WORST game chat system EVER
Jun 30, 2017 12:01:57 GMT -5
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Post by kevlar96 on Jun 30, 2017 12:01:57 GMT -5
Why oh why is the chat designed like it is? This, btw, is also a rant about the squad screen. The horribleness includes, but is not limited to:
1) Very small character limit - I think it's around 70. Even the SMS system rolled out 25 YEARS AGO lets you put in 160.
2) Last message at the top - This forces you to read messages from the bottom up, contrary to ALL user experience.
3) The squad screen has a different width for chat than the home screen. Why? There's so much unused space on the squad screen. 75% of the functionality is packed into 25% of the screen. Half the screen is black space.
4) The icon to switch from chat to people selection in squad is tiny - Why not make it into vertical tabs that are always on the right of the box? I mean, as I just mentioned, you've got the space to work with. As it is, I have to try to hit the button on the screen's edge 5 or 6 times to go back to people selection and half the time, I end up tapping a comment instead.
5) Autocorrect is disabled - I didn't even know you could disable autocorrect for the iPhone keyboard. This is the only app I've ever seen where that happens. Was that a conscious choice? If so, it was a terrible one. I never knew how much I relied on autocorrect until I chatted in war robots.
I hope some of the changes coming down the line will address these flaws.
1) Very small character limit - I think it's around 70. Even the SMS system rolled out 25 YEARS AGO lets you put in 160.
2) Last message at the top - This forces you to read messages from the bottom up, contrary to ALL user experience.
3) The squad screen has a different width for chat than the home screen. Why? There's so much unused space on the squad screen. 75% of the functionality is packed into 25% of the screen. Half the screen is black space.
4) The icon to switch from chat to people selection in squad is tiny - Why not make it into vertical tabs that are always on the right of the box? I mean, as I just mentioned, you've got the space to work with. As it is, I have to try to hit the button on the screen's edge 5 or 6 times to go back to people selection and half the time, I end up tapping a comment instead.
5) Autocorrect is disabled - I didn't even know you could disable autocorrect for the iPhone keyboard. This is the only app I've ever seen where that happens. Was that a conscious choice? If so, it was a terrible one. I never knew how much I relied on autocorrect until I chatted in war robots.
I hope some of the changes coming down the line will address these flaws.
