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Old 04-15-2015, 02:05 AM   #33
AlexB
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Newbury, England
I understand that the query was about the interface and I ended up with suggestions for additional splash news screens, which maybe wasn't what you were after.

But thiniking about it a little more maybe the two work hand in hand? If you had a weekly new screen with roster moves, injuries (separated into your injuries as is already in the game) and also league wide injuries, DPW/OPW performances, and major results from the past week (maybe those for the #1 seeds, big shocks) etc, and also shortcut links for direct access to those screens would that help?

So for initial users everything would in fact be run off a simple splash screen with links to roster screen, injuries, weekly performances, depth charts to sub injured players, standings, etc.

If the weekely summary screen filled the whole screen rather than just a small window you could get a good amount of info on it on a single line by line basis rather than it being wrapped as it is in smaller windows, and by separating the segments out you could make it look clean and simple to use.

If you wanted to check things in more detail, there could then be an 'access detailed info' button which would then take people to the current view.

This way new users would get a simple user friendly screen first off which would also act as a kind of walkthrough, creating a positive first impression rather than just a wall of menus which is intimidating the first tiem you see it!

Pre season and draft could have similar splash screens which would be extensions of the left hand side menu in effect, which act as both shortcuts and semi-walkthroughs, hiding the detail behind the screens in favour of highlighting what is actaully needed (you do this in a functional way anyway with the FA window and the draft window - if a slimmed down splash/news window with incresed walkthrough info and shortcuts was included to get to this screen it would help new users)

You could then have a draft summary highlighting the top 10, biggest reaches (difference between pre-draft rating and actual draft position) biggest slumps (same in reverse) league wide again almost forcing league wide immersion

Similalry you could expand the grey sheet to a post FA splash summary, highlighting the top 5 biggest FA deals, steals, etc.

Once people are more confident in the game they could then turn off the summary screen in options to play as we all do relatively comfortably now.

While these are new screens, they are not changing the way the game is actually played, but would make it much more user friendly, particulalry for new usres, which is what I think you were looking for? In essence these screens would provide an interface-lite while keeping the existing layouts for experienced players.
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