Coming soon...looking for feedback.

[matt]

Hey all,

I hope everyone had a great holiday season! As you may have noticed we have not been very active with updates over the past few months. Sometimes real life gets in the way but we are getting ready to move forward with a round of updates. In addition to a few bug fixes one thing we want to roll out is a new way to view your main collection. Here is a small preview:



You'll be able to toggle between "list" and the new "shelf" view. I'm looking for feedback on how you think this should be implemented. Here are my thoughts as of now:

1. The default view will still be the list view. If a user isn't logged in, they'll have the ability to toggle the view but that will only be for that session.
2. If you are logged in, you can toggle the view which will be stored as a preference on your account. Whatever you select will be how you see collections sitewide.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this implementation?

Thanks!
Matt

[worsel]

I think how you have it planned out is how I would do it myself, is a good idea.

[desocietas]

Could there be an option for a list view with no images, also?

Like
- list ( no images) ... And possibly no condition?
- list (images) with condition <- our current look
- images only

Otherwise I know folks have been asking for options in how many items can show per page and options for pages separated by alphabet/letters.


Excited to see the chances, Matt!

[matt]

Could there be an option for a list view with no images, also?

Like
- list ( no images) ... And possibly no condition?
- list (images) with condition <- our current look
- images only

Otherwise I know folks have been asking for options in how many items can show per page and options for pages separated by alphabet/letters.


Excited to see the chances, Matt!

I look at this as the first step in adding the additional sorting options. Right now I really just want to lay the foundation.

[retroone]

I love this idea and you should defiantly implement it!

[MJMaranan]

I still prefer the current view setting...  Although, pretty awesome to know there's going to be toggling options.

Maybe the option that agwolf2097 suggested.  If I understood his feedback correctly, something like this:

Complete, original case with disc/cartridge or case-only: Front Box Art Image.
Disc/cartridge with manual or disc/cartridge only: Cart/Disc/Media Art Image.
Manual-only: No image, or convert Back Cover Art to Content Art?

Awesome work, nonetheless, matt.  Since you did ask for feedback...

[jcalder8]

I think that more is always better
I like the current view if I want detailed information but the other view will be great if I just feel like looking through everything.

PS: please please PLEASE work on the publisher/developer

[abe]

Looks cool!

It would be nice if we had a way to view the date we added our games to our collections in the lists view without clicking the edit button.

PS: please please PLEASE work on the publisher/developer

I second this.

[badATchaos]

It would be neat if on a mouse over it would show you more detail. Title, box, cart, manual, note, that stuff.

In the event a front cover isn't uploaded it should probably show the cart/hardware picture. In the event there isn't any picture uploaded it should probably have the title printed out instead. Just something to think about because not every entry has pictures uploaded.

I also second the notion of having a "compact" list view. No thumbnails and with the listings packed in close to fit as much on screen as possible.

Great job so far Matt!

Edit: Some way to skip by letter would be nice too. Same with browsing categories.
Edit 2: Sort by release date. Sort by rarity among VGCollect users.

[tafk]

LOVE THIS! Great Idea Matt!!! I love seeing the details and all but being able to visually scan more boxes will be a lifesaver. But I also agree in the big thing being able to sort and filter by letter rather than just straight pages. That would be very helpful than trying to remember that for PS2 my R's start on Page 3.

[davifus]

I Like


What other updates do you have after this?

[burningdoom]

I like it a lot! Can't wait to see it in action! 

[mastafafik]

Looks nice!

[retromangia]

Hey Matt,

Looks good so far. You know what would look amazing... if we could display our games on a faux wooden shelf ( I believe we had this feature WAY back when).   That would be the bomb-diggity!

oh and sorting by Letter of the alphabet would be great too 

thanks for all the hard work brotha!

[caiterz]

Looks good! The only thing I might change is put the title of the game below the image because some of the box art has obscured name, esp on NES games, lol!