| QUOTE (Duckworth-Lewis @ Jun 20 2003, 11:20 AM) |
| I'm getting too many nasal smears on the monitor.... |
eww... that's gross!
| QUOTE (Duckworth-Lewis @ Jun 20 2003, 10:20 AM) |
| I wonder if a lighter blue and green font colour could be used on the market page |
I am sure they could - what colours would you suggest? The html colour classification would be nice, saves lots of 'how about this, or this, or should we go with this?'
(Not sucking up, just my post count was on 13 and didn't want to leave it there... Sorry)
Blue (standard good) - #0097FA
Green (lifeform) - #00CC95
another alternative would be to use an orange (ie; #D09700 )
Edited Note: I tried to show examples of the font colors, but couldnt get it to work on this forum
| QUOTE (Steve-Law @ Jul 2 2003, 07:59 PM) |
| While you're at it, any chance of marking unique items in their own colour? |
What do you mean? A unique resource item such as Plebian Goldfish or a unique item such as Officer Gandalbeard?
There would be the problem with new colours for unique resource items as they can also fall into other categories such as perishable etc - one of the reasons we put in the colour changes in the first place. Last thing we want is a confusing rainbow of colours. Green for life unless unique resource in which case it is purple...
In the case of the latter - do people sell unique items on the open market anyway?
| QUOTE (Mica) |
| What do you mean? A unique resource item such as Plebian Goldfish or a unique item such as Officer Gandalbeard? |
But good point about colours, so how about a symbol (easy to do in php - {if "unique" echo '*';} or to make it easier just italicise, or under/overline uniques?
| QUOTE (Mica) |
| In the case of the latter - do people sell unique items on the open market anyway? |
| QUOTE (Duckworth-Lewis @ Jun 30 2003, 10:23 PM) |
| Blue (standard good) - #0097FA Green (lifeform) - #00CC95 |
The blue simply dissappeared into black (viewed using dreamweaver).
The green seemed a little pale - although admittedly much easier to read.
What do others think of the the colour suggestion?
| QUOTE (Mica) |
| What do others think of the the colour suggestion? |
Both look fine to me (IE6) clear and readable. (Not sure how they downgrade to 256 colours users, but they have got to be few and far between these days...)
I tweaked those colours just barely to make them websafe and added a slightly changed orange (and your original yellow). (Still not sure about the orange)
Link: Colour Test
| QUOTE (Mica Goldstone @ Jul 3 2003, 10:11 AM) |
| There would be the problem with new colours for unique resource items as they can also fall into other categories such as perishable etc - one of the reasons we put in the colour changes in the first place. Last thing we want is a confusing rainbow of colours. Green for life unless unique resource in which case it is purple... |
I can see the problem of needing a different colour for each:
normal item
lifeform
drug
trade item
trade item (perishable)
unique trade item
unique trade item (life)
unique trade item (life perishable)
unique trade item (perishable)
...and so on...
But I do like the idea of highlighting if something is Unique near it's name such as:
Plebian Goldfish (xxxx) {*}
And a note at the bottom of the item table stating:
{*} = origin specific item
or similar.
This will allow a small number of colours to show the difference in item type and let people who are interested in knowing that an item is "unique".
There was a recent incident were I told someone I would buy any non-perishable unique trade item at the basic value x a multiplier. The starcaptain then showed up at my starbase with 2700mus of generic drugs and 500 mus of normal jewellry. Had there been an indication of uniqueness on the market pages then this unfortunate incident could have been avoided.
Yes people do buy/sell unique trade goods on the open market all the time. The AFT & FCN are to name but two.
| QUOTE |
| I can see the problem of needing a different colour for each: normal item lifeform drug trade item trade item (perishable) unique trade item unique trade item (life) unique trade item (life perishable) unique trade item (perishable) ...and so on... |
Would it be possible to add different menus in the market report? There is the existing Show all items (which I always use!), but how about one for each item type - Show Normal items, Show Lifeforms, etc? it allows you to straight away see the type of goods you are interested in.
I know the colour options sort of do this, but one persons favourite colour is anothers blinding headache and some computers/web software shows colours differently.
mandible
| QUOTE (Mandible @ Jul 3 2003, 01:04 PM) |
| Would it be possible to add different menus in the market report? There is the existing Show all items (which I always use!), but how about one for each item type - Show Normal items, Show Lifeforms, etc? it allows you to straight away see the type of goods you are interested in. |
Now that's a wonderful idea. Can we please have that added, Mica?
Also I'd love to see a sort by numeric option in addition to the standard sort by alpha.
I'd like to see an all item summary list ordered by item number too.
| QUOTE (kerryh @ Jul 3 2003, 01:32 PM) |
| Also I'd love to see a sort by numeric option in addition to the standard sort by alpha. |
What I'd also like to see is market reports on starbase printouts (and hence the individual starbase market reports on the website) sorted numerically. As most origin-specific trade goods have high numbers (30000+), this would instantly make it a _lot_ easier to find which are the trade goods. It would also make it a lot easier to find things when I'm looking through my own markets, to find out how much of a particular item I've currently got on the market...
Richard
AFT
| QUOTE (MasterTrader @ Jul 3 2003, 08:22 PM) |
| What I'd also like to see is market reports on starbase printouts (and hence the individual starbase market reports on the website) sorted numerically. As most origin-specific trade goods have high numbers (30000+), this would instantly make it a _lot_ easier to find which are the trade goods. It would also make it a lot easier to find things when I'm looking through my own markets, to find out how much of a particular item I've currently got on the market... |
What would really be nice is if the market reports had sections, like one section for tradegoods, another for ship items, another for ores, etc.
It would also be great in the manifest sorted out the tradegoods from the regular manifest like the ores are, it's a frelling pain in the arse sometimes to hunt thru your starbase's manifest to identify what tradegoods it has on hand.
Kerry
| QUOTE (Mica Goldstone @ Jul 3 2003, 11:08 AM) |
| The blue simply dissappeared into black (viewed using dreamweaver). The green seemed a little pale - although admittedly much easier to read. What do others think of the the colour suggestion? |
Perhaps on reflection it may be easier to have the background of the table a light grey?....though that may mean changing the perishable lifeforms to a darker colour...
Some good suggestions for further enhancements to the markets....apologies for starting this off Mica!
Does seem like every want and will not stop wanting, but I do like the unique items label {*}... Sorry to agree with them Mica
And for the amount of work & extra confusion caused be the extra colours I feel it would not be too good an idea...
