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Oct-27-2004 18:03

Well, thanks to my friend FolkTrash, the site has gotten a much needed facelift. We're planning on making further changes along these line. Replay in this thread with any compliments, complaints or concerns about this new look.

Oct-27-2004 18:27

I like the 'highlighting' feature very much - prevents 'clicking-accidents...
Thanks!

Oct-27-2004 18:40

Hate to be first not throwing roses - cause I love this game. But I need somebody to tell me how to get the fonts big enough to read without a magnifying glass. The old version appeared like maybe font 11, and now it looks like 9. If this is something I can fix with my browser (ei), somebody let me know - or advice for playing on an I mac osx, please.

Also I find the background showing through distracting, and wasted space, where the play area could be bigger. The serious play area is about 6 by 3.5, and the browser screen (the part that's blacked by Sleuth) is 10 x 7.5 Again, is this just my system problem? Its really much harder for me to read.

Oct-27-2004 19:32

Wonderful! Good job!

Oct-27-2004 19:48

I agree with Brina on all points.

Oct-27-2004 20:03

Took me a few minutes to get used to it but I think it is very good. Thank you Ben.

Oct-27-2004 20:11

very nice, amazed when i logged in...everything was different...

Oct-27-2004 20:16

actually you know what...the font could be a little bigger, cause there is alot of room in the window anyways....

Oct-27-2004 20:21

I like that the TABS at the top (CASE, MAP, etc.) turn White when touched by the pointer, but I wish all the other things would turn White when touched. The current color is too close to the original color for some of us with those type of eye problems. I have a 21" screen and I still have to agree with the others about the font size needing to be larger. Shaping up nicely though, Ben!

Oct-27-2004 21:26

Hmmm...I admit I liked a lot about the way it used to be! I miss the little icons that have now become tabs on top. And I am finding it confusing that case file and map have switched places, though I guess I will adjust. I agree with others about the font size and I would add the style, too. I liked the old style just fine! I am unsure about the "showing through" being a good idea - I agree that it's distracting.

The equipment locker also seems more confusing. I'll have to look at it at home and see how it is on my computer there.

It could be the computers I am on here at work, but now it seems that the status of the suspect (ie, "new") is dropping to the line below the name when it never used to do so. I don't like the look of the initial screen as well either - sorry to be curmudgeonly.

However I DO like the highlighting of the selection - I was a proponent of making things further apart, and this will be a good step in the direction of reducing accidental clicks, which I appreciate.

Oct-27-2004 21:30

Oh! Another good point of the highlighting is that it makes it easier to count the suspects!

(Although I still think there might be a way to number the list that would not be aesthetically dreadful and would be awfully helpful...or even arranging them in blocks of five, or with pictures the way they are on the case files page - it is very easy to see the suspect count "at a glance" there!)