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EVE Launcher GUI version 1.846

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CCP nLock
C C P
C C P Alliance
#1 - 2016-02-19 17:50:40 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP nLock
We've finally added a news section to the launcher! We are aware that the account section has shrunken a bit because of this, which is why we have also increased the default launcher window size.
Lord Haur
Star Frontiers
Brotherhood of Spacers
#2 - 2016-02-19 19:11:04 UTC
Copying my reply from the other thread that popped up even before the official thread:

Quote:
Does it [the news section] need to be that big though? I don't have a problem with a news section existing, but could it be say half the height it is currently i.e. two news stories high? It's fairly rare for more than two news items to be posted every day, and if there are more (and people actually want to use this to browse them rather than the website) the scroll function is always there.
Darkblad
Doomheim
#3 - 2016-02-19 22:02:24 UTC
Any chance that news content will support supported languages (fr, de, jp, ru) anytime soon?
Dorijan
W-Space IT Department
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#4 - 2016-02-19 22:33:13 UTC
CCP nLock wrote:
We've finally added a news section to the launcher! We are aware that the account section has shrunken a bit because of this, which is why we have also increased the default launcher window size.


Not acceptable if you've got 8+ accounts, see EBR-68334.
RAGE QUIT
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2016-02-19 22:51:29 UTC
CCP nLock wrote:
We've finally added a news section to the launcher! We are aware that the account section has shrunken a bit because of this, which is why we have also increased the default launcher window size.


The launcher size isn't an issue. The fact that the news section doesn't collapse/hide like the patch notes/announcement section makes it seem very difficult to use if you have a lot of accounts. If you have over 8 accounts added the news section is STILL larger than the client section part because it just has a scrollbar (A GUI designer would have a lot of comments about why this is bad).

Dorijan
W-Space IT Department
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#6 - 2016-02-19 23:07:48 UTC
In addition to that: What were you thinking?
http://i.imgur.com/GLQy8uD.png
Dorijan
W-Space IT Department
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#7 - 2016-02-20 00:05:45 UTC
Quote:
https://client.eveonline.com/launcher/en/GetNewsList?count=16


So you can actually resize it on the fly, just reduce the count parameter's value.
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#8 - 2016-02-20 05:11:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6637
It would save space in the launcher for accounts if you highlighted the latest dev blog, not the full list.

Alternatively, you could arrange dev blogs, advertisements, and accounts in three vertical columns so I can see a full list of all three.
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#9 - 2016-02-20 05:48:30 UTC
Hey would you look at that, no wasted white space. 10 accounts. More advertisement space. No loss of functionality.

http://i.imgur.com/XwLKH8Z.png
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2016-02-20 06:06:32 UTC
Firvain
Wildly Inappropriate
Wildly Inappropriate.
#11 - 2016-02-20 09:20:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Firvain
Rain6637 wrote:
Remove redundant info from Latest News like Time, Year, "Dev Blog"

http://i.imgur.com/fjWK7Xh.png

waaat



can we have this please, this scroll barr is annoying as hel with 10+ accounts ><
although i would put the accounts on the left so that they are in the center
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#12 - 2016-02-20 19:16:22 UTC
At the supermarket, the important things you're most likely to require are in the back of the store. It's so you have to walk past the other things you are less likely to buy, in the hopes that you will see it and decide it's within your budget, and put it in your cart. Putting the accounts off to the right (assuming you read and scan left-to-right) is the same thing.

If you do it the other way, with the less important things on the right, it won't get as much eye traffic.

The accounts list is guaranteed to get traffic, so it's a slight discomfort but smart. Think of it as a compromise, I'm trying to sell this arrangement to vikings and I think they're more likely to understand things like "more advertisement space" and that what I want is placed off to the right.
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#13 - 2016-02-20 19:22:39 UTC
I don't know their language so I have to grunt and use pretty pictures. Our survival depends on it
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2016-02-20 20:31:29 UTC
And then I remember CCP employees are given three EVE accounts, and realize the tiny account menu is satisfactory for most of CCP and a good portion of EVE players.
Yarith
Unlimited Blade Works.
#15 - 2016-02-21 20:21:40 UTC
Please let us minimize/close the Latest News and the advert box to the right.