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Jazuela · 09-13-2007, 10:59 AM

NewWorlds, as a player, I wouldn't use a drop-down 2-to-9-box system. As a player, I just want a list of games that I've asked for, based on the filters I've provided. If I have to play a game, just to find a game to play, then I'll find an easier search site to do my searching. The more intricate the search tools, the less I am likely to use them. On the other hand, the more wide-ranged the search tools, the less useful they are. That is exactly why the four-box system seems perfect. It's neither too wide-ranged for the average player to find the payment type they might accept, nor too intricate to spend time figuring out.

Don't forget, payment type isn't the only search criteria. I still have a whole lot more buttons to try and decide on, like - I'm looking for a CUSTOM code donations optional, not just any donations optional. I'm looking specifically for a Flinststones genre, and I'm looking specifically for a mud written in -either- Swahili or Urdu.

If I have to click box 1, then look over four MORE boxes, just to come up with "No money exchanged for anything in the game. What goes on outside the confines of the game is not an issue to me" then I'll start using Google to search muds. Too much stuff to do. Especially if the "custom code" people start insisting that the search options for code type be changed to reflect the new availability of fancy new drop-downs and multiple clickies (technical term). And then the people who allow color, start arguing with the people who require their OWN color, not just the client color, about how "millions of colors" is deceptive, and THEY want a new drop-down too. And we can go on and on for years and end up with a completely ridiculous search engine that never really finds anything that anyone is actually looking for because it's just too damned convoluted to bother with.

No thanks. What we had, wasn't broken. But Lasher agrees to do, is a vast improvement and will work great for -most- players. And since the point of this website is to attract legitimate traffic, and there are many many more players than there are mud admins, I'd say doing what's best for the players is probably going to be better for this website than doing what's best for this or that mud admin.

09-13-2007, 10:59 AM	#418
Jazuela Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New England Posts: 849	Re: What does "Free" Mean? NewWorlds, as a player, I wouldn't use a drop-down 2-to-9-box system. As a player, I just want a list of games that I've asked for, based on the filters I've provided. If I have to play a game, just to find a game to play, then I'll find an easier search site to do my searching. The more intricate the search tools, the less I am likely to use them. On the other hand, the more wide-ranged the search tools, the less useful they are. That is exactly why the four-box system seems perfect. It's neither too wide-ranged for the average player to find the payment type they might accept, nor too intricate to spend time figuring out. Don't forget, payment type isn't the only search criteria. I still have a whole lot more buttons to try and decide on, like - I'm looking for a CUSTOM code donations optional, not just any donations optional. I'm looking specifically for a Flinststones genre, and I'm looking specifically for a mud written in -either- Swahili or Urdu. If I have to click box 1, then look over four MORE boxes, just to come up with "No money exchanged for anything in the game. What goes on outside the confines of the game is not an issue to me" then I'll start using Google to search muds. Too much stuff to do. Especially if the "custom code" people start insisting that the search options for code type be changed to reflect the new availability of fancy new drop-downs and multiple clickies (technical term). And then the people who allow color, start arguing with the people who require their OWN color, not just the client color, about how "millions of colors" is deceptive, and THEY want a new drop-down too. And we can go on and on for years and end up with a completely ridiculous search engine that never really finds anything that anyone is actually looking for because it's just too damned convoluted to bother with. No thanks. What we had, wasn't broken. But Lasher agrees to do, is a vast improvement and will work great for -most- players. And since the point of this website is to attract legitimate traffic, and there are many many more players than there are mud admins, I'd say doing what's best for the players is probably going to be better for this website than doing what's best for this or that mud admin.