Books usability

Forum for suggesting changes to Salem.

Books usability

Postby Ernest » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:16 am

We go white letters on light/pale background, smallest font size and non-selectable text. Could u pweezee make it a bit more convenient to read :)
Ernest
 
Posts: 14
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:39 am

Re: Books usability

Postby Argentis » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:41 am

Ernest wrote:We go white letters on light/pale background, smallest font size and non-selectable text. Could u pweezee make it a bit more convenient to read :)


That was the plan back in the days to add more formatting options for easier book writing but I think they couldn't find a solution or they didn't deem it necessary.
User avatar
Argentis
 
Posts: 1667
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:59 pm

Re: Books usability

Postby Silverfish » Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:45 am

We dont need any fireworks. Font colour, text selectable and the letter size doesnt demand huge system rework.

IMHO the best idea is to make book readable offline and linked to players account so the book itself will be only the link, or the book author can decide if his book is a plain text oldstyle book or the link to the document offline. It may demand the new skill and is a point of discussion then ;)
Pros:
- reading offline, no afk time
- all formatting stuff managed by the browser, less codework
- all advantages of the html: formatting, tables etc.
- account linked documents make it at least little secured from piracy

Cons:
- piracy: its hard to prevent ppl from copypasting book contents to public forum

Any devs/mods like to join the discussion? :)
Agnes Waterhouse - second-rate tailor, cooking for the pack of crazy foragers
Silverfish
 
Posts: 162
Joined: Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:57 pm

Re: Books usability

Postby Argentis » Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:53 am

Silverfish wrote:We dont need any fireworks. Font colour, text selectable and the letter size doesnt demand huge system rework.

IMHO the best idea is to make book readable offline and linked to players account so the book itself will be only the link, or the book author can decide if his book is a plain text oldstyle book or the link to the document offline. It may demand the new skill and is a point of discussion then ;)
Pros:
- reading offline, no afk time
- all formatting stuff managed by the browser, less codework
- all advantages of the html: formatting, tables etc.
- account linked documents make it at least little secured from piracy

Cons:
- piracy: its hard to prevent ppl from copypasting book contents to public forum

Any devs/mods like to join the discussion? :)


You can't private piracy. Don't bother trying ;p
User avatar
Argentis
 
Posts: 1667
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:59 pm

Re: Books usability

Postby Silverfish » Mon Apr 25, 2016 4:09 am

How about the whole idea of this linked documents? (offline is not a good term)
Agnes Waterhouse - second-rate tailor, cooking for the pack of crazy foragers
Silverfish
 
Posts: 162
Joined: Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:57 pm


Return to Ideas & Innovations

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 4 guests