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[UX Issue] When hovering over a card with the mouse the big card should float right next to the mouse cursor #5680

Open ForestRingGames opened 3 years ago

ForestRingGames commented 3 years ago

The current user experience is weird, since when looking at your cards you have to look at the top right while the mouse is somewhere else. Basically you have 2 focus points at the same time. One at the cards that you want to look at (and go with your mouse over) and the other at the top right where the card is shown. Also the center of the screen (where the cursor is) would feel much more natural to look at and read text. If you want to test it out, Board Game Arena does it nicely for card based games (e.g. Through the Ages). :)

The big card image should float adjacent to the card wherever you hover.

NoahTheDuke commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion! Given the long history of having the card image in the corner, I'm hesitant to make it the new default, but it seems like something we should at least have as an option.

ForestRingGames commented 3 years ago

I can understand the history - I'm pretty sure for new players (that never used jinteki before), it would definitely feel better. If you look at other platforms, this is basically the default elsewhere. :)

lallmon commented 3 years ago

Having information in context is definitely good user experience, but the side benefit of this feature, would be freeing up screen real estate in that area for important info with less priority. (e.g. Exiled cards + game start time. Maybe important, but not as important as Clicks/Credits/Cards. :)