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Re: Roblox GUIs are in need of a consistent design language

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Tenal is not online. Tenal
Joined: 15 May 2011
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28 Sep 2012 04:11 PM
The current buttons are really boring and ugly, as are the default fonts. Not to mention the inconsistent text sizes across fonts. I consider myself to have a good taste in design, but what's really limiting me is the fact that there are no fonts other than the three default boring ones. I want rounded corners, gradients, shadows, etc., what's preventing Roblox from creating these features?
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Candymaniac is not online. Candymaniac
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28 Sep 2012 04:12 PM
I want a modernistic style text.

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Prehistoricman is not online. Prehistoricman
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28 Sep 2012 04:12 PM
You.
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NXTBoy is not online. NXTBoy
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28 Sep 2012 04:33 PM
> I want rounded corners, gradients, shadows

Metro has none of these, and looks better for it
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MrgamesNwatch is not online. MrgamesNwatch
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28 Sep 2012 04:42 PM
WE NEED COMIC SANS!!!!!
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Quenty is online. Quenty
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28 Sep 2012 04:47 PM
I've been quite able to make beautiful designs without CSS style modifications.

I don't quite see why you can't do the same. I mean, yes it would be _nice_, but it's not _required_.

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Candymaniac is not online. Candymaniac
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28 Sep 2012 04:59 PM
I need Roboto.

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Flurite is not online. Flurite
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28 Sep 2012 05:04 PM
Doing such would pretty much force ROBLOX to make a fully fledged GUI program, which isn't really the scope of ROBLOX. Read the latest blog post relating to ROBLOX's response to the advanced mesh thingies.
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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28 Sep 2012 05:05 PM
@NXT
Metro is horrible.
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DrAgonmoray is not online. DrAgonmoray
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28 Sep 2012 05:13 PM
I quite like metro's look (but not metro itself)
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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28 Sep 2012 07:13 PM
I like metro's look as well. I think emess is confusing metro and windows 8.
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Causticity is not online. Causticity
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28 Sep 2012 07:15 PM
Time to make an interpreter to mimic HTML.
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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28 Sep 2012 07:55 PM
@Causticity

Although I like the idea, the current GUI system starts lagging very quickly.

Minimalistic GUI designs are much better for games on Roblox... Thought better image quality would be nice for tabbed interfaces.
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Causticity is not online. Causticity
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28 Sep 2012 08:12 PM
I meant to do it just to do it, to be able to create the current ones faster, and I guess it would be easier.
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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28 Sep 2012 10:01 PM
@ArceusInator
I know what Metro is. And I hate it.
For phones, tablets, and computers, there's a severe lack of customization. As in, this is worse than even iOS in terms of customization. Icons are boring, and Segoe UI (Metro's default font) is lifeless and boring.
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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28 Sep 2012 10:07 PM
"For phones, tablets, and computers, there's a severe lack of customization"

So... don't use them?
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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28 Sep 2012 10:15 PM
Read the rest of my post.
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ArceusInator is not online. ArceusInator
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28 Sep 2012 10:25 PM
Yeah, I read it.

You aren't a robot. If you don't like something don't use it.
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NXTBoy is not online. NXTBoy
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29 Sep 2012 02:52 AM
"severe lack of customization" and " consistent design language" are two sides of the same coin. Either you have one, or the other. A super-customizable UI is an inconsistent UI.
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Quenty is online. Quenty
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29 Sep 2012 08:09 AM
A good example: MySpace

A good example of complete customizaatino and still retaining people: Tumblr

Because tumblr has a regular interface everyone looks at, so no one bothers to look at the customized (possibly eye straining) blogs.

Lesson: Let people customize, but dont' let other people see it.
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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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29 Sep 2012 10:09 AM
@nxt
Metro doesn't work well with computers, they're better on websites. But it's ugly.
I want to use Holo, that is beautiful.
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NXTBoy is not online. NXTBoy
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29 Sep 2012 10:48 AM
> Metro doesn't work well with computers

I think a better description is that Metro isn't mouse-optimized. To a certain extent that's true.

Holo looks pretty good too (although is presumably also heavily touch-optimized). Backing up my earlier point, where are the rounded corners?
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Candymaniac is not online. Candymaniac
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29 Sep 2012 10:54 AM
@Original Title;

ROBLOX does have an consistent GUI. It's based on semi-transparent blacks and triangle-istic corners or rounded corners.

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Tenal is not online. Tenal
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29 Sep 2012 12:14 PM
@NXT
I meant that I prefer doing Holo than Metro, although I'd like the rounded corners.
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Maradar is not online. Maradar
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29 Sep 2012 01:37 PM
WE NEED...
CUSTOM GUI MODIFICATIONS.
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