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Re: [Rails-devel] Making Rails more suited to fast interactive play.
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From: brett l. <bre...@gm...> - 2011-03-17 18:33:36
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As a basic rule, I'm very opposed to popups that disrupt the flow of the UI and force the user's attention away from whatever they're doing. I don't like to assume that we'll know what the user wants to be doing whenever the pop-up is set to be fired. Rather than a pop-up, perhaps we can have something in the log or status areas? ---Brett. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Chris Shaffer <chr...@gm...> wrote: > I didn't notice that you mentioned a popup in the quoted section at > the top of your email. There's nothing about a popup in the numbered > procedure list (items 1-4). A popup is probably sufficient, but > audible alarms and/or flashing task bar would be appreciated. > > If you can't use the new style report window during polling, that > would be a big loss. I would expect to use the time while others are > taking their turn to plan mine, and reviewing previous actions is part > of that. Maybe a button to say "I'm planning, don't make any saves" > would solve this? > > Would it be possible to have an option for polling to only load a game > when it is my action, and have a further option for the the popup to > ask "it's your turn, are you ready to load the new file?" > > -- > Chris > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote: >> That’s a lot of requests! Thanks for thinking through all these >> consequences. >> >> Some comments below. >> >> Erik. >> >> >> >> Van: Chris Shaffer [mailto:chr...@gm...] >> Verzonden: donderdag 17 maart 2011 15:09 >> Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game >> Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] Making Rails more suited to fast interactive >> play. >> >> >> >> This may not be possible, but I'd like some options to allow players to keep >> control of their version of the game and prevent loading a new file if the >> polling shows it's someone else's turn. I imagine it would be annoying to >> be looking at the stock market or be reviewing the game log, and suddenly >> the game loads a new file and it's not even my turn yet. In the event this >> isn't possible, can we at least ensure that the window positions are >> remembered, so if I'm looking at the stock market on a small laptop screen, >> it isn't suddenly replaced with the map because an auto-load occurred? >> >> >> >> EV: A ‘suspend polling’ menu item should be easy to add. >> >> >> >> Perhaps let the polling interval be player configurable? >> >> >> >> EV: I already proposed that. >> >> >> >> When reviewing the log, if a player backs up and starts stepping through it, >> we need to be sure this activity doesn't generate save files. >> >> EV: Not sure, but I think we cannot allow stepping through the new-style >> report window during polling. Perhaps we have to fix the report window, to >> what it was the old way. Or is flipping the report window too slow? >> >> >> >> Will there be a configurable visual indicator (flashing? noise?) to tell me >> that the polling has discovered it is my turn? So I could turn off the >> audible alarm if I'm sitting at my computer real time, but turn it on when >> I'm running to the kitchen to make coffee? >> >> >> >> EV: I already proposed a popup. Not sure if sound is possible in a >> platform-neutral way (I have no experience with programming sound). >> >> >> >> And the task bar would flash to let me know it's my turn when I'm checking >> my email. >> >> >> >> EV: Isn’t that too platform-dependent? I would have no clue how to do that >> anyway. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit >> for your organization - today and in the future. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails-devel mailing list >> Rai...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Rails-devel mailing list > Rai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel > |
