On Nov 25, 2007 1:39 PM, Michael Schmidt <
address@hidden
> wrote:
of course not !
IM should be only an addition.
much
more i do not wanted to request here, but as you mailed me private as
well about the start page, I agreed, that 8 Startbuttons is too much,
and I think the process of decison goes this:
decide to start singleplayer or multiplayer
or: laod a saved game,
If it is multiplayer, then a new pop up window needs to show all possibilities,
If the messenger could be one solution in a few months, then we would be glad.
All other should remain.
Is then in the lan game option all IP adress found automatically?
Regards Mike
This is untrue and contrary to good user interface design principles. A good menu system presents all of the things that people want right there. Yes, there are 8 buttons. But forcing a user to go through a decision tree, rather than presenting what they want right there, needlessly complexifies things. An imporant point of the main menu is to present everything people would like to get done, rather than forcing a player to search for what they want. Especially putting the Tutorial under campaigns would be a large mistake. You see this important design element everywhere from Digital Alarm Clocks to Stoves to Microwaves to computer software such as Globulation 2 and Gnome.
8 Buttons is quite small, but nevertheless presents all of the different avenues of interest directly. Grouping is good, but excessive grouping presents an uneccessarily complex image of a program to a user, and hides features of your software from the user.