I believe, the table will be your best bet, if you want them all to be on the one screen. Its really not difficult to navigate once you understand the layout, its a bit more reading, yes, but worthing it of you want that one screen list.
On 8/29/13, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a quick question I thought I'd throw out here to the community > to see what you thought about this. As many of you know for a while > now I have been developing a WWE wrestling game in Python, that is > largely text based, but one problem is not all the performers can fit > on the same screen when selecting the challenger or the opponent for > the match. As the database of male and female performers grows this > problem will only get worse. Now, there are two ways of handling this > issue. > > The way a sighted developer would handle this is they would table all > the options on the screen into columns and rows rather than put them > in a vertical list like this. > > Select the challenger. > > 1. Steve Austin 2. Daniel Bryan 3. John Cena 4. Christian > 5. Ted DiBiase Jr. 6. Edge 7. Mark Henry 8. Kane > > Now, obviously the advantage of doing it this way is I could > conceivably squeeze a huge database of performers onto a single screen > simply by placing them into a table instead of a vertical list. I > should be able to place somewhere between 50 and 60 performers onto a > single screen. My concern though is that it will take more work > reviewing the screen to find the option for the performer you want to > play as you'd basically have to examine the entire table to find out > that a certain performer is number 36 out of 50 possibilities. > > The alternative is I could create a vertical list of performers, but > split it up over several screens. That means if a database of > challengers had 60 performers you would get the first 20, press enter, > see the next 20, press enter again, and get the last 20 performers. In > some aspect sits more accessible, but I don't like it because I'd > rather see as many performers as possible on the same screen. > > So any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas? > > Thanks. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
