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interested to see how the "quick start" feature is set up (top left)

i will back anything that makes things more fish friendly, and this is def an improvement on the current client

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10-03-2012 , 10:10 AM

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jimjamjahaa

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Originally Posted by insomniac86

interested to see how the "quick start" feature is set up (top left)

i will back anything that makes things more fish friendly, and this is def an improvement on the current client

Can you explain how this is an improvement over the current client for the novice? Because i can give a number of reasons as to why it's much worse.

Requires user to click tiny fiddly scroll bars
Information crammed in small boxes becomes unreadable
Visually overloads the user with too much information
Alienates the current userbase (everything is different)
Gradients and thick borders everywhere (distracting)
No "seat me" button, have to click a specific seat, not totally obvious

... i could go on...

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10-03-2012 , 10:16 AM

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Vuggie

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I think maybe people should reserve making judgments until they actually try it, instead judging it based on two screenshots

or provide clear reasons to us non-specialists why they think it's a bad interface, instead of writing stuff this

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But i have to reiterate how bad i think this design is. It's an unholy abomination and whoever was in charge of designing it needs to be fired, then go back to school and learn what makes actually makes a good user interface

EDIT: ok, now I see that the poster above provided reasons...

Last edited by Vuggie; 10-03-2012 at 10:18 AM. Reason: should learn to refresh pages before replying...

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10-03-2012 , 10:21 AM

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insomniac86

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Originally Posted by jimjamjahaa

Can you explain how this is an improvement over the current client for the novice? Because i can give a number of reasons as to why it's much worse.

Requires user to click tiny fiddly scroll bars
simple categories, supplemented by a very user friendly table graphic. doesnt seem that complicated.

Information crammed in small boxes becomes unreadable
agree this could be a problem, but one that can be fixed easily

Visually overloads the user with too much information
disagree. its better than what we have now in the "holy wall of tables batman!" lobby. (also the quick start feature may negate this if you want to keep things simple)

Alienates the current userbase (everything is different)
dont care as long as fish prefer it.

Gradients and thick borders everywhere (distracting)
looks cleans and sleek to me

No "seat me" button, have to click a specific seat, not totally obvious
which is why i am interested in the "quick start" feature

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10-03-2012 , 10:25 AM

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insidemanpoker

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I like it!

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10-03-2012 , 10:27 AM

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jimjamjahaa

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Also when you're done setting up your filters, you're done setting up your filters. There is no point in having all those options there at-a-glance. Once you've selected ring game, holdem, no limit, 10NL you don't need to be able to see at a glance that you could also be playing omaha or PL of FL

It would be much better to have those filters in a combobox so that you can see at-a-glance what you're currently filtering and then click it to be presented with the list of options. This would (at least partially) solve the problem of visual overload and cramped screen space in one fell swoop.

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10-03-2012 , 10:29 AM

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Grindation

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hate. i hope there's still gonna be an old school yellow stars lobby

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10-03-2012 , 10:30 AM

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insomniac86

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jim, there is the "collapse" button. they may have thought of this, and have solved that issue. we wont know until we've seen the full client

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10-03-2012 , 10:36 AM

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salesbeast

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I have just closed and reopened and no update...I also deleted this version and dl from Stars site still looked the same.

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10-03-2012 , 10:41 AM

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insomniac86

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closed beta testing right now, not public

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10-03-2012 , 10:44 AM

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Psycho Boy Jack

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Lets just hoope it doesnt work with flash as ftp did and it rocks.

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10-03-2012 , 10:46 AM

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DickeLatte

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Originally Posted by insomniac86

closed beta testing right now, not public

let's just hope this version never makes it out of beta testing.

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10-03-2012 , 11:00 AM

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Zen1979

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After studding the images for a few minuets it is starting to grow on me.

I think it could have potential.

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10-03-2012 , 11:15 AM

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Go!

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10-03-2012 , 11:19 AM

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K8_GSXR

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Keep Liv there and I wouldn't be fully against it.

Haha that's the first thing that i thought of when i saw the screenshots

Imo as someone said before, there should be the option to choose whether you want to use the new vs old skins

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10-03-2012 , 11:27 AM

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tokeweed

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looks kinda like pkr

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10-03-2012 , 11:31 AM

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LWallet

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Like the design.

I am only worried that it will break about every other software there, like tableninja, PT4 and HM2.

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10-03-2012 , 11:35 AM

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Fiery Bush

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Lee jones looks busto IMO

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10-03-2012 , 11:36 AM

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Picasso

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lol, the UI for this is horrendous

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10-03-2012 , 11:45 AM

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Mr.mmmKay

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Looks pretty cool

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10-03-2012 , 11:53 AM

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jmrd27

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Originally Posted by jimjamjahaa

Also when you're done setting up your filters, you're done setting up your filters. There is no point in having all those options there at-a-glance.

theres a collapse button right there for you to hide it which I would bet my whole roll ($8.65) its collapsed by default

Also in that filter frame seems to be icons on how to print the bottom frame of tables one looks like old way of printing it..

I think people are judging without even analysing the screenshot properly.

it looks pretty badass to me.

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10-03-2012 , 11:58 AM

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Judas1337

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Doesnt look that bad IMHO, but I would like the current UI to still be an option. I mean just look at the table UI and how many options you got there, why not do the same for Lobby UI?

Also I think theres a lot of bad reactions because people dont like change. Just like with FBs timeline

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10-03-2012 , 12:02 PM

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Ovalman

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Windows 7 is designed to be very tablet friendly and I think this is the direction the whole PC industry is heading.

From reading blogs etc from those that attended the Pokerstars Live Party on Saturday, I heard they will be incorporating features similar to Table Ninja where you can auto register for games.