Vacman Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I must say that I do _NOT_ like the astrisk on the right side of the screen when the cache has been found within the last 7 days. If it is being omitted to save band-width... I guess I'll have to live with it. But I really liked the second version of the "new" graphic that was up until today..... IMHO -------------------------------------------------- "If you ever go temporarily insane, don't shoot somebody, like a lot of people do. Instead, try to get some weeding done, because you'd really be surprised." - Jack Handy Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I don't like the lack of grouping by found, caches I've placed and those truly worthy caches up on top that are out there beckoning. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I prefer it the way it is now. I can look at *only* my finds, *only* my hides or *only* ones I haven't found yet near some reference point. This is pretty much all I ever need to do. I never liked the sorted list because I was always interested in just some of the data (either finds, hides or not found yet) and the rest was always just noise that I had to scroll through. Plus, the new search page is much more efficient on the db server, so I'm a *huge* fan of it. I realize this is slightly off topic from the original post... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Link to comment
+beejay&esskay Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Vacman:But I really liked the second version of the "new" graphic that was up until today..... IMHO Not sure which version is which, but I agree that asterisk is not a good "flag". Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 How about using neither the "new" or the "asterisk" and instead highlight the date in say red or blue if it was found in the last seven days? Just a suggestion. Addicted finder of *old* BM's! Link to comment
+Bloencustoms Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 I really liked the new flag, the asterisk does the trick, but you have to be careful not to scroll past it. The highlighting is a good idea as well. "The fertilizer has hit the ventilator" Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Problem: They (whoever "they" are) complained about the "new" flag, now people don't like the "asterisk." Solution: How about a "Champagne-bottle-popping-its-cork" graphic? Link to comment
+Brainerd Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Perhaps the asterisk could be 'bold'. * reads better than *. I like the asterisk because text loads faster than an image. If it works, text is always preferable. Just adding a <b>*</b> to the template might just make the difference to please all (then again, I'm dreaming). Happy hunting, Tom Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau Link to comment
+Brainerd Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Actually, the bold asterisk above is not any more discernable than the normal one. Oh, well. Happy hunting, Tom Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. Henry David Thoreau Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot:Problem: They (whoever "they" are) complained about the "new" flag, now people don't like the "asterisk." Solution: How about a "Champagne-bottle-popping-its-cork" graphic? Better solution---Drop the "new" indicator all-together.....what people can't tell a find that says "today" or "yesterday" or a couple days ago is NEW? Nothing to see here, move along. Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by IV_Warrior: Better solution---Drop the "new" indicator all-together.....what people can't tell a find that says "today" or "yesterday" or a couple days ago is NEW? Yeah, you're right ... and that's exactly the same thing I said when computer operating systems (and the internet) changed to the graphics-based mess they are. It wasn't THAT long ago that the consensus was that nobody would EVER want or need anything faster than a 286 processor, a monochrome monitor, 1 meg of ram and 10 megs of storage space ... Link to comment
+Woof! Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Arg....I still contend that nothing beyong the "2 days ago" is necesary to tell me a cache was found 2 days ago. My orignal suggestion still seems like a good compramise though -- Make the "2 days ago" font yellow if it was found within the past 7 days. This way there is still a "pop" for the eye, yet doesn't add to the clutter. On another note...I've decided I REALLY like the way the new Nearest Page sorts much better than when it bunched up your hides and finds etc. Happy Halloween Link to comment
Vacman Posted June 26, 2003 Author Share Posted June 26, 2003 TBH - we all survived just fine before without it, but my point was and still is - if you're going to have something there - make it stand out. Hence my thread submission (Good thing these threads don't have to be approved) -------------------------------------------------- "If you ever go temporarily insane, don't shoot somebody, like a lot of people do. Instead, try to get some weeding done, because you'd really be surprised." - Jack Handy Link to comment
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