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Published: 2008-05-17 01:26:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 12131; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 250
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Description This is the second concept shot, and in my opinion, far more interesting than the first. Details on the overall layout, theme, header and footer are described in the first concept and the details describing the buttons on the user toolbar are written in the second concept .


One Page Fits All
This concept is based on $spyed 's Message Center Mockup - where all message types can be accessed down the left hand side. When one of theses is selected, the main contents change. If an item has multiple sub-items (such as for notes, where there will be subfolders like Inbox, Sent and custom folders, plus the option to compose a new note), these will expand when the item is clicked.

'Feeds' in dAv6 will be more prominent, whether they're accessed directly in RSS or via some similar system, and should be available for News, Galleries and Forum threads among others.

Anything you see in the central section can be dragged by its border in order to put it in a folder (at the bottom of the left hand panel), or by clicking the downwards-pointing arrow, choose an option to move it to a folder. I don't see why there should be any limitation on the types of items you can put in message folders either. Notes, comments and deviations could all sit side-by-side. And why not make them different colours? And put folders inside folders? Anything is possible!

On the right is the widget bar. I think the word 'widget' is rather overused in this web-2.0 world, so if the creators can think of a more imaginative word to use instead, then I welcome that. The types of widgets on display are pretty self-explanatory. This bar can be collapsed if you want more space for the main message pane. Messages, deviations or notes of the current type can be filtered by using the Find box in the upper-right corner of the header.

With regards to comments themselves, you might have noticed that sometimes when you (if you're a subscriber) have a comment, you may miss the fact that someone has posted a reply to the comment (either someone else, or the same person as a follow-up comment) and there's no way to know that without going to the comment page. Stating that the comment has had a follow-up reply will help facilitate the nested comment system.


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BoffinBrain In reply to ??? [2008-05-19 12:52:03 +0000 UTC]

No... I just meant that you can be specific about parts of the design which you would want to see changed.

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Aapis In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-19 19:13:23 +0000 UTC]

I'm not such a big fan of your userbar at the top, the + and - icons might look better at a lower opacity, the "feeds, folders, messages, pageviews" font sucks (needs anti-aliasing, or something), the icons in the header aren't dA-esque enough for me, and you're not an admin.

That's all I've got!

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BoffinBrain In reply to Aapis [2008-05-24 09:20:04 +0000 UTC]

Fair enough. The fonts look rather nasty when they're not smoothed, especially Trebuchet.

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Aapis In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-25 05:38:17 +0000 UTC]

That's for damn sure.

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ftpaddict In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 07:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Loving the pageview graph! Can you make this happen into a script?


$Boffinbrain looks good on you

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BoffinBrain In reply to ftpaddict [2008-05-17 07:35:36 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I could, but where would it go? And would it be worth it, if v6 is around the corner?

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ftpaddict In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 07:59:50 +0000 UTC]

When dA v6 comes along, then.

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BoffinBrain In reply to ftpaddict [2008-05-17 08:04:04 +0000 UTC]

If they don't make it first!

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ftpaddict In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 09:12:00 +0000 UTC]

... They should at least credit you for coming up with the idea!

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BoffinBrain In reply to ftpaddict [2008-05-17 10:48:39 +0000 UTC]

Not really. The pageviews stats graph currently works in much the same way, only in this example the axes are reversed.

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ftpaddict In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 11:21:54 +0000 UTC]

But but but but but


Your ideas are better than theirs.

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BoffinBrain In reply to ftpaddict [2008-05-17 12:55:40 +0000 UTC]

Haha... They got where they are today without my input.

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ftpaddict In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 17:35:52 +0000 UTC]

It'd be even better with yours.

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BoffinBrain In reply to ftpaddict [2008-05-18 13:05:26 +0000 UTC]

We can only hope and wait.

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Dshark In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 05:47:42 +0000 UTC]

Badass. I love it.

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Dshark In reply to Dshark [2008-05-17 05:48:28 +0000 UTC]

Ha, $Boffinbrain. Wishful thinking. lol.

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The-Incinerator In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 05:27:14 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! That's a bit complicated.

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BoffinBrain In reply to The-Incinerator [2008-05-17 07:51:48 +0000 UTC]

It's a bit squished on a small screen preview like this one, but it's just to show all the possible features that could exist.

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The-Incinerator In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 07:59:17 +0000 UTC]

I'd actually rather not have all that anyway, though. I like it the way it is. Or, rather, the way you fixed it up to be. (go FireFox)

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BoffinBrain In reply to The-Incinerator [2008-05-17 08:04:42 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps the widgets would be subscriber-only features anyway.

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The-Incinerator In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 18:47:15 +0000 UTC]

Well, this all looks like subscriber only, because the comment is actually shown; now they have it that there're just links to the comment. But, yeah. And it should also be a set preference to hide them, not a cookie. (I have it so my cookies are deleted after each browser session.)

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BoffinBrain In reply to The-Incinerator [2008-05-18 13:09:39 +0000 UTC]

It's ultimately up to dA to decide how much of this will be available to non-subbed users. And if you had the option to see comments directly from the message centre, why would you want to hide them?

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The-Incinerator In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-18 17:36:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, no, that was two different points: non-subbed don't see the comments, just a link. Hide the widgets.
Yeah, it is up to them ...

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BoffinBrain In reply to The-Incinerator [2008-05-19 12:57:35 +0000 UTC]

The funny thing is, having the message content put directly into the message centre results in less bandwidth being used, which should be a benefit to users and dA.

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The-Incinerator In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-19 19:25:16 +0000 UTC]

I honestly have no idea what bandwidth is, but I guess putting the comments there would save it? Probably a good thing? Whatever the case, I think non-subbed users shpuld have that capability. and we should be able to go further up the comment tree than just the one previous.

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urbanoantunes In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 04:44:50 +0000 UTC]

looks great

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BowChickaBowWow In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 04:34:39 +0000 UTC]

I love the message tab folders, those would come in very handy. Along with the "Message already received" - that would cut down on hunting down comments through a mess of others. Not fond on the content of the right tool bars, however, it seems to clutter the screen a bit too much. Then again, I'm a graphic designer and that kind of thing makes me twitch.

Loving though!

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BoffinBrain In reply to BowChickaBowWow [2008-05-17 07:55:34 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I would probably hide the widgets most of the time as well, but I had to show all of the mentioned ideas on one screen.

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BowChickaBowWow In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 07:58:19 +0000 UTC]

I wasn't aware there was a "hide" function shown in this screen, unless, like you said, it's one panel to show everything.

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BoffinBrain In reply to BowChickaBowWow [2008-05-17 08:05:28 +0000 UTC]

Below the Find box, there's a link to 'collapse widgets'.

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BowChickaBowWow In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 08:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, excellent. *blond moment* Excuse me, I'm going to go run into a pole now that's painted red because of that.

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BoffinBrain In reply to BowChickaBowWow [2008-05-17 08:45:17 +0000 UTC]

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Breone In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 02:35:36 +0000 UTC]

Wow, it looks great!

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frozenpandaman In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 01:47:46 +0000 UTC]

I suggest changing the text from "Submissions" to "Deviations".

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BoffinBrain In reply to frozenpandaman [2008-05-17 07:58:07 +0000 UTC]

Mmm... Possibly, but it's not a critical decision.

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KazexHane In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 01:41:49 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, but what about nonsubscribed deviants?

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BoffinBrain In reply to KazexHane [2008-05-17 08:01:32 +0000 UTC]

I have no idea what they plan to do with them. I guess there are quite a lot of perks in this concept that the staff may want to restrict in order to encourage people to subscribe, but it wouldn't be my choice.

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Lythero In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 01:40:01 +0000 UTC]

woooah, now that's pretty damn cool looking.

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Shi-Gu In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 01:38:44 +0000 UTC]

Pretty awesome, this would be really cool! Where can I download it?, if not, When is it going to be released?

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BoffinBrain In reply to Shi-Gu [2008-05-17 08:02:05 +0000 UTC]

Keyword: concept. It's an idea, not implemented yet.

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Shi-Gu In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 14:43:12 +0000 UTC]

oh, thanks, I will look forward for the finished idea

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Die0003 In reply to ??? [2008-05-17 01:34:29 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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Evil-e33 [2008-05-17 01:30:45 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE IT!
I love the idea of being able to sort messages by newest, oldest and by specific deviant.
Great organized layout

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BoffinBrain In reply to Evil-e33 [2008-05-17 01:31:48 +0000 UTC]

That's one that has been suggested in the forums many times. Those ideas stick in your head after a while.

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Evil-e33 In reply to BoffinBrain [2008-05-17 01:32:27 +0000 UTC]

Yes they do...and I hope they come to fruition

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