Spiral Knights - Move the BUY NOW button, please.

Move the BUY NOW button, please.

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Wed, 10/17/2012 - 20:01

Uniquevariant

The Buy now button should not be right next to the Bid/Preview button.

Yes, i accidentally bought something i was meaning to bid on. Not a huge deal. Didn't want to spend those crowns, but easy come easy go.

Yet, how many times has this mistake been made? Countless, i'm sure. I've got more than a handful of friends who have done this, and I don't know that many peeps on game, and don't talk to people all that much. Again, I'm sure its happened times too numerous to count.

A simple design change would fix this quite easily. Put the BUY NOW button above on the top and the preview/bid buttons on the bottom. This isn't actually an original idea, as i saw someone else mention it in passing a while back. But its such a simple and easy thing to do, and would be a great benefit to everyone who uses the Auction House. Mis-clicks are inevitable. But intelligent interfaces can make them less frequent.

Please consider this minor change on your next minor update patch/bugfix patch. It'd be greatly appreciated, as well as cut down on the amount of support tickets OOO receives.

Thanks,

Wed, 10/17/2012 - 21:15

Invincibleqc

I'd probably prefer a simple prompt like all others in the configuration. They already written the base code for that so I'm sure they can add that features quickly if you compare with designing a new interface, buttons, etc. Same for bidding would be nice too. And giving players the ability to config them so everyone is happy.

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 15:01

Skyguarder

This isn't a big issue everybody is having now

Just suggest something simple.

Like have a confirm button.

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 15:04

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Better idea: make it so you have an option to make it require a double click instead of a single click. Problem solved. :P

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 15:10

Skyguarder

Then people will complain that the Buy now button doesn't work. So they would have to remove it. No choice

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 16:23

Luguiru

Maybe we should all see what we are doing before doing something irreversible.

We all have two eyeballs and a functioning brain, right? Most of us at least. Even if you only have one working eye, as long as you have that brain back there and something connected to it to see with, you should be good.

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 16:32

Skyguarder

@Luguiru

Yes, everybody does. So that means this isn't an issue because this person can still see. So he has a brain and 2 eyeballs. This is not an issue then. Unless of course, he went blind and needs a pair of glasses

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 18:12

Zyhro

Same thing,

Yes this is an amazing idea, I just hate myself for not looking before I bought my voltaic tempest recipe for 100k(buy price) and I actually wanted to bid on it for 32k. Ugh OOO should really put an "are you sure?" Button so you don't mistake it for the bid or preview button.

Fri, 10/19/2012 - 18:21

Skyguarder

This is only a small issue

I think you guys need to see the doctor for clicking the Buy now button in accident lots of times. Maybe just suggest a confirming button.

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 00:26

Gigaknowledge

Well some people like me have

Well some people like me have physical conditions that cause them to click by accident.
Like me, when my finger has a bad habit of twitching.

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 02:17

#10

Uniquevariant

oh luigy

The Buy now button should not be right next to the Bid/Preview button.

Yes, i accidentally bought something i was meaning to bid on. Not a huge deal. Didn't want to spend those crowns, but easy come easy go.

Please consider this minor change on your next minor update patch/bugfix patch. It'd be greatly appreciated, as well as cut down on the amount of support tickets OOO receives.

Thanks,

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 08:36

#11

Autofire

Let me point two things out:

1: Peoples' views are different. Look here. Some argue that it's the users' fault that something went wrong, while others argue it is the programmers' fault.

2: If something is done about this, I think moving the button and/or adding a conformation (just like for other things which could be turned on and off) should be done.

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 13:49

#12

Sweet-Hope

-1 to move the button. but +1

-1 to move the button.

but +1 to a window confirmation that popup when you click "buy now" even it can have a checkbox that says: "dont show me this message again" for people who really looks before be happy clicking.

Sat, 10/20/2012 - 16:38

#13

Skyguarder

I suggested it :p

Nuff said

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Move the BUY NOW button, please.