1. Handsome Phaser Guy has defined arm muscles. Why do me not have a muscle slider in-game yet?
2. Handsome Phaser Guy is a dude holding a phaser like he's just shot someone. This is mildly disconcerting; this is a Star Trek game, after all. Just my personal pedant.
3. Why is Handsome Phaser Guy a white male human? Why not a black woman? Or a Klingon berserker? Or an Andorian? I mean, Captain Shon has a good look; why not feature him???
Looks good despite what the other old crows say. Some people oppose all change. The only thing I've ever thought was odd on your forums was the "quick reply" and "quote" functions at the top to the person's post. Every board I've ever used has had them at the bottom.
Looks good to you. It's subjective. You could enjoy being intimate with farm animals - doesn't mean everybody does or should. It's one thing to express an opinion, as other folks have - it's another to try to say the opinions of others do not matter...
I see that every other perfect world gaming forum has their set to ON, whereas the Star Trek Online forum community is still set to OFF.
Can this please be re-enabled? It would be nice to have dynamic signatures again - especially considering that the perfect world community team deems it acceptable and not open to excessive abuse in all its other forum communities.
After you zoom everything so you can read the 7pt font you won't see him anyway.
Well, pink/purple is gone so hopefully font size is the next thing to be fixed.
STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
After you zoom everything so you can read the 7pt font you won't see him anyway.
Took me doing a hard refresh but i see him now (sorta anyways) so i'm good plus the purple's gone for now so yay!
I tried this also in ARC, actually matches up quite nicely so it works in the long run of what is happening with PWE games.
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Well, pink/purple is gone so hopefully font size is the next thing to be fixed.
Yeah, people shouldn't over-react. The web devs probably had to install some default template or "skin," and now it's all a matter of customizing a stylesheet to get things right.
If the changes were to cater mroe to Arc, then the top filler image (I'll call him phaser-guy since calling him handsome just doesn't sit 100% right with me) doesn't fit in Arc... It should be resizeable so it fits regardless of the size of the window... Just a thought...
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Yeah, people shouldn't over-react. The web devs probably had to install some default template or "skin," and now it's all a matter of customizing a stylesheet to get things right.
Maybe, but as someone who does webdesign, I tell you that could have been done on a testserver or something before the actual rollout.
Yeah, people shouldn't over-react. They probably had to install some default template or "skin," and now it's all a matter of customizing a stylesheet to get things right.
Hopefully our feedback helps.
It's curious, because the purple vlink still there for other forums.
As for the font size, most of it is the same. Certain things did drop from 13.3 to 12 - but much of the current 11 was 11 before.
Maybe, but as someone who does webdesign, I tell you that could have been done on a testserver or something before the actual rollout.
No argument there. Some things are mysteries. It might be due to our feedback and a willingness to concede that the original design needs to be altered based on user feedback and other considerations (like color blind reactions).
I liked the old header more. Graphically not as nice either.
3/10
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I actually like the new header, for the simple reason that it doesn't mean that I have to scroll to read the top post of a thread. The old header was enormous and served no purpose. I don't care what they put there, whether it's handsome guy or T'arget. Just don't make it all that I see every time I load a page.
So, reading/posting on my phone, 2 things I notice:
1. It seems like this forum version is loading faster than usual. Something I don't really notice, lag in on my laptop, and am suddenly seeing improvement on the phone... Hmm... Is this version "lighter weight"?
2. My last post in this thread I mentioned not seeing phaser guy. Now I just see his arm, even zoomed all the way out. Menacing phaser weilding arm doesn't say Star Trek to me. Maybe not even with the rest of the guy attached...
Also glad to see the purple is gone.
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I actually like the new header, for the simple reason that it doesn't mean that I have to scroll to read the top post of a thread. The old header was enormous and served no purpose. I don't care what they put there, whether it's handsome guy or T'TRIBBLE. Just don't make it all that I see every time I load a page.
Fixed that for you. :D:D
But seriously, the new header is the ONLY good thing about this new format. Everything below it just looks...
All planned design/ art changes are now complete (new header, text color changes, etc.). We'll continue to pass along your feedback in this thread, but a lot of the feedback before this post was provided while changes were being made -- feel free to post your most up-to-date feedback after this post. Please be clear and concise in your post, in addition to being constructive, that way your feedback is heard.
NOTE: Functionality of the forums should not be included in this feedback, only art/design.
Thanks for your patience as all changes were made and verified.
But seriously, the new header is the ONLY good thing about this new format. Everything below it just looks...
Sloppy. Unprofessional. Painful to look at.
Yeah, on this background, your sig makes me want to vomit. It's like Ronald McDonald on crack.
Someone mentioned the forum buttons earlier. While we're at this, can they get updated? Loose the white lines around the edge? (Sloppy work by ths original designers, IMO) Make them look more "Trek"? At least loose the Times New Roman font?
Are we gonna get a "Report Post" button? It should look like a "Red Alert" button...
"Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
All planned design/ art changes are now complete (new header, text color changes, etc.). We'll continue to pass along your feedback in this thread, but a lot of the feedback before this post was provided while changes were being made -- feel free to post your most up-to-date feedback after this post. Please be clear and concise in your post, in addition to being constructive, that way your feedback is heard.
NOTE: Functionality of the forums should not be included in this feedback, only art/design.
Thanks for your patience as all changes were made and verified.
Please be clear and concise in your post, in addition to being constructive, that way your feedback is heard.
The new format causes intense eyestrain and looks primitive and unprofessional. The new header is OK, though (but see my previous comments about Phaser Dude).
All planned design/ art changes are now complete (new header, text color changes, etc.). We'll continue to pass along your feedback in this thread, but a lot of the feedback before this post was provided while changes were being made -- feel free to post your most up-to-date feedback after this post. Please be clear and concise in your post, in addition to being constructive, that way your feedback is heard.
NOTE: Functionality of the forums should not be included in this feedback, only art/design.
Thanks for your patience as all changes were made and verified.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Is there ANY chance in the forever we might see the return of reporting a post?
All planned design/ art changes are now complete (new header, text color changes, etc.). We'll continue to pass along your feedback in this thread, but a lot of the feedback before this post was provided while changes were being made -- feel free to post your most up-to-date feedback after this post. Please be clear and concise in your post, in addition to being constructive, that way your feedback is heard.
NOTE: Functionality of the forums should not be included in this feedback, only art/design.
Thanks for your patience as all changes were made and verified.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Feedback:
1. Usernames below avatars are difficult to read. I don't want to squint to instantly recognize an avatar and a name associated with that avatar.
2. Quotations are difficult to read due to color similarities and the size of font.
3. Much of the font is too small. You don't want to make forum browsers feel like they are getting old, although many of us are. Going below a 10 point font is like asking a reader to hate you for making the experience unpleasant. Really, you need to make 12 the minimum. People hate block quotes for a good reason. Anything below 12 is irritating, unless the contrasts are bold.
4. Navigation should always be either bold or an increased font.
5. It's difficult to tell what page of a thread I am on. That was fixed up until a few moments ago. Please fix it back.
6. You need someone proficient in PS to redo your buttons and smilies. They were obviously made for a default white background. It looks very unprofessional.
7. The blue color for links needs to be brighter. Making users strain to read a link is like asking them to not trust your site, because it's a pain to instantly tell that a link is to a safe site like youtube, etc.
8. One thing that you could do to make it feel more Star Trek is use rank or profession associated colors. Veterans should be blue, mods should be gold, and devs should be red. Legacy of Romulus is over. Get rid of the green and make it feel federation.
Those are my suggested changes. Overall, don't hurt my brain. I want browsing your forums to be a pleasant experience. The easiest way to make a forum unpleasant is by making it difficult to read.
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3 reasons:
1. Handsome Phaser Guy has defined arm muscles. Why do me not have a muscle slider in-game yet?
2. Handsome Phaser Guy is a dude holding a phaser like he's just shot someone. This is mildly disconcerting; this is a Star Trek game, after all. Just my personal pedant.
3. Why is Handsome Phaser Guy a white male human? Why not a black woman? Or a Klingon berserker? Or an Andorian? I mean, Captain Shon has a good look; why not feature him???
Looks good to you. It's subjective. You could enjoy being intimate with farm animals - doesn't mean everybody does or should. It's one thing to express an opinion, as other folks have - it's another to try to say the opinions of others do not matter...
/10chars
After you zoom everything so you can read the 7pt font you won't see him anyway.
Can this please be re-enabled? It would be nice to have dynamic signatures again - especially considering that the perfect world community team deems it acceptable and not open to excessive abuse in all its other forum communities.
Just asking to be treated equally here.
Took me doing a hard refresh but i see him now (sorta anyways) so i'm good plus the purple's gone for now so yay!
I tried this also in ARC, actually matches up quite nicely so it works in the long run of what is happening with PWE games.
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Yeah, people shouldn't over-react. The web devs probably had to install some default template or "skin," and now it's all a matter of customizing a stylesheet to get things right.
Hopefully our feedback helps.
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Edit: Try putting in a blackish background (with stars) and it might work.
Edit2: And if you call this a small design change I'd hate to see what you call a big design change. lol :P
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Maybe, but as someone who does webdesign, I tell you that could have been done on a testserver or something before the actual rollout.
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It's curious, because the purple vlink still there for other forums.
As for the font size, most of it is the same. Certain things did drop from 13.3 to 12 - but much of the current 11 was 11 before.
No argument there. Some things are mysteries. It might be due to our feedback and a willingness to concede that the original design needs to be altered based on user feedback and other considerations (like color blind reactions).
But that's the thing - it's been tested. Many of the differences are simply taking place because of replication and cache issues...
...though, as previously noted - it's curious they removed the purple here but it still persists in earlier rollouts on other forums.
I liked the old header more. Graphically not as nice either.
3/10
Still find it funny, the Fed guy with a handphaser fighting off the KDF in their BoPs.
Buff BoPs!
edit: And meh, with that - my Excedrin is wearing off...have fun all.
1. It seems like this forum version is loading faster than usual. Something I don't really notice, lag in on my laptop, and am suddenly seeing improvement on the phone... Hmm... Is this version "lighter weight"?
2. My last post in this thread I mentioned not seeing phaser guy. Now I just see his arm, even zoomed all the way out. Menacing phaser weilding arm doesn't say Star Trek to me. Maybe not even with the rest of the guy attached...
Also glad to see the purple is gone.
Fixed that for you.
But seriously, the new header is the ONLY good thing about this new format. Everything below it just looks...
Sloppy. Unprofessional. Painful to look at.
Oh, and just for giggles- I'm pretty sure there's another "e" in "aesthetics," whether you're typing UK or USA.
Yeah, but they had turned them back on for a while there so I wasn't sure if it was intentional or not this time round.
All planned design/ art changes are now complete (new header, text color changes, etc.). We'll continue to pass along your feedback in this thread, but a lot of the feedback before this post was provided while changes were being made -- feel free to post your most up-to-date feedback after this post. Please be clear and concise in your post, in addition to being constructive, that way your feedback is heard.
NOTE: Functionality of the forums should not be included in this feedback, only art/design.
Thanks for your patience as all changes were made and verified.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
Someone mentioned the forum buttons earlier. While we're at this, can they get updated? Loose the white lines around the edge? (Sloppy work by ths original designers, IMO) Make them look more "Trek"? At least loose the Times New Roman font?
Are we gonna get a "Report Post" button? It should look like a "Red Alert" button...
Frankly, at this point it looks like they took the scenic route to changing the header and background color to me.
That said, I'd love to see the black background back. This grey just makes the entire page look rather washed-out.
Other than that...meh.
1. New buttons anytime soon?
2.
The new format causes intense eyestrain and looks primitive and unprofessional. The new header is OK, though (but see my previous comments about Phaser Dude).
Seriously? Ugh. I'll need to change the color or something.
Is there ANY chance in the forever we might see the return of reporting a post?
Feedback:
1. Usernames below avatars are difficult to read. I don't want to squint to instantly recognize an avatar and a name associated with that avatar.
2. Quotations are difficult to read due to color similarities and the size of font.
3. Much of the font is too small. You don't want to make forum browsers feel like they are getting old, although many of us are. Going below a 10 point font is like asking a reader to hate you for making the experience unpleasant. Really, you need to make 12 the minimum. People hate block quotes for a good reason. Anything below 12 is irritating, unless the contrasts are bold.
4. Navigation should always be either bold or an increased font.
5. It's difficult to tell what page of a thread I am on. That was fixed up until a few moments ago. Please fix it back.
6. You need someone proficient in PS to redo your buttons and smilies. They were obviously made for a default white background. It looks very unprofessional.
7. The blue color for links needs to be brighter. Making users strain to read a link is like asking them to not trust your site, because it's a pain to instantly tell that a link is to a safe site like youtube, etc.
8. One thing that you could do to make it feel more Star Trek is use rank or profession associated colors. Veterans should be blue, mods should be gold, and devs should be red. Legacy of Romulus is over. Get rid of the green and make it feel federation.
Those are my suggested changes. Overall, don't hurt my brain. I want browsing your forums to be a pleasant experience. The easiest way to make a forum unpleasant is by making it difficult to read.