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Originally Posted by Sweed
I pulled out this one sentence and while not wanting to take things out of context and not being sure your total meaning I would like to comment, about this thread and the "simpler 6.5 is better" argument many make.
When I read these types of threads I really get the feeling that a good number of "6.5" players never really stayed the course long enough learn how powerful the "new" gui is. I read things like...
I didn't know about screen resolution. We learn here it can take scroll bars out of the game and let you view your whole roster.
I didn't know you could customize the stat columns (how many and what they are) in roster view. I would hope knowing this would let people understand why the lineup\pitching screens were done top\bottom and not left right. It wasn't bad design there was a purpose.
From the roster screen in 6.5 all minors are available with one click and you get the same view for each affiliate. You can do the same with v2k7. Bottom right corner is the affiliate button. Two clicks you say (two clicks never bother me but they seem to be a gamebreaker for some)? No, you can set a preference to auto open any menu you scroll over so scroll over the affiliate button and the menu opens. All ML levels appear, one click and you are on the same screen you were in the MLB view. Scroll over the affiliate button again and all levels of you organization appear again one click and you are there.
Not trying to be critical of anyone person but many of the complaints I read can be fixed or simply don't exist when one has spent minimal time with the GUI . Some obviously are not ie do we want left\right\compact and lose space to view stats or top and bottom and keep them? I think you know where I stand on this  And we haven't even touched on the hot keys, bookmarks, and icon buttons that are available to help us get around quickly. |
Yeah, I agree with this. Perhaps the failing is on education if people didn't know this though? The fact that OOTP has a built-in help system is a big plus but it could still be better I'm sure.
FWIW, those screen shots also reminded me how I couldn't ever go back to 6.5 since it is so much harder to read and has a limited res.