Same Old, but newer Post-bit

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So, seeing how my other design idea was so well received but wasn't practical... I tried to make something that doesn't require something such as "hover" or anything alike it. A standard, non-interactive post-bit design that allows for some more customization, an additional button and generally looks better if you ask me. Though who knows, people will like it or they won't, that is where you guys come on. Share your thoughts, what do you like about it, what don't you like about it and so on.

Im loving the statbox but not so sure on the circles.

I do like this compared to the current one.

So this is what i don't like

1. The background of where the actual stats are i believe it would look pretty bad with our theme and wouldn't really blend in.
2. (more of a question) Will all members have the background behind the avatar?
3."beta member" and "days old" text just looks so dull and washed out.

(09-01-2016, 08:16 PM)Paradigm Wrote:

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Im loving the statbox but not so sure on the circles.

The circles behind the avatar? That is a background image. Say normal and Waves get to chose from a gallery if images, where as Blaze gets to set their own custom images.

(09-01-2016, 08:22 PM)Zaiken Wrote:

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I do like this compared to the current one.

So this is what i don't like

1. The background of where the actual stats are i believe it would look pretty bad with our theme and wouldn't really blend in.
2. (more of a question) Will all members have the background behind the avatar?
3."beta member" and "days old" text just looks so dull and washed out.

1. That could a) be changed to anything or nothing. b) Be changed to another pattern by members as they please themselves, from a gallery of course. (So we don't get random colorized images there.)

2. The idea was that normal and waves get to chose from a gallery created by the staff. (Say 10-20 images/textures/patterns to chose from.) While Blaze members are allowed to change the images themselves. These images would also have a darker overlay to them, so they aren't super bright and vibrant, but still visible to the eye.

3. Well. I guess that could be changed.

This is a example of what a normal image would look like;

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(09-01-2016, 09:53 PM)Crovus Wrote:

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(09-01-2016, 08:16 PM)Paradigm Wrote:

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Im loving the statbox but not so sure on the circles.

The circles behind the avatar? That is a background image. Say normal and Waves get to chose from a gallery if images, where as Blaze gets to set their own custom images.

(09-01-2016, 08:22 PM)Zaiken Wrote:

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I do like this compared to the current one.

So this is what i don't like

1. The background of where the actual stats are i believe it would look pretty bad with our theme and wouldn't really blend in.
2. (more of a question) Will all members have the background behind the avatar?
3."beta member" and "days old" text just looks so dull and washed out.

1. That could a) be changed to anything or nothing. b) Be changed to another pattern by members as they please themselves, from a gallery of course. (So we don't get random colorized images there.)

2. The idea was that normal and waves get to chose from a gallery created by the staff. (Say 10-20 images/textures/patterns to chose from.) While Blaze members are allowed to change the images themselves. These images would also have a darker overlay to them, so they aren't super bright and vibrant, but still visible to the eye.

3. Well. I guess that could be changed.

This is a example of what a normal image would look like;

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Pretty sure this will still be a problem since it was all the custom images making lots of loading.

(09-01-2016, 11:16 PM)Zaiken Wrote:

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(09-01-2016, 09:53 PM)Crovus Wrote:

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(09-01-2016, 08:16 PM)Paradigm Wrote:

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Im loving the statbox but not so sure on the circles.

The circles behind the avatar? That is a background image. Say normal and Waves get to chose from a gallery if images, where as Blaze gets to set their own custom images.

(09-01-2016, 08:22 PM)Zaiken Wrote:

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I do like this compared to the current one.

So this is what i don't like

1. The background of where the actual stats are i believe it would look pretty bad with our theme and wouldn't really blend in.
2. (more of a question) Will all members have the background behind the avatar?
3."beta member" and "days old" text just looks so dull and washed out.

1. That could a) be changed to anything or nothing. b) Be changed to another pattern by members as they please themselves, from a gallery of course. (So we don't get random colorized images there.)

2. The idea was that normal and waves get to chose from a gallery created by the staff. (Say 10-20 images/textures/patterns to chose from.) While Blaze members are allowed to change the images themselves. These images would also have a darker overlay to them, so they aren't super bright and vibrant, but still visible to the eye.

3. Well. I guess that could be changed.

This is a example of what a normal image would look like;

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Pretty sure this will still be a problem since it was all the custom images making lots of loading.

Unless the patterns are made into a sprite-sheet of sorts. Then not so much of a problem.

One thing I do not like is how small the post body font is, it's almost unreadable. Nonetheless it's a really nice revamp.

(09-01-2016, 11:16 PM)Zaiken Wrote:

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Pretty sure this will still be a problem since it was all the custom images making lots of loading.

(09-02-2016, 01:00 AM)Silence Wrote:

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Unless the patterns are made into a sprite-sheet of sorts. Then not so much of a problem.

Apparently, after a whooping 5 minutes of testing, they concluded that it would increase the load times too much. Though I severely doubt they tried to limit the sizes properly, which is the same approach Facebook, Instagram and so on use. It might decrease the quality of images slightly, but in return it barely affects the overall loading times. That and there have been several forums in the past with an approach like this. The highest loading time that it ever reached was 9 seconds and on average it was 4-5 seconds. (Less on stronger connections.) Meaning it is very well possible.

(09-02-2016, 10:18 AM)Zodiac Wrote:

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Well we'll see about it. Maybe we'll have an option to allow users to disable it.

Now you're thinking the right way. Good boi.

(09-02-2016, 10:15 AM)Crovus Wrote:

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(09-02-2016, 10:11 AM)Zodiac Wrote:

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So you'd be happy to wait 4-5 seconds to allow a page to load?

It already takes pages (from time to time) to load, 3-4 seconds. Increase in one second isn't a whole lot. Plus, with such a bland approach to design, people lose interest in the looks and the lack of interactive elements is a sure way to give people the feeling of; "what can I actually do?". Not to mention the lack of Blaze features. Approaches such as this aims to fix that. "Where there is light, shadows are sure to follow." Meaning, you cannot have the best of two worlds. However, in this case, the good out weight the bad by a lot. So yes, I would easily be okay with having to wait another second or two to have a overall better time at the site.

(Heck I wait longer when I swap songs on Spotify or change Youtube video.)

Well we'll see about it. Maybe we'll have an option to allow users to disable it.