FA Project: UI Overhaul
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StarrLion
Is ready to Pounce
yak said:
Thank you so much
So simple Yet. If one did not know!!!Also. I liked to never found your reply to me. I got the email. But had to go through page after page after page. I thought there would be a "Goto your replys" icon or something.
LOL, sorry there is. But I did not find it.
>^..^<
muddypaws
Bears rock!
Preyfar said:
Okay, here are my suggestions:
Interface Features - I like what we've got now, because it's easy to use. However, I think it would be nice to have an instruction page so we can read how to reset our individual pages for color, boarder width, text size or other features. It would be nice to have the search feature restored, if possible
I know the staff's been working hard to rectify that loss.Color Schemes - I think the funtionality is fine now. I resently reset my page background to a darker shade when I read how to change it for my specific log-in. Maybe some additional color options though?
What ever you do, don't put graduated colors onto the page. One other site (no affiliate to FA) did that recently and their links are now nearly impossible to read.
That's about all I have in feedback at the moment.
kjorteo
I have fuzz.
Can you please stop automatically rendering BB code emoticons in things like journal entries, shouts, and replies to journals/submissions?
I am so tired of typing parenthetical footnoes and asides (like this) and posting, only to see the end part transformed into a horrible smiley (like thisHORRIBLE SMILEY
This is especially frustrating considering that the code does not seem to obey the logic that dictates that this should only be happening when a : and a ) make a. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/467888/#cid:2677797 As near as I can tell, this travesty here happened when I tried to put a " next to the ), and from the looks of things, it decided the best course of action was to render the ) by itself as a :wink:. I really wish it wouldn't do that.
I am so tired of typing parenthetical footnoes and asides (like this) and posting, only to see the end part transformed into a horrible smiley (like thisHORRIBLE SMILEY
This is especially frustrating considering that the code does not seem to obey the logic that dictates that this should only be happening when a : and a ) make a
. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/467888/#cid:2677797 As near as I can tell, this travesty here happened when I tried to put a " next to the ), and from the looks of things, it decided the best course of action was to render the ) by itself as a :wink:. I really wish it wouldn't do that.
I'd say keep things the same for the most part. There's nothing wrong with a consistent look... just look at VCL... ofcourse if I ever went to VCL and saw a graphical interface I'd be pretty damn scared XP
The only serious thing which I've notice, and this is purely from a front end user standpoint as I'm not sure how much the administrative tools have changed since I was onboard, is that something needs to be done with the submission category system.. I think a submission should be able to be placed in multiple catagories and better catagories according to species need to be developed.
Anywho, goodluck with plans of world domination. I say your next step should be to shank furnation in second life XD
The only serious thing which I've notice, and this is purely from a front end user standpoint as I'm not sure how much the administrative tools have changed since I was onboard, is that something needs to be done with the submission category system.. I think a submission should be able to be placed in multiple catagories and better catagories according to species need to be developed.
Anywho, goodluck with plans of world domination. I say your next step should be to shank furnation in second life XD
STrRedWolf
Lazy-ass Drygerskunk
Just to add my own two cents:
- OpenOffice will open most MSWord files. And no, I can't buy MSOffice, because I run Linux and Microsoft hasn't produced a UNIX in twenty years (w/Xenix).
- RTF is from Microsoft, but is very universial in how open the format is. The format's specification is online, there's Perl modules that'll read/write it, and there's even one book from O'Reilly about it.
- Anyone know the format spec for OpenCanvas WPE? Anyone? How about a WPE to Flash?
lolcox
I'm kind of yell-y. Sorry.
robomilk said:
Hang on, just a sec, w8 4 it:
We'll change the message to:
"HEY!!1 IDIOT YOUR USING DA SAME FILE NAME OVER AGAIN DO U WNAT 2 CHANG IT OR DO U WANT 2 LOSE TEH OLD PIKSHUR???????"
In short, read what I said earlier:
Ideally, it would stop you when you attempt to upload with the same name, and ask you what you want to do.
Hell, for those unsure just what was last uploaded, it could even show you a full-sized version of the last upload (which could be turned off, or to half, or to thumbnail, but would be ON and FULL, BY DEFAULT).
Then it'd ask you something like:
Do you want to replace this image, or is this a more complete version of the image (ie: the uploaded one is a sketch, and the current upload is cleaned up and inked, and then another is flat colored, and then a final version)?
Then, if one chooses the more complete version option, it can be used to chain them together, kind of like this:
(pardon the low quality).One more shout for a search engine. =P
How about something more customizable on individual user pages? Maybe not to the same point as SA, but something similar with cetain aspects being unique to the user's page (ie- borders, journal headers, etc)
Some sort of paintchat system for artists who would like to interact with others and collaborate?
How about something more customizable on individual user pages? Maybe not to the same point as SA, but something similar with cetain aspects being unique to the user's page (ie- borders, journal headers, etc)
Some sort of paintchat system for artists who would like to interact with others and collaborate?
thorndraco
Member
yak said:
And there's nothing I hate more than inconsistency.
Sorry, the sentence seemed too ironic to pass up.
RailRide: Most browsers now let you block specific images if you find them bothersome.
thorndraco said:
Ironic is the fact that while English is my third language, i still manage to make more sense and much less typos then a lot of native speakers; at least i was told so.
Thank you for the corrections, i'll try no to make them in the future. "Than", so that's how it's written, i always suspected something being wrong with how i used "then", and how it didn't felt like it belonged there.
As for the capitalization of "I", i guess i'll never get used to it; though i *know* it's a language rule, i don't feel so important to capitalize my self-reference.
Arshes Nei
Masticates in Public
yak, least you also handle people correcting typos better than most of the people who are native speakers. "Well spelling doesn't count" lol. It counts for every resume I was told to toss out when people were applying for jobs. XD
Anyways, I think I proposed before you put in an ad-serving script to handle changes in the banner more efficiently. I think it would mean creating a standard size for the banners, and you can have it switch to a default banner if people turn them in late and so forth, but it would really help manage banners better. As far as inconsistency, it doesn't matter because most of the banners are inconsistent anyways.
It's called Openads now but this one really helps us out. http://www.phpadsnew.com/two/
Anyways, I think I proposed before you put in an ad-serving script to handle changes in the banner more efficiently. I think it would mean creating a standard size for the banners, and you can have it switch to a default banner if people turn them in late and so forth, but it would really help manage banners better. As far as inconsistency, it doesn't matter because most of the banners are inconsistent anyways.
It's called Openads now but this one really helps us out. http://www.phpadsnew.com/two/
kamperkiller
Art Whore
I don't know if it has been said. to lazy to read 8 pages.
Putting a profile tag to peoples FA account.
Putting a profile tag to peoples FA account.
Firehazard
I can fix it!
Here's what I've come up with in the time I've been here (count any duplicates as seconding the prior comment). WARNING: Long post ahead!
Full text of comments/shouts on the Updates page in the control panel, with ability to reply directly to it with the click of a link.
deviantART-style AJAX-based inline commenting rather than having to go to a new page.
Links don't move halfway across the screen when you go into your control panel.
Setting number of thumbnails per page is saved as a permanent user setting rather than having to be re-set every time (and while I'm at it, changing the number automatically reformats the page rather than having to click "Apply").
Greatly expanded commission info page, with, among other things, the ability to set one's own categories (if you've ever used the thing on LiveJournal that creates your linkbar, it would work like that only each item would have fields for both the category name and the price). Possibly change the sample link to display a thumbnail instead of the URL.
Separate galleries for stuff you created and stuff others created for you. Possibly coupled with the ability to "tag" other people's submissions as having been done for you, like how Facebook lets you tag other people's photos of you. So the new "Gift art/Commissions" gallery would contain unattributed stuff you submitted, and stuff from other people's regular galleries. Unattributed ones could have a "Claim credit for this" link that auto-sends a confirmation request to the user's /msg/others page.
If there is no Featured Submission set, that panel just plain doesn't display instead of containing an error.
Viewing Mature and Adult art can be toggled separately.
Smaller, less fancy emotes. I hate how the winking one looks like an evil grin.
Working quote tags in PMs. This probably bugs me more than anything else.
"Favorite website" ought to have a title field as well as a URL. As it is, it's confusing to some users (I've seen plenty pages where they entered a title instead of a URL) and, even when it's done right, results in vague, non-descriptive links.
Alert bar: change "S" to "A" (for Art, duh) and add a new "S" for shouts.
The option to turn off watching someone's journal.
Better system for info previews than the hovering description. I suggested a possible replacement for this here but it needs fine-tuning.
I'll add more if I think of them, but that's the bulk of it.
Full text of comments/shouts on the Updates page in the control panel, with ability to reply directly to it with the click of a link.
deviantART-style AJAX-based inline commenting rather than having to go to a new page.
Links don't move halfway across the screen when you go into your control panel.
Setting number of thumbnails per page is saved as a permanent user setting rather than having to be re-set every time (and while I'm at it, changing the number automatically reformats the page rather than having to click "Apply").
Greatly expanded commission info page, with, among other things, the ability to set one's own categories (if you've ever used the thing on LiveJournal that creates your linkbar, it would work like that only each item would have fields for both the category name and the price). Possibly change the sample link to display a thumbnail instead of the URL.
Separate galleries for stuff you created and stuff others created for you. Possibly coupled with the ability to "tag" other people's submissions as having been done for you, like how Facebook lets you tag other people's photos of you. So the new "Gift art/Commissions" gallery would contain unattributed stuff you submitted, and stuff from other people's regular galleries. Unattributed ones could have a "Claim credit for this" link that auto-sends a confirmation request to the user's /msg/others page.
If there is no Featured Submission set, that panel just plain doesn't display instead of containing an error.
Viewing Mature and Adult art can be toggled separately.
Smaller, less fancy emotes. I hate how the winking one looks like an evil grin.
Working quote tags in PMs. This probably bugs me more than anything else.
"Favorite website" ought to have a title field as well as a URL. As it is, it's confusing to some users (I've seen plenty pages where they entered a title instead of a URL) and, even when it's done right, results in vague, non-descriptive links.
Alert bar: change "S" to "A" (for Art, duh
) and add a new "S" for shouts.The option to turn off watching someone's journal.
Better system for info previews than the hovering description. I suggested a possible replacement for this here but it needs fine-tuning.
I'll add more if I think of them, but that's the bulk of it.
I may be reiterating other people's points here, but it helps strengthen what is wanted, I think.
- more species on the species list with Latin names e.g. Vulpine, Canine, Equine, etc
- ability to create folders for specific items such as an ongoing web-comic or collections of artwork. This is a little selfish since I want it to put the various projects and comics I'm working on separate to other works. Similarly, this would be useful for commissions I've done in the past so I have a quick link for people to go to.
- The ability to move from one picture to the next when viewing a picture rather than having to go back to its main gallery. This would be especially useful for aforementioned comics and collections.
- A tab for users to post gifts/commissions/trades etc done for them by other artists. This could also be a folder, of course, and fall under the point above.
For now, I think that's everything I'm wanting for christma... FA >.>
- more species on the species list with Latin names e.g. Vulpine, Canine, Equine, etc
- ability to create folders for specific items such as an ongoing web-comic or collections of artwork. This is a little selfish since I want it to put the various projects and comics I'm working on separate to other works. Similarly, this would be useful for commissions I've done in the past so I have a quick link for people to go to.
- The ability to move from one picture to the next when viewing a picture rather than having to go back to its main gallery. This would be especially useful for aforementioned comics and collections.
- A tab for users to post gifts/commissions/trades etc done for them by other artists. This could also be a folder, of course, and fall under the point above.
For now, I think that's everything I'm wanting for christma... FA >.>
baltowolf6990
New Member
Okay, there are a few things that I would love to see on this site.  Something that made y-gallery great in its heyday of furryness was the fact you can click to favorite an image and it is an instant thing, it doesn't reload the page.  You click fav and the icon changes and BAM it is in your fav folder!
I would love to be able to watch an artist's scraps gallery, that would be totally awesome!
And finally, How about the ability to make it so you can view more than 64 thumbnails at a time?  I would love to be able to go into my control panel and select always show first 100 images or first 200 images.  And also show all images at full size.  I now have high speed internet and a tabable browser, why not use em!  Thanks, and great job with everything, the general administration and support on this site rocks.  GO CODER NINJAS!
-Balto Wolf
I would love to be able to watch an artist's scraps gallery, that would be totally awesome!
And finally, How about the ability to make it so you can view more than 64 thumbnails at a time?  I would love to be able to go into my control panel and select always show first 100 images or first 200 images.  And also show all images at full size.  I now have high speed internet and a tabable browser, why not use em!  Thanks, and great job with everything, the general administration and support on this site rocks.  GO CODER NINJAS!
-Balto Wolf
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gamm05
Guest
It would be nice to improve the navigation between images, for example when you're seeing and image, that you could go to the prev/next and with some preview of the image... I dunno...
dave hyena
A wonderous moorhen
baltowolf6990 said:
If you +watch an artist, anything they upload to scraps will appear in your message box just as anything they upload to their main gallery would.
You can also browse the scraps category from the drop down menu.
It's probably all been said before, but why not..
-have the option to organize your submissions into folders, or separate galleries, or some kind of organized system. I have a lot of submissions, and I feel bad that people have to scroll through so many pages to see my older submissions. They probably give up half way :3
-fix the displayed number of submissions and journals to match the number of submissions and journals an artist has
-bring back the search option
-have a "prev" and "next" image option when viewing images
-have the option to view all images full size, and view more images per page as a default
-expand the species list and tags for submissions
-give the site a unified interface
Most important, to me at least, would be being able to make folders and organize my submissions. You guys are doing a great job though, FA is a great site, and I'd be happy even if nothing changed :3
-have the option to organize your submissions into folders, or separate galleries, or some kind of organized system. I have a lot of submissions, and I feel bad that people have to scroll through so many pages to see my older submissions. They probably give up half way :3
-fix the displayed number of submissions and journals to match the number of submissions and journals an artist has
-bring back the search option
-have a "prev" and "next" image option when viewing images
-have the option to view all images full size, and view more images per page as a default
-expand the species list and tags for submissions
-give the site a unified interface
Most important, to me at least, would be being able to make folders and organize my submissions. You guys are doing a great job though, FA is a great site, and I'd be happy even if nothing changed :3