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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 24, 2012 1:46:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 3:50:00 GMT -5
Here's a re-drafted version of the explorer guide from the help section. I figured this was the section that needed the most work so I've just reworded most of it to make it clearer, as well as fixing grammar and spelling mistakes. I can't promise it's perfect but I hope it helps! Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 4:29:36 GMT -5
...and also two quick suggestions for the 'officers' section:
One of the scouts bonuses reads 'bonus to explore/harvest crew deaths' - this makes it sound like the scout could increase crew deaths, how about 'reduction in explore/harvest crew deaths'.
Also would it be possible to increase the width of the 'bonuses' column; on my phone (Samsung Galaxy Ace) all the text in the column means that the page is really long and makes it hard to read!
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 24, 2012 7:02:26 GMT -5
Currently there is no styling applied to the table so it displays at whatever the default size is. I will have a look and see how easy this would be to change. How much of an increase do you think is needed? Twice current size, three times...?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 7:20:09 GMT -5
I think doubling the size of the box would be more than enough for my phone, does the size vary from device to device or is it fixed across everything?
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Post by grävling on Aug 24, 2012 7:31:33 GMT -5
The size varies from device to device, and even from different OS versions on the same device. The real problem is that the _screen size_ varies from device to device, so while some people are thinking 'Why doesn't he make that column larger? I have so much wasted space here'. Others are thinking 'Why did he make that column so large? I am having my text clipped at the right hand border because there isn't enough room.'
There is no pleasing all phones, let alone all phones and tablets.
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Post by Fenikso on Aug 24, 2012 8:06:45 GMT -5
It is HTML. Web page. When done correctly, it is going to look good on most devices. People have different size screens on PCs too. But do not take me wrong, writing correct web page can be Pain with capital "P" .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 8:37:41 GMT -5
I thought it would be hard - I'm no expert but I know enough to know that the sheer amount of incompatibility between phones - and browsers with web pages - is MASSIVE with caps lock jammed on!
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 24, 2012 9:20:45 GMT -5
cory, can you try changing the first row in the officers table to this and try it out in various phone screen resolutions. It doubles the width of the final column, but I can only test it on a pc browser so I'm not sure how it will look on a phone screen, or if it will render correctly at all.
edit: added semicolon after percent sign
<tr> <td></td> <td>Officer</td> <td>Rumors</td> <td>Found</td> <td>Cargo Bonus</td> <td style="width:200%;">Bonuses</td> </tr>
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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 24, 2012 9:52:25 GMT -5
It is HTML. Web page. When done correctly, it is going to look good on most devices. People have different size screens on PCs too. But do not take me wrong, writing correct web page can be Pain with capital "P" . Yes and no. I test on a few Android phones where the screen is just over 2 inches wide. This is why we spend so much time in the software industry making "mobile web sites" that are optimized for small screens, mobile touch, etc. HTML is a powerful tool but the difference in PC screen sizes isn't the same as differences in Android screen sizes. Windows uses a fixed DPI for the most part and most web users have a very predictable range of resolutions and physical screen sizes.
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 24, 2012 10:29:50 GMT -5
I'd suggest adding a link to mechanics_wild.htm in the explorer guide, it seems to suggest that mashing explore on a single planet is a long term strategy.
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Post by starfixer on Aug 24, 2012 11:44:20 GMT -5
Wow I didn't know Id have such an impact on help section suggestions Yeah the bonus box definetly needs to be bigger. A smaller font size couldn't hurt either
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Post by shallowthought on Aug 24, 2012 12:51:29 GMT -5
How big a screen do you have? Mine is pretty small, about 2x3 inches, and the text is about as small as could be considered reasonable.
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Post by BlastGT1 on Aug 24, 2012 15:12:35 GMT -5
Physical screen size doesn't necessarily matter, it's the screen resolution. 240x320 is about the lowest I know of on an Android phone, usually screens below 3 inches diagonally measured. 3.2" - 3.5" is usually 320x480, 3.7" - 4.0" is usually 480x800, 4.3" and above are generally 540x960 or higher, although there are borderline sizes that may have lower resolution such as 4.3" at 480x800.
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Post by Cory Trese on Aug 24, 2012 15:20:09 GMT -5
Physical screen resolution doesn't necessarily matter, it's the screen pixel density and aspect ratio. Everything in Android is determined by something else. You can see that ST RPG uses a similar design principal
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