When the spiohelper was implemented in AGO it was not yet modified to act with AGO... it is like an isolated part besides AGO. I wish it would work together with AGO, so there are of course a lot of possible improvements:
shortcut buttons
1) delete all espionage reports <limit of all sections:
in the tooltips of the sections in the headline just show that you can sort them if you click on it. Beside or instead of that, there should be shown an deletion-button that will delete all spy reports like you define in the ago menu. (the headlines should begin all with capital letter)
a) loot (Loot)
it is the same button as shown for the message box. by clicking it you delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because there is too less loot.
b) DF
it is the same button as shown for the message box. by clicking it you delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because there is too less debris.
c) DEF
this new button will delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because there is too much defense.
d) age (Age)
this new button will delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because they are too old.
e) player (Player)
this new button will delete all abundant spy reports you wont pay attention to because you have more up to date spy reports of the same player.
coloring
1) Color headlines
AGO uses colors in very much features, but there is none in the spiohelper. in the message box the spy reports are enhanced with loot in orange, debris in green, activity in red. So shall do the spiohelper too. to keep the general view, the coloring of the spiohelpers headline should just be as underlining every subjects with a well chosen color:
coordinates = white underline
age = grey underline
player (+activity) = red underline
loot = orange underline
DF = green underline
DEF =brown underline
action = blue underline
2) Mark Loot and DF >limit
If loot and df are above the defined limit, then they can be highlighted by recoloring the amount in the corresponding color (like it already is in the message box) e.g. Mark loot >400k loot and >100k debris:
interaction with AGO
a) player tooltip
the tooltip of the player in the spiohelper shows the amount of planets the player may have. but since the spiohelper is a part of AGO it dont need to show that. instead the planet box should appear below the ogame menu whenever you do a click on a name there.
so you can see the planet count, the usable coordinates and the names of the planets. Additionally there can be a feature, that highlights all shown spy reports of all planets of that player (maybe not that useful).
So you have space in the tooltips of the player. You can show there the same color tags like in the galaxyview. So you are able to define tags for the player you spyed out without the need to go to the galaxyview and waste another 10 deuterium. A note about the highscore ranking and links to the search engines would be nice there too...
b) highlight current spy report
when you jump to an spy report it should be also highlighted, to be sure you are watching the right spy report in case of any misbehaviour (-> see here)
layout
improve the layout to make this tool awesome
a) depart day and daytime more clearly
in the tooltip of the shown age, there is the real date of the spy report. let there show a list in background or color one of the two part to depart them better from each other.
b) show small images instead of words:
in the tooltip of loot, DF and DEF are shown some details.
i think it would be better to display small images instead of the words to shorten the tooltips and to just let it look better. I think you'll get the information faster by seeing images and not reading words.
And there can be much more, like fill out the free space at the action-column in the message box >see icons e.g. lock a spy report so that it cant be deleted untill you unlock it again
or mark current missions to (or from) the corresponding coordinates in the spiohelper like in galaxyview
.
Feel free to post your suggestions.
shortcut buttons
1) delete all espionage reports <limit of all sections:
in the tooltips of the sections in the headline just show that you can sort them if you click on it. Beside or instead of that, there should be shown an deletion-button that will delete all spy reports like you define in the ago menu. (the headlines should begin all with capital letter)
a) loot (Loot)
it is the same button as shown for the message box. by clicking it you delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because there is too less loot.
b) DF
it is the same button as shown for the message box. by clicking it you delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because there is too less debris.
c) DEF
this new button will delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because there is too much defense.
d) age (Age)
this new button will delete all spy reports you wont pay attention to because they are too old.
e) player (Player)
this new button will delete all abundant spy reports you wont pay attention to because you have more up to date spy reports of the same player.
coloring
1) Color headlines
AGO uses colors in very much features, but there is none in the spiohelper. in the message box the spy reports are enhanced with loot in orange, debris in green, activity in red. So shall do the spiohelper too. to keep the general view, the coloring of the spiohelpers headline should just be as underlining every subjects with a well chosen color:
coordinates = white underline
age = grey underline
player (+activity) = red underline
loot = orange underline
DF = green underline
DEF =brown underline
action = blue underline
2) Mark Loot and DF >limit
If loot and df are above the defined limit, then they can be highlighted by recoloring the amount in the corresponding color (like it already is in the message box) e.g. Mark loot >400k loot and >100k debris:
interaction with AGO
a) player tooltip
the tooltip of the player in the spiohelper shows the amount of planets the player may have. but since the spiohelper is a part of AGO it dont need to show that. instead the planet box should appear below the ogame menu whenever you do a click on a name there.
so you can see the planet count, the usable coordinates and the names of the planets. Additionally there can be a feature, that highlights all shown spy reports of all planets of that player (maybe not that useful).
So you have space in the tooltips of the player. You can show there the same color tags like in the galaxyview. So you are able to define tags for the player you spyed out without the need to go to the galaxyview and waste another 10 deuterium. A note about the highscore ranking and links to the search engines would be nice there too...
b) highlight current spy report
when you jump to an spy report it should be also highlighted, to be sure you are watching the right spy report in case of any misbehaviour (-> see here)
layout
improve the layout to make this tool awesome
a) depart day and daytime more clearly
in the tooltip of the shown age, there is the real date of the spy report. let there show a list in background or color one of the two part to depart them better from each other.
b) show small images instead of words:
in the tooltip of loot, DF and DEF are shown some details.
i think it would be better to display small images instead of the words to shorten the tooltips and to just let it look better. I think you'll get the information faster by seeing images and not reading words.
And there can be much more, like fill out the free space at the action-column in the message box >see icons e.g. lock a spy report so that it cant be deleted untill you unlock it again
or mark current missions to (or from) the corresponding coordinates in the spiohelper like in galaxyview
.Feel free to post your suggestions.
