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UI considerations
It may seem I am nitpicking, but hear me out.
1) There is no reason to enumerate the dice for input! Since the values are 1-6, you can just directly enter the _values_ of the dice you want instead of figuring out what _position_ they are in! In fact I routinely made such errors, entering 1 because I want to keep the one, even though it is in position 2, for instance. It is an unnecessary cognitive load!
2) After selection, the dice are redrawn, but now they are in new positions. Even though your only option is to roll or stay and it does not matter what they are, it is jarring to see them move and get renumbered. Why not leave them in the same positions, but maybe dimming or removing the chosen ones?
3) The buttons would work better if 'stand' was farther away from 'roll'. Perhaps roll should be above and stand below the dice? Playing on the phone is harder because of this.
And thank you for making it for us to enjoy!
3 hours ago
I would love it if you could have a second opportunity to hold more dice in case you missed a five or something the first time.
@satch: you can hold as many times as you want if you enter the numbers directly into the URL, like ../app?34.
🕹️ skyjake [...] · 1 hour ago:
Regarding point 1), are you suggesting that if you have several dice of the same value, you'd enter the same number multiple times to hold them individually?
Personally, I don't mind the current scheme, although since it's now a spatial ordering, it might indeed make sense to keep the dice positions the same until you manage to fill or start a new round.
Edit: I do have my own UI wish, though: there could be a shortcut to type instead of, say, 123456 when you want to hold all the dice. Maybe just type "all" instead of numbers?
🚀 stack [OP] · 29 minutes ago:
@skyjake exactly, if I want to keep a one and a triple-5, I would enter '1555'. Instead of figuring out the position.