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Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

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Thank you Sylph, I wrote a long essay explaining the user friendly aspects and the avilability of space and other uses of the interface setup.

I am a graphic designer and have been for 4 years, this competition was right up my alley I were expecting to see some good intrerfaces but instead we got this.

I could give you a whole host of reasons why the winner and runner up interfaces are bad, I could give very few why they are good. As most people have already pointed out their interfaces are obtrusive to the gameplay aspects, they make terrible use of space, and they look unappealing to say the least, not to mention they don't even have everything available! Unlike mine.

26-Jun-2013 13:16:54 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:17:14 by Harley Quinn

Huknar
Jan Member 2016

Huknar

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Harley Quinn said :
Chris Pirtle said :
They both feel so cluttered. I guess TechEngineer's is a bit more organized than Bresmine's with the transparent column's on each side, but Bresmine's just seems horrible with a big solid hud taking over about 40% of the screen.

Mine isn't clustered at all, and you have access to everything at the same time. Honestly my interface setup is 100% better in every regard. It looks clean has major accessibility for all players. Access to every tab from your abilities to your music player.

I wish I could link images on this forum. I wont let this stand, the players of runescape deserved a better winner to draw inspiration from.

Yours is much nicer indeed. Infact, it is very similar to my entry! The only thing different was I had the toolbar below the map, the inventory tab slightly shorter and the chat window slightly wider.

26-Jun-2013 13:17:08

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

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Huknar said :
Harley Quinn said :
Chris Pirtle said :
They both feel so cluttered. I guess TechEngineer's is a bit more organized than Bresmine's with the transparent column's on each side, but Bresmine's just seems horrible with a big solid hud taking over about 40% of the screen.

Mine isn't clustered at all, and you have access to everything at the same time. Honestly my interface setup is 100% better in every regard. It looks clean has major accessibility for all players. Access to every tab from your abilities to your music player.

I wish I could link images on this forum. I wont let this stand, the players of runescape deserved a better winner to draw inspiration from.

Yours is much nicer indeed. Infact, it is very similar to my entry! The only thing different was I had the toolbar below the map, the inventory tab slightly shorter and the chat window slightly wider.

Well I'm sorely disappointed, but congratulations to them both. I can imagine what you're describing and it does make for a very interesting setup I will look into creating it on my Account and taking a closer look at it.

( I honestly think they just picked two out a hat then flipped a coin for the winner and didn't bother to look at every entry. I'm positive there were MAAAANY entries that are much better than these two and I look forward to seeing them)

26-Jun-2013 13:19:40 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:26:37 by Harley Quinn

Mrs Shazbat
Sep Member 2009

Mrs Shazbat

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Congrats to the winner....

But....

What about people who DONT have an extra wide screen monitor?

I dont... My screen size is about the same as the 'open' area on the interface... thats BEFORE any menus are added. With that layout I would have about a 3 inch slot down the middle to see the actual game.

Im not the only one, a LOT of people dont have a wide screen, either through economical reasons or just lack of space (as in my case). In honesty you should have had 2 winners, one for extra wide screen and one for standard monitors.....

(And I can say this as an impartial voice as I didnt enter the contest...so an neutral with no favs...)
You had to look, didn't you? This spoiler got scared and ran away, shame on you!

26-Jun-2013 13:25:57 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:27:13 by Mrs Shazbat

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

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Mrs Shazbat said :
Congrats to the winner....

But....

What about people who DONT have an extra wide screen monitor?

I dont... My screen size is about the same as the 'open' area on the interface... thats BEFORE any menus are added. With that layout I would have about a 3 inch slot down the middle to see the actual game.

Im not the only one, a LOT of people dont have a wide screen, either through economical reasons or just lack of space (as in my case). In honesty you should have had 2 winners, one for extra wide screen and one for standard monitors.....

I modified my interface for those that had a small screen and put it in my e-mail entry, it was created on the standard laptop resolution which most players play on. I will try and dig up pictures for you. :)

26-Jun-2013 13:28:06 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:29:09 by Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

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Taser Owl said :
I've been itching to say this, and considering the correlation of comments up to now, i'm gonna say it anyway. Does it not seem a little out of place that an f-mod won.

An f-mod won? I take it back they didn't pick entry's out a hat and then flip a coin. They just decided to go with the f-mods interface, no matter how terrible it is.

Well my interface is still there for all those who wish to use it or draw inspiration from it. Enjoy.

26-Jun-2013 13:30:08 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:31:14 by Harley Quinn

Kevill
Jan Member 2021

Kevill

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I didn't enter... so this post won't be out of jealousy.

But.. wow.. I need to, and will be be as kind as possible in my criticism here.

I like the runner up quite a bit, doesn't take up much screen, and reminds me of SpartanUI. Pretty cool, I'd use that.. maybe, maybe not just because I'm too used to having the minimap where it is as default.

But wow, the winner... I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with that winning at all..
Takes up almost all of the screen... three chat windows? Really?
No way. I don't see any reason for that to be.
Maybe as a member of the support team, to be able to use all the chats in different windows... but I just don't see why, at all, otherwise*

**;dr, I guess, looks horrid. Why did that win? Were the determining winning factors: have every single possible interface open while taking up at least 40% of the screen?

***

** doesn't really make a difference, I guess, just don't use the UI layout... I'd just have hoped that handing out free lifetime membership would've been better looked after.


EDIT: I don't remember everything that got censored, but it wasn't anything bad, so I'm not correcting it. Fix up the censor just a little bit maybe.
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26-Jun-2013 13:32:03 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:47:31 by Kevill

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn

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Kevill said :
I didn't enter... so this post won't be out of jealousy.

But.. wow.. I need to, and will be be as kind as possible in my criticism here.

I like the runner up quite a bit, doesn't take up much screen, and reminds me of SpartanUI. Pretty cool, I'd use that.. maybe, maybe not just because I'm too used to having the minimap where it is as default.

But wow, the winner... I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with that winning at all..
Takes up almost all of the screen... three chat windows? Really?
No way. I don't see any reason for that to be.
Maybe as a member of the support team, to be able to use all the chats in different windows... but I just don't see why, at all, otherwise*

**;dr, I guess, looks horrid. Why did that win? Were the determining winning factors: have every single possible interface open while taking up at least 40% of the screen?

***

** doesn't really make a difference, I guess, just don't use the UI layout... I'd just have hoped that handing out free lifetime membership would've been better looked after.

Could you please take a look at the interface I posted on page 4 and give me some criticism too. :) or here i.imgur.***/us0dFwP.jpg

26-Jun-2013 13:34:40 - Last edited on 26-Jun-2013 13:36:07 by Harley Quinn

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