[Jestor]

Originally Posted by Anisoptera

Default Screen

-While you compare the default screen in 6.5 to 2k7's standings screen, I think enough people have asked long and hard enough now for the screen that pops up while you are simming to be the default screen in 2k7. It's also the closest to 6.5's default/sim screen and superior with its news updates.

So I see. I can see where this is a necessity for larger leagues as well, but at the same time, I'd like to be able to arrange the columns somewhat. Like, say I prefer to have the league standings on the default 2K7 screen in the middle and the league leaders on either side like in 6.5... it'd be really nice to have that option.

Standings Screen

-I wouldn't be in favour of adding stuff to 2k7's standings screen as I think it should be a separate screen you go to just for that standings info and I imagine there might be space issues with large leagues. If anything, make it where you can add/edit the columns to change the listed stats.

Given that I see the default simming screen I didn't see before, maybe it would be possible to include more standings on the actual standings page, such as the minors standings? Obviously that'd probably only work for smaller leagues, but it's something that could be customized?

Just food for thought.

Roster Screen

-While 6.5's does look better (I'm comparing it to 2k7's actual roster screen not the website like homepage), I really never spent that much time on the roster screen then or now. I do miss the hot and cold streak columns as well as the team leader rankings a bit, but if you're going to add those back somehow I'd prefer they be customizeable. While some may care about BA,RS,RBI,Wins,Saves, etc, I much more care about other stats. Like the pitching and batting screens you could devote the bottom half of the roster screen to small sections with customizeable leaderboards, hot/cold streaks, team rankings, and other important info that you should always check for after a sim like: newly injured/day-to-day players, players recovered from injuries, players who need to come off the DFA, etc.

Many, however, probably prefer how 2k7's roster screen fits many more players and more stats. What would probably be better is have a subscreen (like you know how the transactions screen has the disabled list subscreen), but with these subscreens you'd have screens that list what you had with the 6.5 roster screen (and the others I said above like the injured and DFAs), but with the added bonus of more room to show more and customizeable columns! Yeah, you could probably do some of that with views, but you have space there for subscreens, you might as well make the info one click away and already set up for the convenience of the user.

I would very much like to see Hot and Cold streaks back, not so much for myself, but for others. Sure, 2K7 has the hot/cold icons, but they don't give you an idea of the degree of hotness or coldness like 6.5 does with the statistics.

Your suggestion about customizing the team leaders is a good one as well. I confess I don't entirely grasp your remark about the subscreens. I'd need to see an illustration of that.

Font

-You bring up that the numbers are easier to read in 6.5. I wholeheartedly agree, but I think it's an issue with the font, not really the size. The size looks about the same, but in 2k7 it's either a different wider font or the old one but bolded. It would probably be wise to go back to a skinnier font or at least make the font customizeable by the user (font itself, size, bold or regular). RchW mentioned 2k7's is easier on his bifocal eyes so customizeable is probably the way to go as its definitely not easier on mine.

Customizable numbers would be good, I agree, as the thinner ones in 6.5 are much easier for me to read.

Pitching and Batting Screens

-I agree with you that the left-right nature of 6.5 is much easier on the headaches, but if going back to that way means not being able to have as many data columns visible at once I think I'd much rather have 2k7's up-down. That said, I think it would be awesome if, at least here, you had the option of going to classic left-right screens.

-I have to say I do miss the bigger font sizes of the rotations and lineups from 6.5. It is a matter of better readability (6.5) vs more info (2k7), though, and it's always difficult to side with less info.

-I do see a way of increasing the screen area by a bit, however. You see how the top pull-downs are taking less than half the width of the screen as are the bottom push-ups? Why not put them on the same line thereby allowing that much more screen space? Perhaps there is then a problem with narrow resolutions, but I'm not convinced those menus couldn't be re-organized and/or some moved elsewhere. There's a fair amount of wasted screen space in OOTP, working on that would help getting the number of mouse-clicks down.

I see your point about the top-bottom split and more information. In fact, others have illustrated it very nicely as well, but all the same, I'd like to be able to have that left/right split as an option as you suggest.

Transactions Screens

-9 sections destroys 4 sections. It's more than 4 apparently if you go to some resolution that my wide screen laptop doesn't support as it only goes up to 1280x800, but really, do most OOTPers have a larger resolution? And what about the rest of us? Are we just supposed to suffer with a worse transactions screen, perhaps the screen that we use the most, or at least used the most in 6.5? Please don't suggest that I lug around a 17" screen laptop.

-Heck, 2k7's doesn't even really show more columns than 6.5's did even though it takes up way more space. So where is the benefit in 2k7's? You can't even customize the columns shown, which you should be able to. I'd much, much, rather have the more squeezed look of 6.5's. Even if you could only give us 6 sections instead of the 4 at regular resolutions, it would be an improvement.

-Another way to improve 2k7's transactions screen (perhaps simpler than the last) would be to add more subscreens (e.g. the disabled list). I understand you can get to some of these by the pull-down menus, but one click buttons are so much faster (that's a big difference between the two throughout: menus are good for lots of selections and little room, but if you've few selections and/or enough room then one-click buttons are so much better). You've got disabled and trade subscreens, add waiver, DFA, minor league subscreens, maybe even more.

Agreed with pretty much everything here, though I still haven't tested it in the larger resolutions.

Player Screens

-I also miss the coloured bars and feel that they did a much better judge of quickly allowing you to assess a player, but I'm not sure you can really help that while keeping all the info I'd like to keep on that screen. However, they could make space for bars by abbreviating words like use 1B instead of firstbase, IF instead of infield, make subheadings for current ability and potential talent instead of adding potential to the end of every rating label, etc. Again, there's a lot of wasted space in 2k7 whereas 6.5 really did do a pretty good job of optimizing it. Work on that enough and I think you just might be able to bring bars in at least some places.

-For pitchers, showing how many pitches over the last 5 days they've thrown really should be horizontal like in 6.5 as otherwise you need to scroll.

Agreed on all points here as well.