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Author:  (cool) Hector [ Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Hi :D

I'm about to release a new version with an important interface redesign: the main window doesn't have tabs anymore. It looks slicker, we gain some screen real estate, and navigation is less confusing (particularly in single-pane mode where tabs were moving around and not always visible).

This version also brings a new stats window, as well as two "arrow" buttons. The first button is shown only in single-pane mode and allows to go back and forth between the left panel and the right panel. A bit more useful, when a panel gets hidden to show another panel instead, the second button appears and allows to go back and forth between those two panels.

To prevent a chaotic release, I'd be relieved if some of you could beta-test this new version for a few days and confirm that I haven't missed any bug.

Here's the PC version:
https://www.coollector.com/Coollector_BETA2.exe

Here's the MAC version:
https://www.coollector.com/Coollector_Movie_Database_BETA2.zip

Thank you very much for your help!
Author:  Skavau [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Bug found. Hard to show this in a screenshot, but you can easily test it. When you're using the filter, and edit tags on an entry that excludes it from your filter, it doesn't refresh properly. It would previously just automatically update. You can press F5 to force the app to update, but otherwise it gets confused.
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Thank you very much, there's indeed a problem with the filtered search :shock:
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
BETA2 is now available (I've modified the download links from my first message).
Author:  Skavau [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Bug regarding tagging seems fixed now :thumbsup:
Author:  Skavau [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
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This isn't a bug, this is a suggestion. On the old design if you accidently clicked "Wishlist" it would basically wipe all of your filters to show you it, which is fine, I guess - but with the new design you could make "Wishlist" and/or "Owned" specific filters that when selected do not overwrite any other filters the user has in play. They could click on the "Wishlist" and then just click back to "Filtered Search" to get back to where they were.
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Skavau wrote:
with the new design you could make "Wishlist" and/or "Owned" specific filters that when selected do not overwrite any other filters the user has in play.

The old shortcut filters are now all gathered into the "Stats" window (with a few new ones).

I won't add "Wishlist" and/or "Owned" to the popdown menu, the only value that I plan to add is "Saved Searches". Because when the saved searches will be available (very soon), it'll radically change the way we interact with filters.
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
I understand that "Wishlist" and "Owned" are the filters that you use the most so you want a quick access to them.

Saved searches are only the beginning, just after that I will add another major feature that will fulfil all your dreams ;)
Author:  Skavau [ Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
That works too.
Author:  Qbert [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Hi,

Just found some app issues on the beta 2 mac version.

The stats window blocks the program until it´s closed.
The menu (button replacemant) only closes if I select an item otherwise I have to click outside
the app window to close it.

Is it possible to use the mac system menu bar ?
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Qbert wrote:
Just found some app issues on the beta 2 mac version.

I've just tested and I can't reproduce the issues you describe. I've tested with an Intel chip as well as a Silicon chip.


Qbert wrote:
The stats window blocks the program until it´s closed.

There are 3 ways to close it, they all worked for me:

1) click the button "close".
2) click the window's red button.
3) press the ESC key.


Qbert wrote:
The menu (button replacemant) only closes if I select an item otherwise I have to click outside the app window to close it.

In my case I can click anywhere outside the menu, not necessarily outside the app. I can also press the ESC key.


Qbert wrote:
Is it possible to use the mac system menu bar ?

It has the same behaviour, I don't see any difference. I thought it was better to have the menus inside the app, but maybe you don't agree with me. I'd be happy to have more people's opinion about it.
Author:  Qbert [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
ESC key goes well with these menus, thanks for the hint... :)
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Qbert wrote:
ESC key goes well with these menus, thanks for the hint... :)

I'm interested to know, please tell me what problem you had with the menus... Was it their behaviour or was it because I had moved them at the top of the main window?
Author:  Qbert [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
(cool) Hector wrote:
Qbert wrote:
ESC key goes well with these menus, thanks for the hint... :)

I'm interested to know, please tell me what problem you had with the menus... Was it their behaviour or was it because I had moved them at the top of the main window?




If I use the right mousebutton everything is ok, but with left mousebutton the menu won't close and I can´t select another one so I have use the ESC-key.
Author:  (cool) Hector [ Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Looking for beta testers to try app's redesign
Qbert wrote:
If I use the right mousebutton everything is ok, but with left mousebutton the menu won't close and I can´t select another one so I have use the ESC-key.

That's very weird, right and left buttons work exactly the same for me (tried on 2 different Macs).
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