EPTOn March 17 2012 07:00 Mr.Jelly wrote:
Hi, I'm the real you, I hope you can change for the both of us.
Hi, I'm the real you, I hope you can change for the both of us.
I'm sorry that reality is so unfair to you.
Proposed Design Changes To StarCraft 2's UI - Page 16
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Mr.Pyro
Denmark959 Posts
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
On March 17 2012 04:53 sAymole wrote: These are good proposals, though I feel like a lot of the proposed changes are basic UI features that should've been included in the package to begin with, had Blizzard been even remotely considerate towards UI. TBH, the inefficiency of finding replays to their corresponding match histories, or having to reselect the match history category after returning from viewing match details simply because it didn't provide us with enough information on the list itself are unacceptable design flaws considering how easy they are to implement, just to name a couple out of many. The lack of effort put in by blizzard in regards to UI is astounding in contrast to the quality of the game itself. Truly, the UI is dragging the SC2 experience down for its users. ... I couldn't help but cringe when you mention that you thought the interface was already well designed and had a difficult time in finding ways to improve upon it. If you really think this way, I believe your standard for UI design is set unacceptably low, especially considering you're a designer yourself. If you don't really think this way (which I'm personally assuming) you're kissing their asses for a failed design. Either way the statement doesn't belong in this video. I very much agree with this. | ||
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TheChostoProject
Mexico96 Posts
On March 16 2012 06:41 alteredsego wrote: The thought I had was a localized XML file that stored all the crosslinked data. Your match history is just a web page anyways, it would not be an issue to check a XML file while it is loading data from Blizzard's site. If you are on someone elses computer and the replay file is not available then it just greys out the load replay button, or if the file is deleted it would automatically remove that entry from the crosslinking file. Initially I did go into a lot more detail about how things worked, and covered a lot more ideas... but the voiceover was around 25 minutes long and I did not think anyone would watch all of it anyways; so I scrapped it and kept it short and sweet. I suppose I could have provided more data using on screen text, but I was afraid that would be too distracting. (Plus I was trying to get this thing out relatively quickly.) I agree with you overall though, as if it is only pie in the sky suggestions it does not do much good. However, even if I did include a lot of technical information: I would be guessing somewhat as to how StarCraft 2's back end did things; so my proposals might not be very good anyways if I am incorrect in my understanding of how things work. I should probably point out that this position is for a User Interface Artist anwyways, and I am not sure how much they have to do with coding things on the back end anyways. (The job listing makes no mention of any language knowledge or coding experience; so I think it is just graphical design and modeling layouts... which is what I did.) The problem is that you sound like an "idea guy" instead of someone who "gets shit done". If you're applying for a low level position, chances are that your employer is not looking for someone with fresh ideas that can bring someone new to the table and fix their shit, they are looking for someone who can do whatever they're told to do in the best way possible. If you're position is artist, i'd expect to see more of buttons designs, icons, maybe tables / grids, ways to implement images and effects etc. Functionality is not what artists do. Everybody has ideas, but only the good people actually make those ideas happen. | ||
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Ero-Sennin
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UniQ.eu
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RobiTL
France55 Posts
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