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Quick thought :

Would it be possible for the autopilot route to draw the green line from you to the stargate and then out to space?

Just chewing ideas.

Why the **** is Hek a 0.3 in Heimatar ???


Edit: Anyway ... things look good. :D
Wasn't actually a secret that the stars on screen were the actual stars in the galaxy, btw. ^_^

First, I'm agree with the voiced opinions that those panels would be better implemented as movable windows and/or accessed via neocom instead of icons which permanently stuck on the screen. Now few little suggestions for autopilot:

Autopilot panel has been around for a couple of years but I (don't know how widespread this is) still can't get used to one aspect of those colored boxes: where is start of the route and where is the end? It's supposed to be obvious that writing direction from right to left is used but for some reason it's always confusing at the first glance. So what about adding eighter "Next" and "Dest" labels to make it easier to get direction (Fig. A.1) or an icon of spaceship at the beginning of the route to denote current position (Fig. A.2)? Or replacing boxes with the arrows (Fig. A.3)?

Another feature that will help traders remotely manage their orders and query regional prices would be a way to see region boundaries on the route like it is shown on the Fig. B.1 (looks better imho) or Fig. B.2 (probably would be easier to implement).

Picture: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2953/44100813.png

Also, looking at the mockups of future panels it looks like you are aiming for quite high degree of customizability so it may be worth asking for an option to hide constellation information from autopilot route and current location panels (show "SYSTEM SS < REGION" instead of current "SYSTEM SS < CONSTELLATION < REGION")? I play EVE for 9 years and can't imagine why one would be interested in constellation info (maybe for incursions only?) while hiding it will improve interface clarity.

Major thumbs up.

Any improvements aimed at providing customizable, change on the fly information using the smallest amount of screen real estate possible is a huge win that benefits every player in the game.

Excellent call, excellent work.

dat mockup. Holy ****, do it. Do it now.

-Liang

notemptyquoting

My goodness. Looks slick and useful.

Will we ever be able to move the info panels to different points on our screen?

Hek? you mean Hed? *facepalm*

Can we get the option to move the panel? Right now it's the only UI element that can't move at all. I keep local on the left side of my screen. If you want to add planets and stuff to the list then I'll need some way to get more room, or move the panel.

While you're messing about with UI stuff, Is it too bold to suggest a toggle somewhere that would allow us to return to the "old" functionality of minimizing windows to the bottom of the screen rather than back into the neocom? There are several situations where the "new" system is, dare I say it, inferior to the old.