[londonlaw-users] Re: London Law first impression
- From: Corey Burger <corey.burger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: londonlaw-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 03:15:18 -0700
Further thoughts,
[snip HIG complaints]
>
> > Technically, the only window that needs a menu is the main game
> > window. All the other windows are dialog boxes, in my view.
>
> Can you call it a dialog box if it's the only window on the screen? As
> far as I'm concerned, the Connection and Game Selection windows are
> taking on the role of the main application window. (Whether or not that
> is a good design decision is a open to debate.)
>
There are several apps that I have seen first few dialog boxes have no
menus. Also, this is a game, so greater leeway is allowed for.
> > Also, even if they do "need" menus according to the hig, nothing is
> > added by having a menu , for these specific menus.
>
> I think the average user expects to be able to execute File->Exit at any
> time in any application.
>
>
> > > > Main window
> > > > -Better icons for detectives and Mr. X
> > >
> > > Sounds good. When will you be submitting new artwork? :-)
> >
> > Do you have some thoughts on this? size, shape, etc?
>
> I think the dimensions of the current icon set are reasonable, as they
> fit pretty well on a 1024x768 window. Stylistically, I don't know that
> I have much input... except that I'm rather fond of the classic "British
> Bobbies" police helmets.
>
I like the police helmets idea. I was just looking at artwork that a
little brighter and clearer.
>
> > > > -Show number of tokens left, and of what type, rather than just colours
> > >
> > > I'm not sure I follow. Do you want to try to cram text labels in there
> > > somewhere?
> >
> > Yes, I do,but I think you can do without cramming.
>
> Maybe you could throw together a mock-up to demonstrate what you're
> thinking.
>
>
[snip stuff we agree on]
> > > > -Show moves as they happen, with a move counter at the bottom
> > >
> > > Yeah, I think I had a note in the TODO about displaying moves more
> > > obviously. But what would you like to see in a move counter? There's
> > > already a turn counter in the status bar...
> >
> > I wouldn't show the moves that haven't happened yet. Just show the latest
> > move.
>
> So... you don't really want a counter, you want a short "move history"
> buffer, yes? I had been thinking about blitting the last few moves up
> in the corner of the map. Maybe that would be close to what you're
> looking for.
>
>
For the move history, I just don't want to see moves that haven't
happened yet. A little counter at the bottom can tell me what turn I
am on.
[snip stuff about GTK]
>
>
> > 1. Add a "who is currently playing thing"
>
> There's already a question mark icon over the current player avatar, and
> also a status bar message that says whose turn it is. Or do I
> misunderstand you?
At the begining of the game, the question mark is on Mr. X. That is a
perfectly reasonable part of the graphic, as you don't know who he is.
You don't realize, and I didn't that it actually denotes who is
playing right now.
There are 2 visual options I had thought of:
1. An arrow about the current player
2. A box around the current player
(both of these on the lower panel)
[snip bug report]
Corey
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