Petopia Usability Improvements
Petopia Usability Improvements
(I also reworked most of the back-end database and generation code so I can make changes more easily, but hopefully you won't notice any of that. If you do, it probably means that I screwed something up. )
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I really like this change, great job mania
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No, really, I like it.
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/scuttle over to forums to see whats going on...
Nice work Mania
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Hehe, I'm sure. Only thing I don't quite like is the image for Gondria and Azuregos - both look really weird with an unicolor background. I've always liked Petopia to begin with, but now that you've taken all the pet families to the front page, it's even more practical. It's either this or the gallery of pet looks I always go for, so it makes going through pets so much easier.Mania wrote:Hmm ... I am suspicious. Normally people hate any changes I make. (Almost as if my taste in web design is horrendous. *grin*) Are you sure you're looking at Petopia?
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Err ... that was intentional. Really! (I have a hard time telling those colors apart. I'll get it fixed.)Aleu wrote:I very much like it! Although the picture of Gondria is of a blue spectral Tiger instead of purple. Unless that was the only model you could find at the moment.
Do you mean the faked partially transparent images that are so bright they'll blind you? Yeah ... I need to see if I can do a better job with those.Safrienaer wrote:Only thing I don't quite like is the image for Gondria and Azuregos - both look really weird with an unicolor background.
Actually a big part of what I did was spend time with Google Analytics trying to figure out where people enter the site and where they go from there. Once I did that ... I was pretty embarrassed about how hard it was to get around. But yeah, mostly I just tried to make the existing traffic patterns easier.Safrienaer wrote:I've always liked Petopia to begin with, but now that you've taken all the pet families to the front page, it's even more practical. It's either this or the gallery of pet looks I always go for, so it makes going through pets so much easier.
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So nice facelift.. Well done mania
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Well, the green might not be my favourite, but it wouldn't be Petopia without all the green!Mania wrote:Hmm ... I am suspicious. Normally people hate any changes I make. (Almost as if my taste in web design is horrendous. *grin*) Are you sure you're looking at Petopia?
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Well, then it is still as horrible as it ever was.
I thought we were talking about the usability... Sorry.
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But seriously, I just wanted to make it a little easier to use and I'm glad that -- so far at least -- it sounds like I didn't muck that up too much.
Work continues on the back-end, and I hope to have the structure to get masses of Cataclysm info up soon. But if anyone has suggestions for more usability improvements, please let me know!
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I'm pretty sure you meant foxes...Petopia wrote:Note: Both mastiff dogs and fixes are currently included in the wolf family.
It is right here
I'm not against green but it could look a little bit fancier, you know?
Maybe, when I have some time, I'll try something if that is OK with you.