EVE General Discussion

On the test server right now the option to lock pinned windows has been removed.

Now.... I don't know if it's just me but I've had this option ticked on for... well forever. It's the first thing I do when loading up a freshly installed client.

CCP's response to this:



Sounds like a familiar reason they gave for removing those window borders, that upset a lot of colour blind users because they found them extremely helpful. CCP promised a work around to that... but that never came.

So are we going to be stuck with windows that can be moved when all you wanted to do was rotate your view?

I also have serious doubts that very few people lock their pinned windows either, hell, I even lock my modules in case of accidently moving my guns to another slot when I all I wanted to do was fire them.
It really doesn't take much for a click to turn into a drag, especially when you have a sensitive mouse.

I pin my windows in the client because it makes them more transparent. I hope that hasn't been removed...

I agree it's a pretty silly reason to remove a feature, especially one that actually provides some functionality.

I also pin my windows to make them more transparent. To be honest I never got why pinning them didn't lock them by default.

as long as they fixed the bug that caused me to use that feature in the first place

There's an option to make them lock in place, but I don't know what it is off-hand. On my "widescreen client" I have them locked while on my "4:3 client" (with lower resolution) I have them unlocked, hopefully for obvious reasons. But either way, I pin them so i can see what's behind them.

If you fix the quote a little it actually sounds like a reason to remove supercaps.

Seriously though, I hope people file some bug reports on this feature removal. It probably isn't too late yet.

This is the same reason CCP cited for removal of letter boxing. To this day I would still be using letter boxing because often times I can't tell if my modules are on due to overly bright nebulae that washes out their indicators.

I pin and unpin all the time depending on the lighting of whatever system I'm in. I like being able to make them completely opaque or transparent as the situation arises. It makes reading text easier. I have no idea what the inability to pin them will do. Hopefully, the new UI improvements will allow their transition from transparent to opaque just as easily. If not, I will be one very disappointed player especially, as with letter boxing's removal, elements of the interface become un-readable given background brightness.

The idea that noone uses this feature or knows about it is laughable.

Well, I probably won't go shooting the statue again just because I can't pin windows. There is a difference between dislike and outrage. Can't speak for everyone though.

I tried it once, and loved it until a couple windows flew into the center of the screen anyway, but stayed locked so that I could not move them back out of the way without disabling the "feature".

Thread full of people unaware of the issue or how the UI works.