[SUG] move the build link between cash and explore

Frybert

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Oct 18th 2014, 15:39:59

Could we move the build link to between the cash and explore links? Cash and Explore pages are almost identical, its so easy to accidentally explore when you want to cash, or cash when you want to explore.

qzjul

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Oct 20th 2014, 16:55:42

uh; i could, i suppose; is this a problem for anyone else though?

Finally did the signature thing.

Xinhuan

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Oct 20th 2014, 17:58:29

Can we combine the Explore and Build pages into one, so we don't have to go between these 2 pages turn by turn?

Frybert

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Oct 20th 2014, 18:51:01

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Can we combine the Explore and Build pages into one, so we don't have to go between these 2 pages turn by turn?

Thats an even better idea.

Marshal

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Oct 20th 2014, 19:05:00

i did recently 126 turns cashing instead exploring.

Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

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VicRattlehead

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Oct 20th 2014, 19:38:08

I definitely explored when I meant to be cashing recently, several different times across team and FFA servers.

blid

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Oct 20th 2014, 20:06:20

I don't care about any of this stuff

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

LATC

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Oct 20th 2014, 21:32:14

If we're moving menu items around, can we make them logical and combine those main menu ones. Something maybe like this:

Main Menu
Advisor
Preferences
Manage
GDI (Why can't this be in "manage"? Also, have you seen the block of text on GDI page?! It's a freaking essay!)
Bonus

Explore
Build
Cash
Research
Private Market
Public Market

Military (Although why do we even need this page, you can just combine it with war room - if I go to make an attack and realize my jets are still out on a PS, doesn't make sense to go to another page to see when they will return)
Spy Center
War Room

Relations
News
Messages
Search
Clans
Send Aid
Scores (why is there even a top players page when you can just show top 25 in scores)

Get Help
Report Cheaters

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Are you guys stupid or what?

blid

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Oct 20th 2014, 22:15:05

Now that makes sense.

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

h2orich

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Oct 21st 2014, 7:44:37

Scores page should show the whole list of countries, not just the 25 above and below you.

Private market and Public market should be on the same page, you dont have to navigate between pages to compare prices.

blid

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Oct 21st 2014, 12:19:56

I think scores page is good as is, but it could have a link on the bottom that says "See All"

Originally posted by Mr. Titanium:

Watch your mouth boy, I have never been accused of cheating on any server nor deleted before you just did right there.

VicRattlehead

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Oct 21st 2014, 14:34:54

The current scores page configuration lends itself to trickery and I think that is a good thing.

Marshal

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Oct 21st 2014, 15:07:31

ïn past scores page was the thing where players picked up their landgrab targets.

qzjul

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Oct 23rd 2014, 19:54:33

Originally posted by Xinhuan:

Can we combine the Explore and Build pages into one, so we don't have to go between these 2 pages turn by turn?

Hm; we could provide links that help you get back and forth; combining them would be a bit of a PITA lol

Finally did the signature thing.

qzjul

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Oct 23rd 2014, 19:56:17

Originally posted by LATC:

All good ideas I think :-) Let me see... Sunday it's supposed to be snowy/showers, might be a good programming day...

Finally did the signature thing.

Raging Budda

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Oct 24th 2014, 1:22:58

I do agree with the very similar look of the explore/cashing pages. Reorganzing the left tab will require several people to alter their instincts of where to click for the page they want.

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Frybert

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Dec 7th 2014, 16:55:11

So, uh, any update on this?

qzjul

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Dec 7th 2014, 20:10:16

oh yea, i forgot about this; maybe i'll take a look shortly

Finally did the signature thing.

Frybert

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May 23rd 2015, 3:01:51

Is it shortly yet? I just just did another batch cash.

Goofy

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May 24th 2015, 1:31:55

It's warm and sunny now, he might be able to get to it :)

Marshal

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May 24th 2015, 10:36:34

warm + sunny = biking

Frybert

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Aug 13th 2015, 16:44:36

bump

Marshal

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Aug 13th 2015, 19:31:16

wishful thinking.

drkprinc

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Aug 14th 2015, 5:00:13

lol think better thing would seperate military units and resources units by chunk of space on private market sell then cashing over exploring much better use of qz time >.>

Seriously how many turrets are we going to sell thinking it's bushels before we learn v.v

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Marshal

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Aug 14th 2015, 14:13:40

turrets you can recall but if you cashed 126 turns instead exploring then you won't get those turns back.

h2orich

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Aug 15th 2015, 18:38:42

and remove buying bushels from private. who the hell purchases $360 bushels. Countless times I've bought bushels while clearing out my private market.

Marshal

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Aug 15th 2015, 19:07:03

if public has no bushels or priv < public

DancingBear

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Aug 15th 2015, 21:40:19

i've made all of these pilot errors more than once over the years

on the one hand, you can see the dodgy interface as part of the game, where pilot skill and discipline are part of the game, which includes operating the dodgy interface

on the other hand, you can see "the game" as more abstract and the dodgy interface then appears to be an unnecessary impediment to playing the game well

of course, this is complicated by the deep familarity and nostalgia many of us have with this ancient dodgy interface

personally, i fluff out loud every time i blow it, but even this holds nostalgia value for me, so i'm not that interested in "fixing" anything, yet i wouldn't complain if many of these logical changes were adopted

:)

qzjul

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Aug 18th 2015, 16:22:13

Ya, I've been playing at work with some interfaces, I'll maybe unveil some in the near future as a demo, see what peeps think

Finally did the signature thing.

drkprinc

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Aug 19th 2015, 4:41:58

Originally posted by Marshal:

turrets you can recall but if you cashed 126 turns instead exploring then you won't get those turns back.

I was talking about private not public, there is no way to recall from private -_-

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Marshal

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Aug 19th 2015, 13:40:26

in that case.

p.s. next time specify.

Frybert

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Oct 25th 2015, 17:14:47

Sooo...a year on, any word on any of this?

elvesrus

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Oct 25th 2015, 20:00:08

some

Originally posted by qzjul:

Oddly enough, I've started working on this stuff recently...

Oct 7th 2015, 5:57:13
http://qz.earthempires.com/alliance/main/newskinbs3

go to a country on http://qz.earthempires.com go to the main page and add /newskinbs3 after /{server}/main

let me know thoughts, opinions, improvements, etc

not done, obv

My plan is to get a bootstrap template - like the forums - jammed on the front page too, based largely on some work of pangs a couple years ago; I would definitely like to get that up

I think that's key, before promotion -- though promoting it, via FB or an app or *something* is an idea i like

Originally posted by crest23:

Elves is a douche on every server.

Frybert

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Feb 16th 2018, 17:04:26

Bump?

Gerdler

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Feb 16th 2018, 17:37:27

I actually agree with this... put build in between cash and explore would be a really quick and easy fix. I cashed instead of exploring even today, it was 1 turn, could have been 100 I guess. its a problem that is recurring for me too. not that it happens every day but every week or two I would say, on different servers.