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Round 2: New Page Layout Updates

October 25, 2017 at 5:40 PM

Round 2 of Cave Page Layout Updates

In case you missed it yesterday, we're testing out a new look (but familiar feel) at the Cave (and on the Cave page only for the time being). It includes a prettier navigation bar, more consistent sidebar, capped container widths (i.e. not expanding so wide on your screen), and easier access to your notifications, friends, and PMs.

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Even better than before!

You Spoke, We Listened

We've been able to implement much of the feedback received about the page in the last 24 hours. Here are the latest changes.

  • We've moved the Halloween Fair bar from the sidebar back to the top. Many of you preferred this.
  • We've removed the unnecessary Cove Health block on the sidebar completely and moved the text to the right of the "X Creatures" link on the sidebar. Leaf of Vaka owners will not see their Cove Health in the sidebar, as it is always 100%.
  • A maximum width of 1192 px is now being enforced in the main Egg Cave content area. What this means: the width of the white area will cover less of the page.
  • The "unread notifications" pop up in the bottom left is now capped to display once every 3 minutes only if you have at least 1 unread notification. It'll bother you less and not appear on every single page load now.
  • Cave change: the "Approach Stats" box is now located underneath the Cave image, closer to where you select the egg to approach.
  • Cave change: upon clicking "Return to Cave" after approaching an egg, the page will auto-scroll down to where you select your egg. Less scrolling, more adopting!

Your Feedback Needed

We're opening up voting for the new Cave page layout again, including for those of you who already gave us your feedback yesterday.

In short, visit the Cave again today and give us a smiley or a frown face to let us know what you think. In addition, post your specific likes/dislikes on this blog post or via tickets.

Thank you for helping make the look and feel of Egg Cave a community effort!

Comments: 75

dusskfall • 25 Oct 2017, 11:06 PM

cave. not liking having to scroll down to see time

arty10 • 25 Oct 2017, 11:58 PM

I like almost everything about this newer layout, except for one thing. There isn't a visible "Cave" button... on the site called "eggcave"-

arty10 • 25 Oct 2017, 11:59 PM

-Just saying, the center of the entire site should be immediately visible, not tucked into a corner with the Lelia Oasis and the Asteroid...

icesparkle22 • 26 Oct 2017, 12:09 AM

autoscroll ❀️

purgatory • 26 Oct 2017, 7:04 AM

Holy frap, they're everywhere ^^ Loving the auto scroll!! ❀️

silverserpent • 26 Oct 2017, 7:07 AM

Yessss! Auto scroll! Where do I send my invoice? *cackles like an evil witch on Halloween* 😈

silverserpent • 26 Oct 2017, 7:07 AM

The auto scroll could also be implemented on the page with your Cave find so the page scrolls to focus directly on the Adopt button.

silverserpent • 26 Oct 2017, 7:09 AM

The Halloween Fair bar being back is just great. Would prefer it to be the same size as on the current website though. Too big.

silverserpent • 26 Oct 2017, 7:09 AM

Other than that: Great! I will press the 😊 face this time. πŸ˜‰

takaedakumi • 26 Oct 2017, 8:28 AM

My concern about taking the Cove Health tracker from the sidebar is that if ever there is a reason the Leaf of Vaka might-

takaedakumi • 26 Oct 2017, 8:28 AM

lose its effect erroneously, I think I'd like to be alerted by the fact that it did not read 100% one day.

takaedakumi • 26 Oct 2017, 8:28 AM

I know I could check for myself every so often but it's not necessarily something I would think to check often enough.

lucas • 26 Oct 2017, 10:03 AM

@blueedition25 oh my that's interesting 😱 @veritaspunk I don't really check EC on mobile 😊

utterlyweird • 26 Oct 2017, 3:47 PM

Can't find the place to smile or frown, but I have to frown a little. It's not convenient to have to expand the top menu to see it.

utterlyweird • 26 Oct 2017, 3:48 PM

And the top bar for the even could be smaller. Other than that, it looks nice.

petowner12309 • 26 Oct 2017, 7:33 PM

We should have something to allow a member to stop an auction, because someone may accidentally click on a creature they didn't want to!

jello • 26 Oct 2017, 9:07 PM

I NEED THIS NEW LAYOUT. whenever I go to the cave, it’s like taking a shower. Leaving the cave to any other page is like putting dirty

jello • 26 Oct 2017, 9:08 PM

clothes after the shower. Although I do appreciate the notification bar in the bottom left, reminds me of v2, we should have an option to

jello • 26 Oct 2017, 9:10 PM

cancel or enable it. I also like how the average cove health is visible, but not too big, fitting snugly within the cove tab.

ayme • 26 Oct 2017, 10:33 PM

Could we get auto-scroll on the egg-naming screen too?

thursdays_dove • 26 Oct 2017, 10:52 PM

Something I like about the "new" Cave is the return of the little star icon on star eggs. Makes them easier to spot. 😸

snowwall • 27 Oct 2017, 10:13 AM

Good thing - the new menu doesn't disappear after a middle-click in Firefox when I open each game in turn. Only worked in Chrome before...

possiegal • 29 Oct 2017, 9:13 PM

I LOVE the Auto Scroll!!

leafmelody • 30 Oct 2017, 3:13 AM

LOVE LOVE LOVE THE AUTO SCROLL ALL I'M GONNA SAY XD Haha it always bugged me that I had to scroll scroll scroll so many times -.-

prairie • 1 Nov 2017, 12:30 AM

Like the auto scroll, but kinda wish it was smaller. 😱, feel like I got to used to smaller white space, so it bothers me. XD

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