> Standardize on 19x19 map size. It makes sense to have a common client size. Of course, whatever size we use, some people will find it too small, some will find it too big :)
> Make client fullscreen. As long as it's an option, no issue here. Note that I agree about the point concerning toolkits - it's nice to have coherence between applications. > Standardize on one client Agreed, with the following conditions: * be available on as many platforms as we can, so people don't feel like writing another one * have as many options as possible - so people can customize it to their taste, and don't feel like writing another one :) > Improve client UI > Here are various thoughts and some suggestions I think people presented: > - Pop up window for inventory handling (one gets so many items in > crossfire, that the normal scrolled area really isn't sufficient) Optional :) > - Maybe use themes to make the appearance more that of a game and less that > of an application (font size, background colors, etc) The best thing would be to have "game mode", either full screen or not, with a specialized toolkit, and "integrated mode", integrated in the desktop (using style and such). > - Figure out what information is important to display, and what isn't. In > particular, I'm thinking of the stats pane here - most often I use the exp > pane to see where I am at relative to leveling, less so the resistances, > and seldom use the overall stats one, since stats don't change very often. > Could we maybe use icons instead of string names, and scrollbars instead of > numbers to represent progress? Add popup hints so if you hover over the > value, you get the full info? Again, let's enable the user to customize the interface as much as possible. > - Improved help - I don't think the help in the client has much useful > content - I think a lot of the information currently in various places > could make it to the client so it has a real help system. Agreed. A nice thing would be to have a generic client, with an interface layer. This way we could apply different interfaces while retaining a common layer. Think something like Firefox's XUL, maybe? (as a concept, i certainly don't suggest to use that language for the interface). Maybe with a "widget" system? Let users write (in Python? LUA?) their own displaying widget to display game information? Nicolas _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
