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Back with another major suggestion.
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CONTENTS:
[1]: Prologue
[2]: Problem
[3]: Suggestion
[4]: Q&A
[5]: Reference
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NOTE: Chapter 5 (reference) contains reference from previous chapters. If you see a double star mark in a bracket (Like: "(**1)"), you can see the reference of it.
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1: Prologue
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The well known, most privatised place on ROBLOX: MyROBLOX. I doubt no-one will 'not' go on it. You can see your BFs, update your status, go to your inbox and look at your PM/Notifications, change your 'Account' settings, change your avatar, see your ads, look at your balance... Everything you can do has the word 'your' in it.
Also, recently there was a poll about it. If you checked your system notification, RobloTim hosted a new poll about 'MyROBLOX'.
But some players might want to customise their page. Layout, the orderings, etc. So that is the reason I suggest these ideas for the new and probably improved 'MyROBLOX' page.
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2: Current problems/demands
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These are the probable problems with the 'MyROBLOX' page.
1: Inefficient advertisement system. Some people report bugs, glitches, and inconvenience throughout usage of it.
2: Layouts cannot be changed. Some people care one thing more than the other, but the ordering of the page cannot be customised.
3: Unable to sort places. This was available before, but now players must make all places inactive, then make them active in the order as they want.
4: Response time of the 'stuffs'. There are 'hats', 'gears', 'shirts', etc., but switching between them takes time.
5: 'Friends' page. It takes a long period of time to scroll to the last page as you want to see recently added friends, etc.
These are the probable demands for the 'MyROBLOX' page.
1: Able to sort places just like before. Consistent with problem 3.
2: Able to change layout and sort the MyROBLOX banner (**1). So you can see them in order you find it comfortable, etc.
3: Able to see recent activity you've done in the past days. This can be very handy for some players. For more info, see chapter 3.
4: More efficient 'Stuffs' system. The current system is inefficient, and should be replaced by a simple, faster javascript thumbnail.
5: More inbox folders. There could be more folders, but the most demanded one would be the 'Outbox' (or, 'Sent messages').
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3: Suggestions
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Basically in this chapter, I will suggest ideas that are considered good in terms of the aftermath, the community's response, etc.
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{1} RECENT ACTIVITY
Recent activity is simply what you've done in the past few days. It will count:
[]Places you've went
[]Items you've purchased
[]Friends you've made
And you can also toggle these to count or not.
[]TC exchanges
[]Status updates
[]Limited item bought
[]Forum replies/threads (**2)
[]R$ purchases
[]Comment on your item (**2)
Recent activity will show 25 activities done recently. Though it is selectable between: 25, 50, and 100. Recent Activity can also be sorted month-wise (will show activities done in the month selected), so players can see what they've done in the past month.
One problem with this. Players might want to see something they have not toggled (for example, R$ purchase) because of a certain circumstances. But the system might only start counting from the moment they've toggled. Solution to that will be: Items that are not toggled, should be still counted but not shown in the RA page. So if they toggle on the item, it can show the item, even if it was way back before and wasn't toggled.
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{2} Better PM service
Many people suggested this. But I will describe them in details.
First of all, Outbox folder. It will show all the sent messages. The layout of the Outbox folder should be the same as the Inbox, and it should be accessable from the top of the messages (like System Notification).
Then, custom folders. These folders will contain messages from person you've set to. For example: If you wanted to filter your messages into BF and regular friends, you can set the custom box to receive/contain PM from your BF. To do this, all you have to do is change its setting, and just make a list of your BFs.
You can create as many folders as you want. You can rename the custom folders.
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{3} BE ABLE TO SORT PLACES AGAIN
Yes. I know the WNTS. And I know it says 'No undo the updates'.
But for once, this isn't about people being 'lazy'. We had the features implemented, but ROBLOX removes it in a couple of months. It was quite idiotic of them to just remove the feature they just put in place.
It was a simple click and drag. For people with MANY places (OBC peeps), it will take at least 20 min to sort into their favourite order. Click and drag is much simpler and much easier.
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{4} MYROBLOX BANNER SORTING
This is very simple. You know the banner inside 'MyROBLOX', with items like "Main", "Inbox", "Places", "Account", "Profile", etc.? That banner should be customisable.
Say, if you want 'advertising' to be more on the left side, you can just sort them in the order you like.
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{5} SELECTION ON ITEMS IN THE WHITE BOX
White box is on the top-right of your ROBLOX page. You can see your balance, PMs, and FRs. What if you could change or add what's in it?
The maximum is 6. You can select additional items such as:
+New forum replies
+New comments
+Limited items bought
+Current rating on the contest participating
etc.
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{6} MORE EFFICIENT 'STUFFS' SYSTEM
Three suggestions to this.
1: Switching between different types of items (Shirt → Pants, etc.) should be faster. All the admins have to do is simple javascripting. They should be able to fix this pretty fast.
2: "First" and "Last" page button. Much easier to browse through items. Especially if you have tons of items.
3: Be able to filter. Some users might want to view their limited items, or tix-sold items. There should be a simple filtering system.
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{7} BETTER 'FRIENDS' PAGE
A very simple one, consisting to problem 5 on Chapter 2.
'Friends' page should have 'First' and 'Last' page buttons, like on the games. Same as suggestion 6.2 in this chapter, but on 'Friends' page.
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Your eyes? Do they bleed? NO. MOAR.
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4: Q&A
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"Hey I suggested that. Stop copying other people's ideas"
First, I'm sorry for it if you already have. But I did not notice it, or I suggested it in more details. But, a lot of people have suggested similar suggestions.
"Tl;dr"
Ctrl+W for j00 mai friend.
"I don't understand some of it"
I know some of the words/sentences I used may not make sense. If it doesn't, I will try my best to explain it to you.
"All of these ideas are pointless"
Not necessarily. Most of them satisfy users, and that would make the community slightly better.
Other inquiries are welcomed. Unless it's a flame.
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5: Reference
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**1: MyROBLOX banner is the secondary banner that is inside of 'MyROBLOX'. On ROBLOX 3.0, it should be a black banner that is just under the main blue banner (with Games, Catalog, People, etc.).
**2: These items in RA will be counted as multiple in a single day. For example:
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21/2/2011: RevolutionGG has 54 forum replies.
20/2/2011: RevolutionGG has 3 comments on his item.
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Instead of counting every single one as a single:
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21/2/2011: RevolutionGG has a new forum reply.
21/2/2011: RevolutionGG has a new forum reply.
21/2/2011: RevolutionGG has a new forum reply.
21/2/2011: RevolutionGG has a new forum reply.
21/2/2011: RevolutionGG has a new forum reply.
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