OverClocked ReMix Forums

OverClocked ReMix Forums (http://ocremix.org/forums/index.php)
-   Site Issues & Feedback (http://ocremix.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=36)
-   -   OverClocked ReMix Design ?'s and Issues (http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4478)

djpretzel 10-02-2008 11:32 PM

Made some formatting changes to the lists... feedback here.

HitoriJaNai 10-02-2008 11:49 PM

Hehe... it's a little disorienting, but I'll manage.

Shadow Wolf 10-03-2008 12:38 AM

Hmmm, I dunno about that one. I dislike having to click on the game title, THEN find the view all link to actually see all the mixes for the games. I also still think, years later, that it was much easier to find the game you were looking for when there was a screenie of each one on the side of the page in the games list.

Gollgagh 10-03-2008 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow Wolf (Post 459377)
Hmmm, I dunno about that one. I dislike having to click on the game title, THEN find the view all link to actually see all the mixes for the games. I also still think, years later, that it was much easier to find the game you were looking for when there was a screenie of each one on the side of the page in the games list.

I do too, but size efficiency is more important, I guess.

Abadoss 10-03-2008 12:43 AM

It's interesting and, design-wise, it's pretty good... I'm not sure I care for it much, though...

Shadow Wolf 10-03-2008 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gollgagh (Post 459379)
I do too, but size efficiency is more important, I guess.

True, but what I wonder is how important vertical economy of size is to people on a webpage. I mean, vert scrollbars are pretty much a way of life. We certainly all scroll through these forums enough. So if we could have screenies without increasing page width or cramming up the CSS stylesheet, would it be that bad?

Honestly, I personally feel like a lot of the information we have as far as mixes and sorting now is TOO text heavy, and crammed too close together, which makes it very difficult to scan quickly. We've got a LOT of choices as to how to sort and view the mixes, but it's almost like there's TOO many different ways to do things. From a design perspective, I feel like a little bit of the visually artistic side of the site has given way to cold hard info that's difficult to see.

Don't get me wrong Dave, I'd sell my soul to be able to code up a site like this. The above is really my only gripe.

Dafydd 10-03-2008 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djpretzel (Post 459362)
Made some formatting changes to the lists... feedback here.

Less scrolling, which is good. I kinda miss the little console icons though. And the colors kind of don't fit too well with the rest of the site (they're too dark). Would look better with the changes I suggested on the previous page though.

Dhsu 10-03-2008 05:45 PM

Well, first the most obvious thing: the dark grays are too big of a contrast in my opinion, not only with the surrounding white area, but in terms of consistency with the rest of the site. You don't see those colors in any of the other, non-list content areas (front page, links, wiki, etc.) so there's a bit of a disconnect. It's not quite the color of the site header either, so that adds to the effect.

The second thing is pretty minor, but it might be preferable to align the headings left instead of center. Since there are now no grid lines or other form of differentiation between columns, it provides more visual organization IMO. In fact, right now if there is an entry that's long enough, it will cause the headings to appear to be on entirely separate columns from the shorter entries. Here, for example, the "title" heading is completely to the right of the titles until you scroll down. To this end, it also might help to wrap the sub-list of composers to a certain width (see: entry for "Blazing Lazers" on the same page) to avoid stretching out the column so much.

BTW, pretty sure it's been like this forever, but I just noticed that the "home" tab is on the very right, which is kind of odd. Not a gripe, just unexpected.

Liontamer 10-03-2008 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dhsu (Post 459731)
Well, first the most obvious thing: the dark grays are too big of a contrast in my opinion, not only with the surrounding white area, but in terms of consistency with the rest of the site. You don't see those colors in any of the other, non-list content areas (front page, links, wiki, etc.) so there's a bit of a disconnect. It's not quite the color of the site header either, so that adds to the effect.

Yeah, I agree on all those levels regarding the dark color scheme of the lists and was thinking the same things (doesn't match the other areas) as well last night. Unless the rest of the site is getting modified on this level, which I don't believe is the case, I'd rather see the light color scheme back in place.

Dave mentioned to me he liked some of Shadow Wolf's comments regarding the screenshots, and I agreed that the games list looks too cold as well. The headshots of the various composers is a good example of how another area was spiced up, so it makes sense to bring back the screenshots as descriptors for the games as well, which also looks more consistent overall.

anosou 10-03-2008 07:47 PM

Like the addition of screenshots for remixes (I only saw it when checking a remixer profile but I like it nonetheless). Lovely.


All times are GMT. The time now is 12:34 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.