Matt and I talked about some of these last night, but I figured I'd throw them out there both to have them documented in a nice place and so the community can chime in. ...here goes!
Website:
- Login page could benefit from a "remember me" checkbox
- For exporting, have an option to merge the user's collection data with game data, that way they can have release dates, serial numbers, etc. in their spreadsheet and they won't have to maintain two spreadsheets
- I think it's more intuitive to have the Export within the My Collection area rather than on the menu bar.
- When searching for a game that has multiple versions, such as "Super R-Type", add a button to add to collection with details so that users won't have to drill down into the game.
- Add a "quantity" field to the details section of the game, since some users might have duplicates of a game.
- Add a "quality" field to the details section of a game so users aren't relegated to using the notes section to record if the game is in excellent or poor condition
- Option to add a game to one's collection when submitting a new one
- Have a Trophy Case where users can select games they want to display that they're most proud of owning. It will display the front box art of the games.
- Searching for "The Lion King" does not bring up the game, "Lion King, The"
- Add more advance search filters (System, Genre, Developer, etc). Ex: "Wheel of Fortune" brings up many entries, but perhaps I only want to add the SNES versions. That'd narrow the list down to 2.
- When you go to a game details page, it will say, for example that 26 users have Donkey Kong Country. It'd be nice to be able to click the number as a link to bring up a page linking me to all of the users that have the game. That way, if someone is looking for one last rare game, they might be able to track down someone willing to trade or sell it. Users can have the option to hide their name from the list with a privacy options setting.
- Options for games-per-page on the My Collection area. Currently it's limited to 50. I'd probably prefer it set to 100, 200, etc. I'm sure other users have different preferences.
- PNG submissions fail. I'm able to submit them on the game form, but of all of the updates I did to games last night, the only two titles not to have their front box images accepted were the ones that were PNG. It needs a message saying "JPGs only" or something
- The 'cool vizualization' pie chart would benefit from some additional filters/categories. I currently have only SNES games added to my collection, so all I see is a large circle. Being able to split by developer or release date could be interesting.
- The PM inbox for the forum is too buried. A small notification icon just left of My Collection could remedy the problem.
- The Browse page's formatting is a little wonky; there is a massive gap between 3DO and Atari and for other categories. It looks like a table is being used. Perhaps there is some way to use dual columns instead, or putting each subsystem in its own cell so there isn't such a massive gap beneath the adjacent system category.
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http://vgcollect.com/android is a bit out of date (only contains info up to 0.5.5 and we're up to 0.5.7)
Android Application:
- On my Droid 2, I have a flip-out keyboard. The login page of the app need to flip to horizontal mode when I flip my phone.
- Login page needs a "remember me" feature. I have a rather long username and an even longer password!
- Submit and Go Back buttons are partially cut off when clicking "Add to Collection"
- The Settings and Browse buttons are unresponsive (probably intentional at this point, but I figured I'd include it.)
- Android badge isn't working (I know you know that, but I figured I'd be comprehensive)
I'm no developer, but I'm always happy to test or query! Let me know ^_^. I'm sure I'll be producing many more horrific idea lists into the future haha
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