[MI]Cacker
16-02-2000, 01:59
Hi,
First impressions are it's great ! Well done all.
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* CHAT *
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(1) You cannot tell if someone in the user list is away. SUGGEST their name is italicized/coloured/whatever if the respective chat window doesn't have focus
(2) Scrolling back through the chat history is near impossible, because when users post another message, the scrollbox jumps to the end.
(3) It would be nice to be able to recall all the messages you have type in a chat, using the up/down arrow keys. ie maintain a history. Often people have to repeat themselves due to new arrivals etc.
(4) When whispering to someone, the chat window should indicate *WHO* you just whispered to, or leave the user selected in the user list.
for example -
[Cacker Whispers to Kadoogan:]hi m8ey -- or
[Cacker (Kadoogan):]hi m8ey -- or
[Cacker to Kadoogan:]hi m8ey -- etc etc
instead of
[Cacker Whispers:]hi m8ey
(5) When you select someone in the user list to whisper to, if someone leaves the chat room, the user list is reset and your recipient for the whisper is un-selected.
(6) In a small wp3 client window, the Send button hangs over the input text box for the chat line, and hence you can't see what you are typing.
(7) OKAY BIG POINT HERE
I think there should be an option to either have -
(a) one window per chat (as it is now)
(b) one window that can switch between your active chats, eg via menu, buttons, whatever
It was rather confusing with the multiple chats. I was in wireplay3 chat, went to see what HL servers were up and was taken out of wireplay3 chat and put into HL chat. I wanted wireplay3 chat to remain active. As it is ,when I went back, I was logged in again (time), all history is lost too.
Plus it was pointed out that auto connection to a chat might not be a good thing when everyone is using it :-)
My point is, you might just want to check something elsewhere, not necessarily join the game, so going automatically into the half-life chat might not *always* be what I want.
So may be an auto-join option for joining chats automatically, or via manual intervention ? Or don't disconnect from wp3 chat ?
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* GENERAL LAYOUT *
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The layout is very nice. Around most of the windows is the white/silvery curvy border. But around the top right window, where for example the server windows are, and the html parser is .. it's rather 'unenclosed'. It's purely for aesthetic reasons, but I'd like a white/silvery curvy border around that area too, namely around the left edge.
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* SERVER LISTS *
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You don't always want a refresh when you select a server.
When you click on a server it automatically does a refresh, which takes about 1-2 seconds.
I think I'd prefer 'refresh selected', 'refresh all' buttons. It depends, if you are looking to keep the client as clean looking as possible (ie with minimum of fuss, and as much automation as possible).
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* SUGGESTIONS *
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On gamespy you can keep a list of 'buddys'.
A server is tagged with an icon if it contains your buddy.
This sort of thing would be cool. Easy to find yer mates, especially now there are so many servers. It could also be extend to a non game-specific utility whereby you can see which server a m8 is on, be it Q3, KingPin etc ;-) Perhaps on the Friends page ??
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First impressions are it's great ! Well done all.
********
* CHAT *
********
(1) You cannot tell if someone in the user list is away. SUGGEST their name is italicized/coloured/whatever if the respective chat window doesn't have focus
(2) Scrolling back through the chat history is near impossible, because when users post another message, the scrollbox jumps to the end.
(3) It would be nice to be able to recall all the messages you have type in a chat, using the up/down arrow keys. ie maintain a history. Often people have to repeat themselves due to new arrivals etc.
(4) When whispering to someone, the chat window should indicate *WHO* you just whispered to, or leave the user selected in the user list.
for example -
[Cacker Whispers to Kadoogan:]hi m8ey -- or
[Cacker (Kadoogan):]hi m8ey -- or
[Cacker to Kadoogan:]hi m8ey -- etc etc
instead of
[Cacker Whispers:]hi m8ey
(5) When you select someone in the user list to whisper to, if someone leaves the chat room, the user list is reset and your recipient for the whisper is un-selected.
(6) In a small wp3 client window, the Send button hangs over the input text box for the chat line, and hence you can't see what you are typing.
(7) OKAY BIG POINT HERE
I think there should be an option to either have -
(a) one window per chat (as it is now)
(b) one window that can switch between your active chats, eg via menu, buttons, whatever
It was rather confusing with the multiple chats. I was in wireplay3 chat, went to see what HL servers were up and was taken out of wireplay3 chat and put into HL chat. I wanted wireplay3 chat to remain active. As it is ,when I went back, I was logged in again (time), all history is lost too.
Plus it was pointed out that auto connection to a chat might not be a good thing when everyone is using it :-)
My point is, you might just want to check something elsewhere, not necessarily join the game, so going automatically into the half-life chat might not *always* be what I want.
So may be an auto-join option for joining chats automatically, or via manual intervention ? Or don't disconnect from wp3 chat ?
******************
* GENERAL LAYOUT *
******************
The layout is very nice. Around most of the windows is the white/silvery curvy border. But around the top right window, where for example the server windows are, and the html parser is .. it's rather 'unenclosed'. It's purely for aesthetic reasons, but I'd like a white/silvery curvy border around that area too, namely around the left edge.
********************
* SERVER LISTS *
********************
You don't always want a refresh when you select a server.
When you click on a server it automatically does a refresh, which takes about 1-2 seconds.
I think I'd prefer 'refresh selected', 'refresh all' buttons. It depends, if you are looking to keep the client as clean looking as possible (ie with minimum of fuss, and as much automation as possible).
***************
* SUGGESTIONS *
***************
On gamespy you can keep a list of 'buddys'.
A server is tagged with an icon if it contains your buddy.
This sort of thing would be cool. Easy to find yer mates, especially now there are so many servers. It could also be extend to a non game-specific utility whereby you can see which server a m8 is on, be it Q3, KingPin etc ;-) Perhaps on the Friends page ??
------------------
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