[UI] Adjust Position of Phase Action Buttons

by **Evil Semp** on Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:15 pm

If you use Firefox for a browser there is Grease Monkey script that asks for confirmation to end attacks and fortifications.

by **AK_iceman** on Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:55 pm

Just slow down a bit and be more careful.

by **Ishiro** on Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:45 pm

Useful stuff in this thread over here.

by **Nardbuster** on Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:56 am

Place 'End fortification' button in different spot!!

I have hit that button four times!!

by **DiM** on Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:03 am

read here http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7051

you need firefox and grease monkey and then go to the above link and install the script.

also read here: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8801 for more scripts.

by **s.xkitten** on Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:10 pm

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

explains what greasemonkey is in general, for Mozilla Firefox

in case you didn't know what greasemonkey is at all

(and because i wander the forums looking for people who need help with greasemonkey because i love it so much, and i felt left out that he got to it first)

by **hawkeye** on Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:28 pm

Slow down. God if you hit it four times in 16 day. That is sad.

by **wicked** on Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:48 pm

you should've seen where it was before! :lol:

by **CreepyUncleAndy** on Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:59 am

I believe there has been a suggestion to add a CONFIRM Y/N? dialogue whenever clicking a phase-ending button.....

by **Nardbuster** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:29 am

hawkeye wrote:Slow down. God if you hit it four times in 16 day. That is sad.

You are correct!! Getting the hang of it though. I became so caught up in removing the Question mark and becoming a PRIVATE.
I was hurring myself. Just to end up waiting... :roll:

by **Ishiro** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:32 am

CreepyUncleAndy wrote:I believe there has been a suggestion to add a CONFIRM Y/N? dialogue whenever clicking a phase-ending button.....

It comes up every now and then, and it gets rejected. However, if you use Firefox and have Greasemonkey installed, you can install my script that adds confirmation dialogs to the end of phase buttons and auto-attack.

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7051

by **kloppster** on Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:35 pm

I was thinking a really easy solution to this would be to put an option in the users profile to either confirm major commands (end attack, end fortification, auto-attack) or not.

Then all you need to do is add simple javascript onclick to those major buttons that would bring up a confirm box so that if you accidentally click the button it doesn't automatically end your attack/fortification or auto attack. Having the ability to switch this off in the profiles means that people who do not want this confirmations don't have to receive them. It would be really easy to implement, and in my opinion would be a huge usability increase.

by **Marxwell** on Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:46 pm

kloppster, that already exists...
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8801

it's the confirmation script

by **kloppster** on Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:42 pm

Ahh thanks, looks like I should have used the search button before posting.

by **Samurai** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:52 am

I think it would be benificial to have the "Fortify" banner centered between the "End fortification" banner and "fortify to" column because, in an adjacent game, if you just miss by a millimeter or so it ends your turn. If your still contemplating a fortification and hit "End fortify by mistake, well thats it! ! My bust, but Some space would be nice!!

Ty Lack, And to all of you and your hard work!!

by **CreepyUncleAndy** on Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:10 pm

Samurai wrote:I think it would be benificial to have the "Fortify" banner centered between the "End fortification" banner and "fortify to" column because, in an adjacent game, if you just miss by a millimeter or so it ends your turn. If your still contemplating a fortification and hit "End fortify by mistake, well thats it! ! My bust, but Some space would be nice!! Ty Lack, And to all of you and your hard work!!

That's happened to me, too. Fortunately, there are currently two solutions:

(1) Be more careful.

(2) Install greasemonkey....(that's a clickable link)

Also, would you be so kind as to use bold text sparingly? Thanks at least for not posting your entire message in ALL CAPS lol.

by **Samurai** on Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:19 am

Gotta be more careful I guess!

Thanks for the little Advice about BOLD! :lol:

by **LoeNY** on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:23 am

I think this should be an improvement. We need to have the fortification button somewhere else and have a confirm pop-up. The currect setting ruined a lot of good games for many people. Why should we depend on greasemonkey when we can improve it here?

by **Gnome de Guerre** on Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:01 pm

ericleung wrote:I think this should be an improvement. We need to have the fortification button somewhere else and have a confirm pop-up. The currect setting ruined a lot of good games for many people. Why should we depend on greasemonkey when we can improve it here?

I would love confirmation dialogues for important actions such as ending phases (attack and fortification). Unfortunately, from what I've been able to glean through lurking, the devs (okay, just Lack) are (is) too busy with a thousand other things here (plus stuff beyond the site, plus real life) to invest the time needed to "fix" this.

What Conquer Club should have is an "Assistant Developer", trusted by Lack, who knows the code practically inside out, and whose job is not to develop the game forward so much as to tweak existing aspects of it to suit the whims of us players. (I'm sorry; I'm not volunteering: I know not nearly enough about programming to even consider the position.)

by T7 on Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:20 pm

The problem about a confirmation button is that you get used to it.

You get so used to clicking "Yes" on the 'Are you sure' question that you don't really ask yourself.

I think much more effective would be an "Abort" button on the next page that lets you undo your choice within 15 seconds. (After 15 seconds, you can no longer undo.)

Because you hardly ever need it, you won't get into the habit of clicking it.

Waddayareckon?

by **thegoldpope** on Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:30 am

Am I the only one who occasionally hits the End Fortification button instead of Fortify? Perhaps the End button could be more distinctive, say, bold and red? or at least in a different part of the screen rather than right next to Fortify. My feeble mind has confused them before and I must say it's rather embarrassing just s I'm going for the deathstrike in the next turn or so and I leave myself completely open to attack while the losing player takes advantage of my monumental screwup.

I'm not blaming anyone for this, but it's just a suggestion.
Thanks. :wink: