Nice change to quest pages! :: World of Warcraft

#1 Mar 10 2004 at 7:48 AM Rating: Good

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I really like the new layout of the quest pages. Much easier to read in this format. Kudos on the work done.

Three comments or suggestions on it.

1) It appears the query to look up how many people have rated a quest isn't working. I looked up both a quest I'd rated (The Sword of Nobility) and a new quest([link=https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=2764]Druid Abysmal Tunic[/link)]. Both say zero people have rated the quest. Yet the Sword quest has a rating of about 4.45, whereas the other is unrated.

2) In addition, it's clear the code is checking whether the current user has rated the quest. On the Sword quest, which I've rated, I don't get the "Rate this quest" text, the rating choices, and the vote button. On the Druid text, I get those. It would be nice if you could include text on quests you've rated like, "You previously rated this quest as (Excellent or Poor or whatever)."

3) To help save some screen real estate, you might want to move the Rate This Quest table (or the suggested reporting of past ratings) into the left column, under the created and modified dates. On most quests, the quest text will be longer than that column, so by moving the box out of the main page and into that border area, you reduce the needed amount of scrolling.

Edited for grammar.

Edited, Wed Mar 10 07:57:07 2004 by KyrosKrane

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#2 Mar 10 2004 at 11:03 AM Rating: Excellent

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Sir KyrosKrane wrote:

1) It appears the query to look up how many people have rated a quest isn't working. I looked up both a quest I'd rated (The Sword of Nobility) and a new quest(Druid Abysmal Tunic). Both say zero people have rated the quest. Yet the Sword quest has a rating of about 4.45, whereas the other is unrated.

I changed how it shows the count, it updates properly when someone rates the quest, rather than pulling the average and count dynaimcally every page load.

Sir KyrosKrane wrote:

2) In addition, it's clear the code is checking whether the current user has rated the quest. On the Sword quest, which I've rated, I don't get the "Rate this quest" text, the rating choices, and the vote button. On the Druid text, I get those. It would be nice if you could include text on quests you've rated like, "You previously rated this quest as (Excellent or Poor or whatever)."

good Idea. I like it.

Sir KyrosKrane wrote:

3) To help save some screen real estate, you might want to move the Rate This Quest table (or the suggested reporting of past ratings) into the left column, under the created and modified dates. On most quests, the quest text will be longer than that column, so by moving the box out of the main page and into that border area, you reduce the needed amount of scrolling.

The rating of the quest is handled by a little side app, and not in the same app that displays the quest, hence the strange placement.

Edited, Wed Mar 10 11:06:11 2004 by Illia

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Nice change to quest pages!Follow