Inventory management (Destiny)

by agdtinman , Seattle, Friday, August 22, 2014, 16:17 (3545 days ago) @ kapowaz
edited by agdtinman, Friday, August 22, 2014, 16:32

One of the biggest issues I encountered with the cursor navigation is that it's too easy to accidentally ‘leave’ the modal context of a given inventory slot whilst moving between them, at which point in order to go back to browsing between items you have to return to the inventory slot itself. It's particularly easy to do this if you have two or more rows of items for a given slot; you open the slot and start diagonally moving off towards the second or third row, but in so doing you leave the hotspot of the slot before reaching the destination, and so it closes.

To avoid this you have to actually move the cursor horizontally first, then vertically, which feels a bit unintuitive. They could probably have solved this problem relatively easily with a timer once you leave the area of each slot, giving you time to hit the second row before the expanded items collapse again.

We've been calling that the Amazon problem.
http://bjk5.com/post/44698559168/breaking-down-amazons-mega-dropdown

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The cursor UI has real problems - General Vagueness, 2014-08-21, 10:45
- Well, it's the best cursor on a console but . . . - Monochron, 2014-08-21, 10:59
  - Well, it's the best cursor on a console but . . . - Ragashingo, 2014-08-21, 11:05
  - Well, it's the best cursor on a console but . . . - yaters, 2014-08-21, 22:23
    - Well, it's the best cursor on a console but . . . - stabbim, 2014-08-22, 09:54
      - Well, it's the best cursor on a console but . . . - kapowaz, 2014-08-22, 10:05
        
        Smartglass ... - Kermit, 2014-08-22, 10:20
        
        Smartglass ... - DaDerga, 2014-08-22, 10:22
        
        Smartglass ... - stabbim, 2014-08-22, 13:56
        
        Does no one use the sixaxis method? - RC, 2014-08-23, 07:49
        
        Does no one use the sixaxis method? - kapowaz, 2014-08-23, 08:05
      - Steam Big Screen's is probably the best around - ZackDark, 2014-08-22, 12:28
        
        Steam Big Screen's is probably the best around - kapowaz, 2014-08-25, 08:05
    - Well, it's the best cursor on a console but . . . - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 12:49
- The cursor UI has real problems - Kermit, 2014-08-21, 11:04
  - Agreed, I love it - kidtsunami, 2014-08-21, 11:06
  - Great Video. - Ragashingo, 2014-08-21, 11:30
  - Inventory management - kapowaz, 2014-08-21, 12:14
    - Inventory management - Ragashingo, 2014-08-21, 13:42
      - Inventory management - kapowaz, 2014-08-21, 14:36
        
        Inventory management - Ragashingo, 2014-08-21, 14:45
      - Inventory management - Penthesilean, 2014-08-21, 19:42
        
        Inventory management - stabbim, 2014-08-22, 09:47
    - Inventory management - General Vagueness, 2014-08-21, 19:39
    - Inventory management - agdtinman, 2014-08-22, 16:17
      - Inventory management - kapowaz, 2014-08-22, 16:32
  - Yep - That's a great video - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-21, 12:39
  - The cursor UI has real problems - stabbim, 2014-08-22, 09:44
    - The cursor UI has real problems - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 15:14
      - The cursor UI has real problems - Xenos, 2014-08-22, 15:18
        
        The cursor UI has real problems - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 15:26
        
        The cursor UI has real problems - Xenos, 2014-08-22, 15:33
        
        The cursor UI has real problems - General Vagueness, 2014-08-23, 12:36
        
        The cursor UI has real problems - Xenos, 2014-08-23, 12:38
        
        The cursor UI has real problems - General Vagueness, 2014-08-23, 13:14
- The cursor UI has real problems - TTL Demag0gue, 2014-08-21, 11:07
  - You Are Not Alone - DaDerga, 2014-08-21, 11:07
  - Agreed. - SigbiasSilva, 2014-08-21, 11:13
  - I loved the cursor - Xenos, 2014-08-21, 11:42
  - The cursor UI has real problems - kapowaz, 2014-08-21, 12:18
    - The cursor UI has real problems - TTL Demag0gue, 2014-08-21, 12:25
      - The cursor UI has real problems - kapowaz, 2014-08-21, 12:27
  - +1 for liking it - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-08-21, 12:41
  - Nope, it's fine by me too. - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-08-21, 14:58
  - The cursor UI has real problems - roland, 2014-08-21, 17:27
- Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Mars, 2014-08-21, 11:19
  - Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Kermit, 2014-08-21, 11:33
    - Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Mars, 2014-08-21, 12:04
  - Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-21, 19:34
    - Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Kermit, 2014-08-21, 19:53
      - Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-21, 20:35
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Kermit, 2014-08-21, 20:56
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-21, 22:24
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Ragashingo, 2014-08-21, 22:43
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - stabbim, 2014-08-22, 11:56
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Ragashingo, 2014-08-22, 12:52
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - stabbim, 2014-08-22, 13:59
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 15:19
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 12:51
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Kermit, 2014-08-21, 22:56
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 12:52
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - kapowaz, 2014-08-22, 13:25
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Kermit, 2014-08-22, 13:32
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-22, 15:26
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Ragashingo, 2014-08-22, 16:01
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - Avateur, 2014-08-22, 16:24
        
        Wow. Even I didn't notice that! :p - Ragashingo, 2014-08-22, 16:50
        
        Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - General Vagueness, 2014-08-23, 12:40
      - Cursor vs Tradition Console Navigation - kapowaz, 2014-08-22, 01:16
- The cursor UI has real problems - Jabberwok, 2014-08-21, 14:52
  - The cursor UI has real problems - agdtinman, 2014-08-22, 16:27
    - The cursor UI has real problems - General Vagueness, 2014-08-23, 12:45
- Maybe it was designed for Kinect/EYE/DualShock4 touchpad use - Pyromancy, 2014-08-21, 17:54
  - Maybe it was designed for Kinect/EYE/DualShock4 touchpad use - Miguel Chavez, 2014-08-21, 21:34
- Number of times I fought with the interface: - Cody Miller, 2014-08-23, 13:24
  - Number of times I fought with the interface: - kapowaz, 2014-08-23, 16:09
    - Number of times I fought with the interface: - Cody Miller, 2014-08-23, 16:14
  - Number of times I fought with the interface: - General Vagueness, 2014-08-23, 20:51
    - Number of times I fought with the interface: - Avateur, 2014-08-23, 21:35
      - Number of times I fought with the interface: - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-23, 23:21
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - kapowaz, 2014-08-24, 01:14
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-24, 02:32
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - kapowaz, 2014-08-24, 05:12
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-24, 10:36
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - kapowaz, 2014-08-25, 02:11
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - breitzen, 2014-08-24, 06:53
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - kapowaz, 2014-08-24, 08:08
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - General Vagueness, 2014-08-24, 18:42
      - Number of times I fought with the interface: - General Vagueness, 2014-08-24, 18:37
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface *EDIT* - ZackDark, 2014-08-24, 18:41
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface *EDIT* - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-24, 19:20
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface *EDIT* - ZackDark, 2014-08-24, 19:34
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface *EDIT* - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-24, 20:26
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - Avateur, 2014-08-24, 18:43
    - Number of times I fought with the interface: - JDQuackers, 2014-08-24, 18:00
      - Number of times I fought with the interface: - General Vagueness, 2014-08-24, 19:33
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - ZackDark, 2014-08-24, 19:39
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - General Vagueness, 2014-08-24, 19:47
        
        That, I agree with - ZackDark, 2014-08-24, 19:57
        
        That, I agree with - Phoenix_9286, 2014-08-24, 20:36
        
        That, I agree with - kapowaz, 2014-08-25, 08:09
        
        Yep. - Kermit, 2014-08-25, 09:39
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - agdtinman, 2014-08-25, 16:19
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - Mars, 2014-08-25, 16:29
        
        Number of times I fought with the interface: - General Vagueness, 2014-08-25, 23:43
  - Number of times I fought with the interface: - agdtinman, 2014-08-25, 16:04
    - Number of times I fought with the interface: - Cody Miller, 2014-08-25, 17:02
      - Number of times I fought with the interface: - Claude Errera, 2014-08-25, 18:30

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