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    1. make gender/emotion/unconverted states more manageable, possibly by letting users label them

      "States" are different appearances belonging to a species/color combination, like Happy Female, Sad Male, Unconverted, etc. There is no clear way to tell these apart automatically, so it would be helpful to allow users to help label states, and earn point rewards if the crowd agrees. It's no fun to pull up a pet and get the unconverted one as the first result.

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      • Add viewing items by dominant color.

        I realize this might be hard or nearly impossible(?) But it would be a great feature to have! You click on a color and get all the items with that color in it, or with that color as the dominant color. i.e. If you pick pink, you get all the pink items.

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          under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

          I like it, but agree that it might not be feasible. I’ll keep it in my brain, but it definitely won’t be happening any time soon. Thanks!

        • Mass Categorize

          Hey, Matchu! I was wondering if there could be a way to mass categorize our item lists. I just imported my whole closet and have yet to do my SDB -- and there's no way (that I've found) for me to drag multiple items into a list at a time. x3

          I was thinking maybe how deviantART did it? You can click an area and then drag to select multiple items -- just a thought.

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            under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

            Yeah, this is definitely something that needs to happen. I’m still trying to think up the best interface for this, though. I’m not sure group dragging works with the jQuery dragging library that I’m using, so that would take quite a bit of extra effort. Check boxes might be a bit more feasible, or a “Bulk Move” button that brings you into a click-a-ton-of-them-then-pick-where-they’re-going mode. Dunno. We’ll see :)

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              under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

              Hmm. An interesting prospect. Since I only know enough ActionScript to just barely piece together the actual preview .swf, I’m not sure I could tackle this on my own. But if any ActionScript experts out there were willing to help… that would be fantastic :)

            • import from gallery

              I love that you have the import from closet and SDB features, is there any possible way to have an import from gallery feature? I realized I have hundreds of NC items in my gallery, and I would love it if there would somehow be a way to import them on here instead of me manually taking them out or adding them one by one

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              • have a wiki for customization information

                Heck, I own the site, and I'm constantly amazed by how little I know. A user-driven content area could be amazing, if there really were users willing to drive it.

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                • Let us search by restricted zones, like Upper-body Transient Biology or Head Drippings.

                  ^Title says it.
                  I'd like to be able to search by items that remove manes/fangs/claws/etc

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                    under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                    Hmm. Unfortunately, the database currently is structured in such a way that looking up by zone restriction is a very, very costly operation. I’ve been thinking for a while that maybe we need to run a legit search engine with better indices. We’ll see. Thanks :)

                  • Make a link back button for use on neopets.

                    I want to tell the world about dress to impress. Could you make link back button that links to a petpage that will advertise the site?

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                      under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                      Interesting thought :) I like the idea of having a pretty button, and the idea of having a pretty informational petpage, but don’t feel qualified as a designer to make either of those. However, DTI is an open-source community project, and I’d love someone to show me their mockups to merge into the site :) Any artists feel up to the task?

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                        • add filters for clothing that can only be worn by pets of a certain color.

                          For example, when customizing a baby pet, having the option to search for baby-only clothing would be much more convenient than digging through a couple hundred pages of wearables.

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                            under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                            I like the idea of handling this more formally. In my experience, though, most color-specific items contain the name of that color in the item’s name, right?

                          • Add an option that will automatically price all the items our pets are wearing.

                            Basically what it is would be a button you would press once you have completed customizing your pet and it would come up with the estimate of how much it would cost you in neocash and neopoints all together.

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                              under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                              I like the thought, but the tough part is getting accurate NP price data, which, right now, looks infeasible. I’ll let you know if anything changes :)

                            • Make a user-friendly search method for items

                              Instead of requiring us to type in -is:nc or type:righthanditem, why not just make a bunch of check-boxes or drop-down lists that users can choose from? And have them continue to be present after the search is started. It's tedious trying to search for new items if you can't remember exactly what to type in.

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                                under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                This has been suggested in the past, and it’s a nice thought. I’ve usually found, though, that when I ask users about this functionality, they usually say that they much prefer the text-based search, and would be unlikely to actually use check boxes and dropdowns. So, I’ll keep it in mind, but first work on features in higher demand. Thanks!

                              • A different way to save images.. not download them, but simply click 'copy image URL'.

                                Its very inconvenient to have to download images every time, I am thinking maybe you can have a function where you can copy image url. =) It would be quite easy to do and will make it SOOOO much EASIER to save images. Please consider the idea!

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                                  planned  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                  Yeah, this has been big on my to-do list for a looong time. There are a few key barriers, though. First, I’d need to be able to create those images server-side (it’s easier to have your browser make them, really). Second, I’d need to actually have space to store all these images forever—which really is quite a bit of space. Thankfully, those first two barriers I think are mostly conquered: I’ve written most of the code for server-side image generation, and Amazon S3 is a pretty darn cheap way to store lots of static data. The third barrier will be handling the fact that image generation can be stressful for the server, so requests to generate images will need to be placed in a behind-the-scenes queue so that the image requests don’t clog up the rest of the web server. Right now I’m thinking that each saved outfit will have… more

                                • Outfit thumbnails

                                  http://newimpress.openneo.net/users/current-user/outfits you should be able to see each of your outfits, it would be much easier to find them, and would make showing the page to other people better too.

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                                    planned  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                    I really like this idea! In fact, outfit thumbnails, for that page and others, was the original motivation for Image Mode. However, we since found that actually compositing the thumbnails was more difficult than expected, so put it on the back burner for the time being, since it’s quite a bit of effort for a relatively small feature. I still really want to push forward with this idea and the many, many neat ideas that could follow from it, so I’ll let you know if anything changes. Thanks :)

                                  • Add angry pet faces for the standard pet states.

                                    The idea of customizing a pet with an angry face is something that I think would be useful for specific character designs.

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                                    • Show if you have an item UFT that somebody is seeking.

                                      So for the new item trade and track, I thought how handy! But really, if you want to see if there is an item somebody has of yours, you must click each item.. I think we should be notified if there is an item we want on somebody's TL and possibly if we have an item in our TL that is on their WL. I know it doesn't mean the trade would be fair but possibly link to a value guide before you mail the user. That would make the new track and trade VERY useful so you don't have… more

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                                        planned  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                        Yeah, this is definitely the direction we’re heading with this feature. I’m not sure how difficult that would be to build, though, both in finding matches and a helpful way of showing them to the user. So this is definitely on our roadmap :) Thanks!

                                      • remove all items

                                        When looking at all the items I own sometimes its a bit of a pain to go back and forth between my closet and here to see if I have gotten rid of an item or not. What about a "Remove All" button?

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                                          planned  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                          We’ve been saying for a while that that page needs bulk operations. Unfortunately, to really get it at the level where it needs to be, it’ll take quite a few hours to build an effective interface. So, I’ll let you know when that happens, but restrictions on my personal free time suggest that it won’t be too soon, sorry :( Thanks!

                                        • Make it possible to create folders for your saved outfits so you can categorise.

                                          I'd like to categorise my outfits on species for example so it will be easier to search for an outfit and I won't have to go through the whole list (which of course will continue to grow). =)

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                                            under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                            Hmm, the concept is straightforward, but it would make the outfit-saving UI significantly more complicated, possibly prohibitively so. In the meantime, I suppose it’s definitely possible to do rudimentary alphabetical organization, e.g. “Mynci: King Kong” or something along those lines. I’ll keep it in mind – thanks!

                                          • Allow us to order our lists

                                            I think it would be very useful if we could order our lists, so that they would appear in the order that we choose, and not alphabetically...
                                            And bulk moving items from one list to another is a must!
                                            Though I think you're already working on it...
                                            However, I think in general you are doing great work!
                                            Yay for importing!!!

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                                              under review  ·  Matchu MatchusianAdminMatchu Matchusian (Admin, OpenNeo) responded

                                              Yep, actively researching how to rework some of the Your Items section :) I’ll keep sorting in mind as I push ahead—thanks for the heads-up, and glad to hear you’re enjoying the site!

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