Thread:TG42/@comment-5596770-20141119003316/@comment-15636815-20141123052704

I haven't contributed to this thread before now. My apologies. I hope that my current contributions are seen in the spirit in which they are given (adding another community voice), rather than as an intrusion.

Topic 1: Images and their names Mhommer wrote: I prefer the image on top for a few reasons:

1) Standard data presentation practice - images are always labeled below. 2) If the image height varies the description lines will remain consistent in spacing 3) For tall images description line remains consistent. 4) If there is no image, the description lines will remain consistent I agree with the ideas here about consistency, especially since one of our bigger projects is creating more consistency sitewide. The new design of the Themes page uses the image-over-name model, and it's used elsewhere, too. Am I saying this is the best model and the one we should use here? No. I am saying that when we consider how to present the image and the name here, we should consider how it will apply to other pages. Ideally, the model we select here should be easy to see, easy to edit, fit well with the other information provided in the table, AND provide the same characteristics when used in other tables on the site.

Of course, nothing can be that easy, because the author of the above quote then gave us: Mhommer wrote: I think it is a little busy. Someone looking for information would either be trying recognize by the name of the achievement or graphic. Combining both in the same column I think the name gets a little lost. This seems to contradict his previously stated preference for the name below the image. On the other hand, he makes an excellent point. We're still struggling with this on the aforementioned Themes page, especially where the names have footnotes attached. The images and names on that page still don't have a consistent appearance, even though I, Mhommer, and others have made several adjustments to them.

The bottom line here is simply that footnotes give us another element we need to consider when deciding how to present the images and names in the new Achievements design (even though the Achievements pages themselves probably won't ever use footnotes).

Topic 2: Information below rewards

I had to rub my eyes several times before I was sure that I wasn't imagining what I was seeing. In the "Somereally longnamed achievement" row, the information below the building uses non-breaking spaces THAT BREAK. Huh? What the actual f*ck, Robin? And hey, maybe it's just on my screen and not you three. But if it happens to one person, it can happen to more. And it will.

Below the line with breaking non-breaking space, I inserted a second line with the same information. Instead of the " " tag, I used Nowrap, something I borrowed from Wikipedia a long time ago. It compresses the information just slightly, but it does the job.

Topic 3: Conclusion

I hope my input here helps. Even though Topic 1 creates a little more work (if accepted), I believe it will save us much more work in the long run. I think Topic 2 speaks for itself, so I'll just shut up now. ;-)