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Hi guys.
Just purchased CV, and it's a great program. I've been reading over the posts here, and I wanted to make a few comments.
1. Magic: The Gathering has a card called "Tormented Angel." Its casting cost is listed as 3W, but it's actually 2W.
2. Like others, I would appreciate the option of using a more standard background color, rather than just variations of blue. Specifically, having black text on a white background is easier for me to read.
3. When selecting a card/row, I would prefer for the entire row to be highlighted, rather than simply having the words change color. I've found that this makes it easier to navigate these sorts of interfaces.
4. Like others, I would prefer a live search option on a toolbar, ala Apple's iTunes. If this is not possible, I would appreciate if the quick search looked both "up" and "down," regardless of the position of the slider.
5. More keyboard shortcuts, and more standard implementations. Specifically, using "Ctrl-Q" for quick search is unintuitive, considering that the command is sometimes used to quit programs. Both Windows and most Win32 programs use "Ctrl-F" to search. Allowing users to customize the shortcuts could solve this problem.
6. Using an arrow as an icon to click to examine the sideboard is somewhat unintuitive. Why not just have a button that says "sideboard"? (It could change to "main deck" or whatever when you click it). As UI designers sometimes say, a word is worth a thousand pictures. You could follow this guideline by allowing an option to enable icon text, rather than just tooltips, which require scrubbing the icons in question.
7. Having an option (though I may have missed it) to specify fonts and font sizes would be very helpful for those of us with finicky font preferences or poor vision.
8. The "view card details" window is a fixed height, which means that I can't just click through my collection with ease. I have to frequently scroll to see the entire card text. Having a window that adjusted to the text length or allowed resizing by the user would be helpful.
9. The toolbar buttons are designed such that if I click near the button (but not on it), the button will depress but do nothing. This can be frustrating, and is not strictly necessary. Why not just have square buttons that take up the "depressible space" around the diamond buttons? The larger the targets, the easier it will be for users to manipulate them. Also, square buttons will make it easier to add text on or around the icons, as per my earlier suggestion.
10. I'm a Mac user, and so I have to run this program on VirtualPC. As I understand it, you have no plans to bring CV to the Mac, but I wanted to add my voice to those who have asked for a Mac version. Hopefully in the future there will be enough of a market to make a port feasible. I'd buy a second, full-priced license simply for the privilege.
Many thanks, keep up the good work.
Aldo
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Just purchased CV, and it's a great program. I've been reading over the posts here, and I wanted to make a few comments.
1. Magic: The Gathering has a card called "Tormented Angel." Its casting cost is listed as 3W, but it's actually 2W.
2. Like others, I would appreciate the option of using a more standard background color, rather than just variations of blue. Specifically, having black text on a white background is easier for me to read.
3. When selecting a card/row, I would prefer for the entire row to be highlighted, rather than simply having the words change color. I've found that this makes it easier to navigate these sorts of interfaces.
4. Like others, I would prefer a live search option on a toolbar, ala Apple's iTunes. If this is not possible, I would appreciate if the quick search looked both "up" and "down," regardless of the position of the slider.
5. More keyboard shortcuts, and more standard implementations. Specifically, using "Ctrl-Q" for quick search is unintuitive, considering that the command is sometimes used to quit programs. Both Windows and most Win32 programs use "Ctrl-F" to search. Allowing users to customize the shortcuts could solve this problem.
6. Using an arrow as an icon to click to examine the sideboard is somewhat unintuitive. Why not just have a button that says "sideboard"? (It could change to "main deck" or whatever when you click it). As UI designers sometimes say, a word is worth a thousand pictures. You could follow this guideline by allowing an option to enable icon text, rather than just tooltips, which require scrubbing the icons in question.
7. Having an option (though I may have missed it) to specify fonts and font sizes would be very helpful for those of us with finicky font preferences or poor vision.
8. The "view card details" window is a fixed height, which means that I can't just click through my collection with ease. I have to frequently scroll to see the entire card text. Having a window that adjusted to the text length or allowed resizing by the user would be helpful.
9. The toolbar buttons are designed such that if I click near the button (but not on it), the button will depress but do nothing. This can be frustrating, and is not strictly necessary. Why not just have square buttons that take up the "depressible space" around the diamond buttons? The larger the targets, the easier it will be for users to manipulate them. Also, square buttons will make it easier to add text on or around the icons, as per my earlier suggestion.
10. I'm a Mac user, and so I have to run this program on VirtualPC. As I understand it, you have no plans to bring CV to the Mac, but I wanted to add my voice to those who have asked for a Mac version. Hopefully in the future there will be enough of a market to make a port feasible. I'd buy a second, full-priced license simply for the privilege.
Many thanks, keep up the good work.
Aldo
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