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Starcry

Starcry

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Overall it looks pretty good I think and would definitely be better than the current one. Mobile friendly is also a huge plus.

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I think the design idea of the red banner as the first letter of each title could be gone with. I think it would look cleaner, more oldschool and overall better if that was gone.

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I'm also not sure on the hiscores design. In particular the 'select skill' drop down menu instead of having the skills there already. I'd like to propose an idea that maybe we could have just the icons of the skills to the left side, for easy navigation for experienced users, in addition to the drop down menu to keep the format in shape.

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Also the banner 'rank, name, level, total xp' seems too obtrusive and bold. It seems like it's popping out the screen almost, and is rather distracting especially for the name at the top of the page. Simplicity is key for hiscores, people want to see stats in a clean way with easy navigation in my opinion. I believe the proposed design almost achieves this, but the bold obtrusive headings banner, having a drop down menu for skills instead of quick links on the side and having the first letter of the title too fancy, goes against this.

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I prefer an up and down arrow for swapping hiscore pages as opposed to the right and left.

It's hard to give some feedback on this, and my points may seem like nit picks, but that's because the design is already pretty good I think. These are just a few things I think could potentially improve it a little.

24-Apr-2015 17:16:06 - Last edited on 24-Apr-2015 18:01:19 by Starcry

Loxorion

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Kai-uhl said :
Loxorion said :
Mr Trump said :
The mobile site is great!

The browser one though... No... just no... Keep it the way it is, it's traditional and much more easier to use. The Nav bar is horrendous and it's just too RS3ish. Please Just keep it the way it is. Especially the High-Scores!!! Don't even touch it! It's perfect the way it is!

Why not focus more on features like the G.E. Database and Adventures Log?? Those would be much more welcomed to the community in my eyes than making things more unrecognizable.

Just my 2 cents...


It's what I'm saying, I prefer better systems than appearance.

Remember that an efficient car has a good engine and not its chassis.


I'm not so sure that metaphor has much of a foothold in this situation.

I get it, it's the scripts and systems inside you think that matter, not the CSS and appearance. But truly, truly, in terms of web design the 'engine' can be just as influenced by how well the '*hassis' is built. One of ideal outcomes of this redesign is having a single, responsive site that looks and functions well on all devices. The responsive CSS will allow them to have ONE site that adjusts to fit the device it's on, currently the site is not very mobile friendly.

I have nothing but respect for those that want to honor the nostalgia of the current, classic design, I know it does that for me, but that shouldn't stand in the way of ease-of-use.


You are right, but I think you should think about greater efficiency in time and then invest in design.

I think investing in design is just throwing money in the trash and wind players with something that is not much use.

This right now.

And yes you get the metaphor. =D
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24-Apr-2015 17:23:20

Emk Mage
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Emk Mage

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I thin the Desktop version of the Highscores should stay the same, the mobile version can go in the direction you want, but don't mess with the design of the high scores on the desktop version, it's already perfection!
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24-Apr-2015 17:38:59

Gabriel1

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Everything looks great but I think the menu bar should be brownish as well like rest of the page. Also, I don't think the text about quick/advanced select are necessary on world selecting page, they seem to take a lot of space. It should just be "Quick select" and "Select world".

24-Apr-2015 17:39:40

A Foob

A Foob

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As usual, I think this update defeats the purpose of "OldSchool." I say we add the new technology/functionality but DO NOT change the classic design... You can simply add some buttons to the current design, keep the same background, etc.

It makes zero sense to release something as "OldSchool," "2007 forever," and then constantly change the way it looks...

So I think any changes to the appearance are stupid but better functionality is a yes. Just keep the look of the current page, please.
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24-Apr-2015 17:41:27

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