have fuzz.
I think we should bring the search back, be able to see the description of a picture from the thumbnail, and add more species to the species list. ^__^
Holy Christ, people.
Anyway, here's one. Whatever happened to the ability to browse artists? If I see an awesome picture but then forget about it, and all I know is that the artist's name started with a "Bri," there used to be a time in which that information would actually help.
Holy Christ, people.
Anyway, here's one. Whatever happened to the ability to browse artists? If I see an awesome picture but then forget about it, and all I know is that the artist's name started with a "Bri," there used to be a time in which that information would actually help.