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  • Sylviianel
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Posted at 2015-08-12 22:55:57 — Link

This is very minor and yet it's something that gets me every time I go and check the Users Online.

http://oi60.tinypic.com/2pybc5w.jpg

This is a screenshot I took of the online users page the other day. At the top you can see it says "There are a total of 33 people online. There are also 21 guests online." This bugs me. As you can obviously see from the short list there are not 33 people on. Rather, there are 12 users on and the remaining 21 people are the guests. However the way it is worded as "There are also"  suggests there are 21 guests on top of the people online.

I think it would read better if it said "There a total of # users online. There are also # guests online." This way it simply puts how many of each is on. If someone is wondering how many people total are viewing BK it's just a matter of basic addition. 

I don't think this would be categorized as a typo considering it involves showing the number of people online which is why I didn't post this under the typo thread, in case anyone seeing this is wondering about that.


  • Nightingale
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Posted at 2015-08-12 23:06:34 — Link

I vote to change it to ghosts, because that would be spookier.... But, that's just my opinion... 

 

In all seriousness it does make it seem like there are a great deal more people on than there really are. Also, it wouldn't hurt to bold staff members for quicker access to those people. 

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  • Sylviianel
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Posted at 2015-08-12 23:24:42 — Link

Bolding could work for staff members - them being identified is a good idea that I didn't think of - but perhaps having their usernames in a different color (red maybe?) would be more obvious and less likely to be overlooked.


Edit:: In looking at the Online Users I noticed that I also forgot to address the matter of hidden users. Users have the option to hide their online status in their account preferences. "There are a total of 52 people online. 1 hidden user is online. There are also 25 guests online." I counted and there were 26 users showing as online. That means the hidden user is counted seperately from the other users.

I think this information would be better displayed as:

There are a total of 26 users online.  There are also 25 guests online.
There is 1 hidden user. (There are # hidden users. -wording for cases with more than 1-)


  • Lytala
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Posted at 2015-08-14 02:50:19 — Link

If you really want to have staff names stand out I think black would be a better color. Red might be too simular to the current orange, particularly for any users who are color blind.

 

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