HellboyX 0 Posted December 28, 2018 OpenIV deserves a new, more updated UI or at least a mockup. If this was done, would anyone consider using it or even liking the idea?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeC2202 211 Posted December 28, 2018 For me, the current UI is perfect. It's functional, it shows everything clearly and it does everything fast.... I personally hope it never changes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboyX 0 Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, LeeC2202 said: For me, the current UI is perfect. It's functional, it shows everything clearly and it does everything fast.... I personally hope it never changes. You wouldn't like a newer splash screen or possibly a new colour scheme?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeC2202 211 Posted December 29, 2018 30 minutes ago, HellboyX said: You wouldn't like a newer splash screen or possibly a new colour scheme?? I never see the splash screen, so a new one of those would honestly be something I never see. If they added a dark theme, that would be okay but I write tools in standard windows colours, so it's just something I am used to. I do use Visual Studio, 3DS Max and Photoshop with dark themes though saying that, it's easier on the eyes I find, when you're sat in front of the same UI for 10 or more hours. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it would be the end of the world but I would rather a boring looking functional UI, than a jazzed up one with colours all over the place. Although if it ended up looking like (and working like) this mess below, I would stay on an old version no matter how many features they added. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboyX 0 Posted December 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, LeeC2202 said: I never see the splash screen, so a new one of those would honestly be something I never see. If they added a dark theme, that would be okay but I write tools in standard windows colours, so it's just something I am used to. I do use Visual Studio, 3DS Max and Photoshop with dark themes though saying that, it's easier on the eyes I find, when you're sat in front of the same UI for 10 or more hours. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it would be the end of the world but I would rather a boring looking functional UI, than a jazzed up one with colours all over the place. Although if it ended up looking like (and working like) this mess below, I would stay on an old version no matter how many features they added. I am completely fine with no NEW features, but I feel like a subtle difference with a few colours here and there wouldn't be so bad. Dark mode has been one of the things ive wanted for a long while and if I could somehow get in touch with them and make it happen, I truly would, it would be amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeC2202 211 Posted December 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, HellboyX said: I am completely fine with no NEW features, but I feel like a subtle difference with a few colours here and there wouldn't be so bad. Dark mode has been one of the things ive wanted for a long while and if I could somehow get in touch with them and make it happen, I truly would, it would be amazing. Actually... and this is something I can't remember seeing before but in the Tools > Options > Tools, there is a setting that says "Choose a Theme" and mine is set to Dark. If I change it to Light, it stays the same though, so not sure if it's just for model viewing or something. There's also a Twilight option for the text editor but that really hurts my eyes because of the font setting. I have to have my Visual Studio text at 120% these days, my old eyes don't work so well anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OpenIV Team 277 Posted December 29, 2018 We actually working on new UI for a long time. It will be based on our DirectX rendering, you can currently see parts of this UI in the tools like ASI Manager, Text Editor, About window, etc. This new UI will support light and dart themes (that why you see a "Choose a Theme" option in the tools settings). Also, it will allow us to do many new features with previews and other cool stuff. However, it is not going to be ready soon. 13 hours ago, LeeC2202 said: For me, the current UI is perfect. It's functional, it shows everything clearly and it does everything fast... Actually, we have few performance issues, which we cannot fix without changing the UI. For example if you go into folder with many items like 1000 or more, OpenIV will freeze for a good moment before showing them to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeC2202 211 Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, OpenIV Team said: Actually, we have few performance issues, which we cannot fix without changing the UI. For example if you go into folder with many items like 1000 or more, OpenIV will freeze for a good moment before showing them to you. Honestly, I have never had a problem opening folders with any number of files. RPF files with 600 files open in a fraction of a second, if it was taking several seconds, then I would consider that a performance issue... but anything that happens in less than a second, is negligible... for me anyway. I mean, to take by comparison your mention of the ASI manager, it spends that long doing animations, it takes several seconds to display 5 items... that's a performance issue to me. The animations serve no purpose whatsoever, except making me sit there until I get all the information on screen... and that's as frustrating as heck. Click the menu option, show the window with all the info already in it, that's "cool stuff". 2 hours ago, OpenIV Team said: Also, it will allow us to do many new features with previews and other cool stuff. That really worries me. I suspect I will be long-gone before any of this happens, so I probably shouldn't even be worried. But the way developers use OpenIV and the way mod-users use OpenIV is very different, just something to consider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OpenIV Team 277 Posted December 29, 2018 18 minutes ago, LeeC2202 said: I mean, to take by comparison your mention of the ASI manager, it spends that long doing animations, it takes several seconds to display 5 items... that's a performance issue to me. The animations serve no purpose whatsoever, except making me sit there until I get all the information on screen... and that's as frustrating as heck. Click the menu option, show the window with all the info already in it, that's "cool stuff". The animation should show user a reaction to his action, or it must be shows while actual data is loading. But, the example with ASI manager is good, since we have all the actual data almost instantly we should not waste user time for animation. 24 minutes ago, LeeC2202 said: But the way developers use OpenIV and the way mod-users use OpenIV is very different, just something to consider. This is definitely an issue because sometimes our users doing stuff that can be done much easier or faster. On the other side, since we do not actually use OpenIV for modding we might do not know about some scenarios that can be improved. Do you have any ideas? Or your usual workflows? Or just an examples like with the ASI Manager? Please share it with us, maybe we might improve something with the current UI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
