Re: [Rails-devel] [Rails-users] Company panel during OR

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Chris and John:
Thanks for your proposals.

Some general comments first:

* Greater improvements to the UI require substantial code-changes and 
will only happen over longer time frames. So there is enough time to 
discuss those. Current changes are small hacks in the current code, so 
some things are easy to introduce, others are close to impossible.

* There is a docking framework that Frederick Weld implemented for the 
operating round. This allows to separate the Map from the OR Panel. You 
can activate it in the configuration window or by simply choosing the 
"ORDocking" configuration profile.

* It seems that there is consensus that most information on companies 
should be moved to the Game Status window. However is there information 
that is can be removed?

* What is the remaining information that should be visible during the 
Operating Round?


 > John David Galt:
>
> If I had my way, companies would be displayed in only one place -- the
> Game Status window -- and it would have columns added to be able to show
> tile and token lays.  The map window should contain only the map and the
> operating-round controls.
>
> If the devs aren't willing to change that, second best would be to make
> the dividing bar between the map section and the company section of the
> map window moveable by dragging it with the mouse, the way you can do it
> in Windows' File Explorer and in Mozilla Thunderbird's main display.
> This would be especially helpful when trying to play a game with lots of
> companies (like 18EU or 1837) on a small screen.  As it is now, if
> playing on a computer with a 1024x768 monitor, you can wind up having to
> go most of the way through 18EU (all the way up to the minor company
> merger round) before you're allowed to see more than a tiny "letterbox"
> slice of the map.  I'm sure it's even worse on mobile devices.
>

- You could potentially use the Docking configuration already to show 
the full map.

- Do you really need the information on tile and token lays part of that 
table? This information is also available in the Game Report window.

 > Chris Schaffer:
 >
> I like John's suggestion of having company info in one table -
 > and I would add to that the ability to sort the table by various 
metrics, including operating order.

- Do you agree that the company info should be in the game status table? 
Or another separate table, however not linked to the map. Again this is 
possible using the Docking configuration.

- What other metric would you like to sort on?