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pnm
Posted on: Mon May 09, 2022 7:33 pm
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
Thanks Guido, very helpful comments You're right in that the ad blocker policy is a bit strict: once you've scored over 1000 points and you're still using an ad blocker, the puzzles disappear completely. Maybe I should relax that a bit. correction: puzzles larger than 6x6 disappear. I have now changed this to puzzles larger than 9x9.
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guidocram
Posted on: Mon May 09, 2022 10:10 pm
Posts: 20 Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:59 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
A nice new feature would be a build-in calculator: The user drags a rectangle and the sites shows the area's and the sum, like:
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pnm
Posted on: Mon May 09, 2022 11:07 pm
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
guidocram wrote: A nice new feature would be a build-in calculator: The user drags a rectangle and the sites shows the area's and the sum, like: That would be a cool feature. Will there at some point be too much solving help though?
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mparisi
Posted on: Tue May 10, 2022 4:31 am
Posts: 106 Joined: Sat May 14, 2011 1:08 am
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
pnm wrote: guidocram wrote: A nice new feature would be a build-in calculator: The user drags a rectangle and the sites shows the area's and the sum, like: That would be a cool feature. Will there at some point be too much solving help though? I vote no. One of the reasons I spend time on this site is to practice doing arithmetic in my head and this would make it too easy.
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pnm
Posted on: Tue May 10, 2022 3:26 pm
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
guidocram wrote: Buttons need tool-tips (just title attribute in the html tag) don't design them like windows buttons with round borders and dropshadows. Ok, thanks, tooltips are in place, now I just have a lot of translating to do ... edit: translated the tool tips with some help from Google translate I'll especially appreciate feedback from Japanese/Chinese/Turkish speakers about the correctness of the text (no idea for these ) If the buttons should not have rounded corners and drop shadows, what should they have?
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pnm
Posted on: Tue May 10, 2022 8:24 pm
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
And do people maybe have pointers to sites/apps that do it better? in terms of design and/or UI ? thanks
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guidocram
Posted on: Tue May 10, 2022 11:09 pm
Posts: 20 Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:59 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
Other suggestion, throw a small party when a user finishes a puzzle. I made this once, and students (15 yo - 18 yo) think it's silly but still like it: https://guidogeeftles.nl/modules/rekenenmetverhoudingen/ (complete a puzzle to see the effects - only available in Dutch) (too lazy to do the puzzle, use the hints bar all the way and fill in the right answer)
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pnm
Posted on: Tue May 10, 2022 11:22 pm
Posts: 3304 Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 11:58 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
guidocram wrote: Other suggestion, throw a small party when a user finishes a puzzle. I made this once, and students (15 yo - 18 yo) think it's silly but still like it: https://guidogeeftles.nl/modules/rekenenmetverhoudingen/ (complete a puzzle to see the effects - only available in Dutch) (too lazy to do the puzzle, use the hints bar all the way and fill in the right answer) that is cute edit: ok, the "solved box" is _slightly_ more exciting now
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guidocram
Posted on: Thu May 12, 2022 6:01 pm
Posts: 20 Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:59 pm
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
pnm wrote: ok, the "solved box" is _slightly_ more exciting now How about some confetti cannons?
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beaker
Posted on: Thu May 12, 2022 10:07 pm
Posts: 931 Location: Ladysmith, BC, Canada Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:37 am
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Re: is the site becoming less interesting / attractive?
Confetti guns for more difficult piuzzles ( you could set a lowest difficulty rating......say 45-50 which when a puzzle solved exceeded would then get confetti gun or small fireworks going off)i
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