New Board Suggestion Box Thread - Page 4

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 05:11 PM

Oooh, I think you should also reset the 'Most users online' thing. It's at 250 or something.

Warren Wagner · 12-04-2005, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas Linton

The sigs look dumb too, they're too small. Are you planning on changing the size requirement, Goat? Avatars could probably go up to 100x100, too.

I totally agree with this statement.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:10 PM

I'll have to watch my bandwidth and see if we can afford larger avatars. However, I will don't think I will ever let you go above 80x80.

As for sigs, I really tried to find a better size, and tested this quite a bit. In all honestly, 325x60 really looked the best. I couldn't come up with anything better.

Plus, making everyone change would be a real pain in the ass.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 06:30 PM

Ooh, Goat - regarding the voting system for movies: would it be feasible to have the rating that each member gave for the movie viewable in a seperate list? If it's not too far fetched, a single-line summary from each voting member to accompany that rating would be neat (rottentomatoes.com-like).

It'd be quite a neat, summarised version of the actual thread - and maybe keep the thread content to longer reviews and queries rather than short 'I liked this!' replies.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:34 PM

Yes, I think we will do that.

Also, one thing I was considering, was to make certain users have more influence in the score. Basically, give all their scores more weight. This status could be something determined automatically by post count in 3dmm forums? Or perhaps, to entice people to post detail reviews in the reviews section, have all scores in there be weighted more heavily?

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 06:34 PM

Additionally, I've noticed with movies directed by more than one person - in the 'Movie Highlights' not all of the names are displayed (some sort of character limit) and the profile tries to link to a member with the name (for example) 'Demented Ferret and Cowtacular Spleen'. You should try splitting links between occurances of
','
' and '
and
'&'

Or something.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:38 PM

Yeah, that's actually a pretty good idea, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. I was contemplenting having an entirely separate table to list all the directors in, and have them linked to the movie with a list of FK's in the database...this makes a lot more sense. I gave up on my other idea because it was just too much work, and thought we could get by without it.

Demented Ferret · 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Space Goat

Yes, I think we will do that.

Also, one thing I was considering, was to make certain users have more influence in the score. Basically, give all their scores more weight. This status could be something determined automatically by post count in 3dmm forums? Or perhaps, to entice people to post detail reviews in the reviews section, have all scores in there be weighted more heavily?

Weighted rating seems like a good idea until you see forums like 'Newgrounds.com' where your average schmo has about 0.1% of the voting weight of a normal member. If you can think of a system everyone will agree on - it'd be a nice idea.

I think MOST people should have the same review-rights, but maybe have a team of 5 3dmm.com official 'critics' (which could be voted by a poll every 3 months) that have their entires automatically bolded/RED'D and moved to the top of the previously mentioned list would be quite neat.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 06:40 PM

I was thinking this "top critic" status could be put in their custom title. That was one of the "creative" things I mentioned earlier on how to utilize those.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 06:51 PM

I agree, that would at least be a constructive use for them. I was also thinking - It'd be nice to 'Spotlight' the best movies of maybe the previous week, even a line similar to:

Last weeks highest rated movie was Movie Name Here by Director with a rating of 7/10

Underneath or connected to the current Spotlight would be quite nice, seeming as the spotlight focus can be changed pretty quickly.

Salter · 12-04-2005, 08:24 PM

This all sounds very good!
In an unrelated point, do we get message icons?

Phil Williamson · 12-04-2005, 08:38 PM

I think black message text looks better than the grey that we have right now, but that might just be me...

HMC · 12-04-2005, 08:38 PM

I think sometime in the future it would be cool to have a feature to distinguish movies that have won awards or received award nominations.

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMC

I think sometime in the future it would be cool to have a feature to distinguish movies that have won awards or received award nominations.

That's what the awards section is for. Third button from the left.

Brimz · 12-04-2005, 08:43 PM

Message icons do not really serve a purpose.

Anyways, I thought of an idea. Howabout the ability to resize images in a quote (or they're automatically resized by 50% or something)? So, basically we would be able to do like [img w=50% h=50%]http://3dmm.com/images/menu_logo.gif[/img] or something.

As long as it wasn't misused to shrink images that are not already in the thread or somewhere (ex: uploading an image 1000px*1000px, then posting it at 500px*500px), I don't think that it would be very harmful.

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 09:02 PM

As long as clicking the quoted thumbnailed images links you to the original post and picture that'd be an idea worth looking into.

Lyntan · 12-04-2005, 09:15 PM

Grey text definitely looks better.

Brimz · 12-04-2005, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Demented Ferret

As long as clicking the quoted thumbnailed images links you to the original post and picture that'd be an idea worth looking into.

Yeah, I was thinking about that too. I wasn't sure if would create an issue when the image is already a link (then if you were quoting the image for just that link, the world would topple over).

But either way, I think it would probably be useful.

Rabid Dinosaur · 12-04-2005, 09:48 PM

Can we have a favorites icon? Please?

Demented Ferret · 12-04-2005, 10:01 PM

Yeah

Max size should be 5/+2, really:

Space Goat · 12-04-2005, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabid Dinosaur

Can we have a favorites icon? Please?

Ohhhh, yeah, I already made one. I forgot to put it up.

Anyone know how to keep your browser from mixing it up with other favicons from other sites? I've had the same problem in both IE and firefox. Maybe I shouldn't name it "favicon.ico"?

James McCloud · 12-04-2005, 10:12 PM

That's pretty much the reason right there.

Salter · 12-04-2005, 10:38 PM

Any way to have them NOT deleted when you clean out your temp internet files?

Thrik · 12-04-2005, 10:53 PM

I've never come across Firefox mixing up or losing my favicons, regardless of temporary file deletion and whatnot. It may help to explicitly specify the favicon in the header, though.

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/ico" href="http://www.3dmm.com/favicon.ico" />

Tristan · 12-05-2005, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samuel Deacon

Im still having login problems. It seems that everytime I come back to 3dmm.com after going off browsing other websites I've been logged out, regardless of whether the "Remember Me" box is ticked. Is there some sort of time out thing going on here, because its really annoying when I go to post a message and I'm not logged in.

Yeah, I'm having that same problem.

12-04-2005, 08:24 PM	#86
Salter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,958	This all sounds very good! In an unrelated point, do we get message icons?
Salter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,958

12-04-2005, 08:38 PM	#88
HMC Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,715	I think sometime in the future it would be cool to have a feature to distinguish movies that have won awards or received award nominations.
HMC Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,715

12-04-2005, 08:43 PM	#90
Brimz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,317	Message icons do not really serve a purpose. Anyways, I thought of an idea. Howabout the ability to resize images in a quote (or they're automatically resized by 50% or something)? So, basically we would be able to do like [img w=50% h=50%]http://3dmm.com/images/menu_logo.gif[/img] or something. As long as it wasn't misused to shrink images that are not already in the thread or somewhere (ex: uploading an image 1000px1000px, then posting it at 500px500px), I don't think that it would be very harmful.
Brimz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 6,317

12-04-2005, 09:15 PM	#92
Lyntan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 14,315	Grey text definitely looks better.
Lyntan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 14,315

12-04-2005, 10:38 PM	#98
Salter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,958	Any way to have them NOT deleted when you clean out your temp internet files?
Salter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,958

12-04-2005, 05:11 PM	#76
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,248	Oooh, I think you should also reset the 'Most users online' thing. It's at 250 or something.

12-04-2005, 06:10 PM	#78
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	I'll have to watch my bandwidth and see if we can afford larger avatars. However, I will don't think I will ever let you go above 80x80. As for sigs, I really tried to find a better size, and tested this quite a bit. In all honestly, 325x60 really looked the best. I couldn't come up with anything better. Plus, making everyone change would be a real pain in the ass.

12-04-2005, 06:30 PM	#79
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,248	Ooh, Goat - regarding the voting system for movies: would it be feasible to have the rating that each member gave for the movie viewable in a seperate list? If it's not too far fetched, a single-line summary from each voting member to accompany that rating would be neat (rottentomatoes.com-like). It'd be quite a neat, summarised version of the actual thread - and maybe keep the thread content to longer reviews and queries rather than short 'I liked this!' replies.

12-04-2005, 06:34 PM	#80
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	Yes, I think we will do that. Also, one thing I was considering, was to make certain users have more influence in the score. Basically, give all their scores more weight. This status could be something determined automatically by post count in 3dmm forums? Or perhaps, to entice people to post detail reviews in the reviews section, have all scores in there be weighted more heavily?

12-04-2005, 06:38 PM	#82
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	Yeah, that's actually a pretty good idea, I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. I was contemplenting having an entirely separate table to list all the directors in, and have them linked to the movie with a list of FK's in the database...this makes a lot more sense. I gave up on my other idea because it was just too much work, and thought we could get by without it.

12-04-2005, 06:40 PM	#84
Space Goat Administrator Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,042	I was thinking this "top critic" status could be put in their custom title. That was one of the "creative" things I mentioned earlier on how to utilize those.

12-04-2005, 06:51 PM	#85
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,248	I agree, that would at least be a constructive use for them. I was also thinking - It'd be nice to 'Spotlight' the best movies of maybe the previous week, even a line similar to: Last weeks highest rated movie was Movie Name Here by Director with a rating of 7/10 Underneath or connected to the current Spotlight would be quite nice, seeming as the spotlight focus can be changed pretty quickly.

12-04-2005, 08:38 PM	#87
Phil Williamson Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 16,900	I think black message text looks better than the grey that we have right now, but that might just be me...

12-04-2005, 09:02 PM	#91
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,248	As long as clicking the quoted thumbnailed images links you to the original post and picture that'd be an idea worth looking into.

12-04-2005, 09:48 PM	#94
Rabid Dinosaur Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 14,894	Can we have a favorites icon? Please?

12-04-2005, 10:01 PM	#95
Demented Ferret Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 16,248	Yeah Max size should be 5/+2, really:

12-04-2005, 10:12 PM	#97
James McCloud Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,214	That's pretty much the reason right there.

12-04-2005, 10:53 PM	#99
Thrik Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,242	I've never come across Firefox mixing up or losing my favicons, regardless of temporary file deletion and whatnot. It may help to explicitly specify the favicon in the header, though. <link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/ico" href="http://www.3dmm.com/favicon.ico" />
Thrik Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,242