Nightsmaiden Posts: 31 Registered: 2/11/2017
Nightsmaiden
# 1 - Posted on 2/18/2017 11:59:24

There are other ways this could be handled, thus why this is a suggestion rather than a request, but it would be nice if there was a way to see at a glance which games were for what platform, or which digital format (Steam, Humble, GOG, etc.) they are on. One way I have seen something similar done is with little badges on the main icon. Or just additional icons down by the buttons under each entry. Lots of options for implementation, but being able to see this without having to drill down into each game would be nice.

The use case I am working with is that I have quite a few games on multiple digital platforms (Humble and Steam overlap a lot due to the nature of Humble sales), and some of them cross over to my console games as well, which I haven't tackled yet. It would be useful to be able to tell which of several entries for the "same" game are for which platform, and which are from which digital provider, without having to open every one and remember which was which.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1965 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 2 - Posted on 2/18/2017 18:05:48

I'm assuming you're using the grid view to browse your collection then if you're not seeing the platform info at first glance.

If you're on a pc, you can mouse over the boxart and it'll flip to reveal a bunch of extra info for that title. If you're on mobile however, I don't know if that functionality works or not.

I can't test it myself, because my ancient tablet dies a horrible death trying to do anything more complicated than turning itself on and off.

That said, there's an upcoming collection page revamp that we'll be discussing in the near future and making platform information more readily accessible in grid view is something that can be added to the list.

Nightsmaiden Posts: 31 Registered: 2/11/2017
Nightsmaiden
# 3 - Posted on 2/19/2017 7:42:37

Yes, I am using Grid view. One detail that is different is that the flipover info only says "Digital", not "Digital (Specific)", the way List view does.

I checked, and on my phone, the cards do flip when you tap on them, so yay for working on mobile! ^.^

I had actually been ignoring the flipover data, as I find visual effects like that very distracting, and hadn't even noticed that I could see at least the Digital/Physical information that way. If it starts mentioning which flavor of digital, that's a great improvement over having to properly open each entry, but the visual effect still takes a moment, and this request refers to an ability to see the information on multiple entries at the same time. So, thank you for including this in the input for the collection page revamp. :-)

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1965 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 4 - Posted on 2/19/2017 16:51:45

moho_00 added the delay to the flip since it was extremely distracting if the panels would all flip immediately even if you were just moving your mouse across them to do something else. Probably not much of an issue with mobile due to the nature of touch interfaces, but dragging a mouse around the screen and having a bunch of stuff flipping around got old fast, lol

One of those situations where you can't really win so you opt for the lesser of two evils. Hopefully with the revamp, we'll knock out a better solution entirely.