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[Hillslam]

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY MAP SOME F^&*%KING FUNCTIONALITY TO

<ENTER>

<ESC>

<BACKSPACE>

IN THE FRONT END.


YOUR UI IS SO FREAKING MOUSE-ONLY DRIVEN, WITH TEENY WEENY ITSBY BITSY BUTTONS THAT AREN'T EVEN ALIGNED AND SIT ON POLAR OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SCREEN, THAT I WANT TO KICK THE DOG USING THIS TORTURE DEVICE!!!!

Been using this painful ui for months now. biting my tongue. but i just. cant. hold. it in. anymore.

AAARRRGGGGGG!!!

PLEASE!

Edited by Hillslam, 12 July 2014 - 03:10 PM.

[Hillslam]

MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE MOUSE

kill me now

Edited by Hillslam, 12 July 2014 - 03:12 PM.

[MonkeyCheese]

Fast way to get to ktown.

But I do agree except for the dog kicking phrase

[Varik Ronain]

I wonder if in the far future our children will be able to use the numeric keypad to input values when we convert XP to GXP. I mean the slider thing kills me! I run a handful of mechs and the main 3 all have over a million EXP... you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to try and do the wiggle dance with the mouse to move it a macro millimeter so I wont have to spend a small fortune in MC to get a little GXP...


Anyways I am down for constructive criticism on the UI! We should make a top ten list and have someone that PGI responds to on twitter or reddit post it to them for us. I am far too old and lazy to get twitter or reddit for a damn game.

[Spike Brave]

ESC is mapped the the back function/button in the UI.

[Biglead]

Varik Ronain, on 12 July 2014 - 03:24 PM, said:

I wonder if in the far future our children will be able to use the numeric keypad to input values when we convert XP to GXP. I mean the slider thing kills me! I run a handful of mechs and the main 3 all have over a million EXP... you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to try and do the wiggle dance with the mouse to move it a macro millimeter so I wont have to spend a small fortune in MC to get a little GXP...


Anyways I am down for constructive criticism on the UI! We should make a top ten list and have someone that PGI responds to on twitter or reddit post it to them for us. I am far too old and lazy to get twitter or reddit for a damn game.

F@$king Right?!

[Hillslam]

I doubt this will go to ktown. Nor should it.

Colorfully embedded agonized emotion allusion aside - they're all legit problems with this ui

[MarineTech]

[Egomane]

Hillslam, on 13 July 2014 - 03:15 PM, said:

I doubt this will go to ktown. Nor should it.

Colorfully embedded agonized emotion allusion aside - they're all legit problems with this ui

Sorry, but you are wrong!

Post constructivly and not like child stomping his feet, like you did with this thread, if you want your posts to stay in GD.

[MarineTech]

[Hillslam]

I don't care where my threads "go". Its more valuable to PGI to understand the visceral response to their UI than it is for me to have my thread sit in some arbitrary section. Also the venting was cathartic. For awhile. Then I went in and the UI inflicted itself upon me again.

Emotional response? Companies crave emotional response from their products. That's called feedback. you might want to listen to it, instead of bury it. Lodr knows from this UI PGI needs it.

Especially given that it breaks just about every rule in the good UX book (and I know, I've been doing this professionally for more than 25 years).

You want specifics? Lets see.

• Never put buttons in a direct workflow on opposite sides of the screen.
  
• Do not have mouse only confirmations - ALL of them should have <enter> mapped on focus on panel load.
  
• Have EVERY button navigable by <tab> - ESPECIALLY on confirmation screens.
  
• NEVER have confirmation screens with one button - ala "OK". If you did it, you did it. Unless your code needs an event handler. In which case, write better event code.
  
• ALIGN your buttons! Having 3 confirmation dialogs pop up in a row is bad enough, don not compound it by having NONE of your buttons in the same location as the previous dialog. ESPECIALLY when they are not mapped on load to <enter> and are accessible only by mouse click
  
• Don't have your buttons only accessible by MOUSE CLICK.

Good enough?


I could go on and on and on. Like poor use of real estate. Obfuscation of information behind meaningless icons. Having icons that are not clickable (when the text below it is the only way to activate that control) and so on. Much of that PGI has heard from other UI2.0 feedback.

They deserve to hear it again. Especially because it sucks and makes using the UI unpleasant and unenjoyable. A thing to be worked and gotten around to get to the game matches.

There, I've done my bit. gnight

Ktown, uptown, downtown, gtown, whatever. If thats supposed to impart something to me, it doesn't. There's some of my feedback. Its on PGI to do something with it. If "ktown" means its buried then thats PGI's loss, not mine.

Customer.

Edited by Hillslam, 14 July 2014 - 04:47 PM.

[Sandpit]

well ****

[MarineTech]

[MonkeyCheese]

MonkeyCheese, on 12 July 2014 - 03:20 PM, said:

Fast way to get to ktown.

Oh Hai

[MarineTech]

[Phlinger]

Well, I tried thinking

my mouse to work

and then thinking

about it not working

but, only this happened

I guess it was a win

right?

[MarineTech]