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SC2's tacky and inconsistant UI

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paralleluniverse
Profile Joined July 2010
4065 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 13:04:02
December 27 2011 12:49 GMT
#1
I've taken some screenshots to show the inconsistencies in the SC2 user interface.

It is a patchwork of mismatched frames, styles and fonts. There is no cohesion, nor any unifying theme. This is highly sloppy UI design.

Here's 4 frames that can be reached from the F10-F12 buttons (click for a larger view):

[image loading]

I've color-coded 5 inconsistencies:
White - The top 2 frames are see-through, the bottom 2 aren't.
Yellow - The side menu uses bold font in the top left frame, but not in the bottom 2 frames.
Pink - The font used in the drag-down menu in the top left frame is different to the font used in the drag-down menu in the bottom-right frame
Green - The buttons on the top left and bottom right frames are in lower-case, while the buttons in the other 2 frames are in upper case
Red - The race-theme has been used for all of these frames. However, in the in-game achievement frame (F9), a Battle.net theme frame is used instead, and this is particularly jarring as seen below. It simply does not fit stylistically with the other frames, and it's solid planet background with metallic borders is disparate and out of place.

[image loading]

The same problems persist with some of the out-of-game frames which can be reached on the Battle.net lobby menu. Noticed that in the in-game hotkey frame, "Accept" is used, while in the same frame out-of-game, "OK" is used instead.

[image loading]

Blizzard, please fixed this inconsistent mess.

And feel free to add your own if you find something.
Sergio1992
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Italy522 Posts
December 27 2011 12:52 GMT
#2
Game is still in beta,even if it is sold as a complete game. There is no alternative to starcraft on rts gaming, or I would surely have taken one. The fact that you gotta pay for three different sets to see a story being developed already explains how much blizzard care about you.And trust me, they will cost 60 bucks each. I don't know what happened to blizzard, but they became different from the society I remember made starcraft 1.
XenoX101
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia729 Posts
December 27 2011 12:52 GMT
#3
Wow, have I been blind this whole time? Great finds, Blizzard is usually pretty good with this stuff but they clearly dropped the ball on a few of these.
Kluey
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada1197 Posts
December 27 2011 12:52 GMT
#4
Does it really affect your gameplay?
StanzA
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada478 Posts
December 27 2011 12:54 GMT
#5
Fixing these inconsistencies would be great, but I still think the interface would continue to be downright ugly. I'm actually kind of excited to see what kind of UI improvements we see in HotS, if any.
oz fighting FOREVER! ~ hemlock.695 stanza.295~ root4root
Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
December 27 2011 12:55 GMT
#6
Rofl. Honestly, who gives a crap though? This stuff could stay "broken" for the rest of eternity as long as the gameplay is good(it is).
TiTanIum_
Profile Joined August 2011
Brazil1335 Posts
December 27 2011 12:55 GMT
#7
I don´t think it´s that annoying, but we would really like a polished game.
Fiendish
Profile Joined April 2010
United States210 Posts
December 27 2011 12:57 GMT
#8
lol who cares

User was temp banned for this post.
sotaporo
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland195 Posts
December 27 2011 12:58 GMT
#9
omg does nasa know?
Rokevo
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1033 Posts
December 27 2011 12:58 GMT
#10
This is unacceptable! I say we stop playing until blizz fixes this abomination of a UI!
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
December 27 2011 12:58 GMT
#11
The game is still in beta wut?
Banelings are too cute to blow up
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
December 27 2011 12:58 GMT
#12
On December 27 2011 21:57 Fiendish wrote:
lol who cares


so much this. lol, you must be rly bored

User was warned for this post
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 13:01:20
December 27 2011 13:00 GMT
#13
My favorite is chronoboosting something then scrolling the mouse wheel to zoom in. Although I suppose that isn't a UI glitch/inconsistency.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
December 27 2011 13:02 GMT
#14
When people complain about parts of the UI being transparent and other parts not in menus that are looked at perhaps once a month, you know the game is balanced decently.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Sergio1992
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Italy522 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 13:21:18
December 27 2011 13:02 GMT
#15
On December 27 2011 21:58 nihlon wrote:
The game is still in beta wut?

Sorry, these are the first things that come the my mind. Now post is getting too long


-Why you refuse to add lan? If you go into torrent site you are able to find program that allow you to play lan with SC2.
- Why are you still asking for time for clan functionalities? Are you trying to find a way to gain money even with clan functionalities?
- Why don't you add a lag check at selection screen so games aren't ruined by laggers?
- Why don't you add a selection menu when you join custom melee games where you can choose the league which you wanna play with and which race? It is so boring when people leaves at game start or while game is starting, and I'm not claiming I never did it.
-Why you, as a major competitive industry don't join on making the prize pool higher on tournaments, but instead you drain the events organizers?
.Why can't I change my name without paying? Oh well i can one time, but if I wish to change it again, no, it is impossible.
-why can't I change realm, like in SC1?
-No shared replays views.
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
December 27 2011 13:03 GMT
#16
typical rushed work of blizzard :D
Stork[gm]
NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
December 27 2011 13:06 GMT
#17
I don't mind them taking 4 more years to "fix" this if it means having stuff like watching a replay with a friend on bnet earlier.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
December 27 2011 13:06 GMT
#18
On December 27 2011 22:03 bgx wrote:
typical rushed work of blizzard :D


It took people 18 months to notice
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3695 Posts
December 27 2011 13:07 GMT
#19
On December 27 2011 21:52 Kluey wrote:
Does it really affect your gameplay?


No but it just shows that we really got 1/3rd of a full game with WOL. Sucks that the issues you pointed out probably won't be fixed till the void thing.
ilovelings
Profile Joined January 2011
Argentina776 Posts
December 27 2011 13:08 GMT
#20
On December 27 2011 21:52 Sergio1992 wrote:
Game is still in beta,even if it is sold as a complete game. There is no alternative to starcraft on rts gaming, or I would surely have taken one. .


Starcraft1 and Warcraft3 come to mind. Dota is fun too.
People is diying.
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