In another thread there was a mention of stuff people would like me to spend my time on improving. It'd be cool if I could get a list of this stuff. Here's what I'm slowly working on right now:

• better character art categorization
• four panel comics
• trying to fix the firefox background/character overflow bugs on stretched comics

Stuff I sort of want to add but am not convinced it'd be all that great of an idea or it's just kinda hard:

• comic tagging (add keywords to comics, etc)
• a comic contest area
• better way to view comic comments
• open up comic comments to non-donors

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Brad wrote:
Feel free to hit me with your suggestions.

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I'm having trouble. I printed out a bunch of them then cut them up and made a paper maiche bat, but it's kinda flimsy. It doesn't even seem to do any damage to the cat.

Would it be ok if I like wrapped the suggestions around a pipe and hit you with that?

Four panel comics would make my life complete.  I have some other ideas, but of course, I can't think of any when I want to.  Here are the few I can remember:

Foregrounds.  Like backgrounds, but they'll sit on a z-index between the characters and the dialog/narration.  Basically, it would be a comic-panel-sized, trasnparent background GIF with things like rain drops, a steering wheel, etc.

Bottom narration.  In addition to the top narration box.

Maybe the ability to replace the narration box with some sort of comic standards, such as sweat droplets flying from the head, or a huge question mark, or circling stars, etc.

And I still think non-donor voting is a bad idea unless their votes count 20% as much as other people's votes, or some other way of accounting for their inferiority.  (But mostly to keep trolls' votes at bay.)

More as I think of them.  Probably while on the crapper.

Please Brad, for the love of Christ, the CAR! The car chararacter that inny and me worked on and I have pm'd you about incessantly since it;s conception.

It's a whole other avenue in comics. Trust me, it's killer!

Pur-fucking-lease dude! 

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not_Scyess wrote:
Foregrounds. Like backgrounds, but they'll sit on a z-index between the characters and the dialog/narration. Basically, it would be a comic-panel-sized, trasnparent background GIF with things like rain drops, a steering wheel, etc.

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This is doable, even with drag and drop these days. I'm just not sure how the interface works.

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Bottom narration. In addition to the top narration box.

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I guess that'd be possible, but I'm fairly anti-narration as it is.

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Maybe the ability to replace the narration box with some sort of comic standards, such as sweat droplets flying from the head, or a huge question mark, or circling stars, etc.

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Seems like that'd be covered by the overlays wouldn't it?

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And I still think non-donor voting is a bad idea unless their votes count 20% as much as other people's votes, or some other way of accounting for their inferiority. (But mostly to keep trolls' votes at bay.)

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Voting or comments? I think voting's out but comments might be still on the table, I'm not sure.

Foregrounds would be cool, but if you were going to code in an extra image layer I'd rather see it used to add multiple expressions to characters- just add a new image over the old character with everything transparent but the face. Each overlay would just have to be character dependant.

Doing something with the contests is something that seems like a good idea, but since the system works well now there are things I'd rather see.

And make sure comments by non-donors don't get picked up in search engines to avoid spam.

What I'd like to see:

A separate profile page instead of a field above our comics (the field could then be limited in size so the comic always appears completely on the screen).

Google ads below the comics, or an option to pay for these to be removed from our individual pages.

An experimental donor-only maker that doesn't use transparencies and renders comics. And then sell me the code.

A new homepage layout that features the full comic of the day.

A way to open up the dropdown comics lists, and 'find' the next comic in the list that starts with a letter by pressing that letter.

Fix the bug that makes the last line of text giant.

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not_Scyess wrote:

Four panel comics would make my life complete.

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Ditto.

Maybe the authors of the comics should get paid by google to have ads above their comics and profile if they have a large amount of viewers.

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HotRodDeathToll wrote:

Maybe the authors of the comics should get paid by google to have ads above their comics and profile if they have a large amount of viewers.

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For that we'd have to pay to use the site, since I very much doubt the donations cover the operating costs here, let alone kicking anything up to Brad for the time and effort he puts in. I don't know what the agreement with google includes though, so I thought I'd ask.

If its possible could you extend the character thumbnail browser to the backgrounds aswell?

Id also like to see more backgrounds, but I guess thats more of an art request than a feature.

Forum Post editing?

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Brad wrote:
 

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not_Scyess wrote:
 Maybe the ability to replace the narration box with some sort of comic standards, such as sweat droplets flying from the head, or a huge question mark, or circling stars, etc.

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Seems like that'd be covered by the overlays wouldn't it?

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Brad wrote:
smamurai: the car is now online in the props category.

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That is the best thing ever, holy shit!

Would it be possible to have an option to remove the splitter lines between panels so that the comic is one big vista of a panel. Imagine the classroom as 1 big seamless panel.

The car is awesomeness.

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not_Scyess wrote:

Now that's a good idea. I think I can dig up some JavaScript / AJAX that does that if you're interested, Brad.

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Sure, even if you can show me an example. I'm not quite sure what it would be like.

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not_Scyess wrote:

How is that different from just having characters with different expressions?

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Sure, even if you can show me an example. I'm not quite sure what it would be like.

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Actually it does what I want now, but only for the first digit of the date. If there's a script to fix it that'd be cool, otherwise just putting the date after the name in the list would work too (though look messier).

What I meant was like in the 'character category' drop down on the maker, if you open it up and press 'k' you can cycle through just kaddar, kaddar2 and kofightclub. Even knowing the name of a comic, without any method of filtering it can be near impossble to find it in the list.

What about a "Clone to New" button.

This button would have an "are you sure message" then would recreate an entirely new ready to run version of the duplicated toon.

 Perhaps you could only do it from "edit Toon" mode.

 It would be great for set pieces. 

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BobRogers wrote:

What about a "Clone to New" button.

This button would have an "are you sure message" then would recreate an entirely new ready to run version of the duplicated toon.

Perhaps you could only do it from "edit Toon" mode.

It would be great for set pieces.

 

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Brad made a feature similar to that a few weeks back

http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php?templateID=10000

whereby you put in the id of the comic you want to clone and it'll set up the background and characters for you.

That works magnificently and is exactly what I suggested. Perhaps a button... followed by a way to input the # without having to hunt down the code?

i'd love to have a sent folder for PM's

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mandingo wrote:

i'd love to have a sent folder for PM's

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Yes, you sent me a message in a drunken haze asking me to dress up like Bea Arthur and fellate you.

God I wish I hadn't been drinking that night, too.

The ability to quote PMs in replies would also be nice.

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mandingo wrote:

i'd love to have a sent folder for PM's

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Yes, you sent me a message in a drunken haze asking me to dress up like Bea Arthur and fellate you.

God I wish I hadn't been drinking that night, too.

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BobRogers wrote:

What about a "Clone to New" button.

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I've got a few templates saved as bookmarks with the system you worked out, but if possible and not terribly hard to do, a clone to new button would be great in my opinion. Or a drop down menu on the "Make a Comic" page?

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BobRogers wrote:
That works magnificently and is exactly what I suggested. Perhaps a button... followed by a way to input the # without having to hunt down the code?

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No, no. If you want it to be easy, you're just being lazy. We went over this already.

Could there perhaps be a change which forces people voting on other users to comment while doing so? Has that idea been discussed and shot down/loved/been found to be so controversial as to wreck relationships in the past?

I ask because I recently rated a new(ish) person good and saw that a few others had done the same before me, but the user's stars remained at four, indicating one user had rated him/her bad without commenting. I agree that people have the right to do so, and certainly don't owe me or anyone else an explanation of why they do what they do, but my curiosity about their motivation for voting bad was utterly piqued. This just doesn't sit well with my Communist bent. And if I ever did that while drunk to anyone else I apologize and am getting help.

I think requiring a comment would kinda kill the voting system (which actually seems to be working OK). One thing that might be worthwhile is maybe encouraging commenting after a vote. Like a little bit of text that suggests they comment.

Something I've always wanted but never asked for:

Comic scrolling arrows above the comic in addition to the ones below it.

I know it's only a short scroll down, but hey, why the hell not ask?

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ArtemisStrong wrote:

Something I've always wanted but never asked for:

 

Comic scrolling arrows above the comic in addition to the ones below it.

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How about a way to look at comics I have commented on and a way to look at other users comic comments?

The latter already exists:

http://www.stripcreator.com/comiccomments.php

An easier-to-find link might be nice, though.

Say I am on the home page and I click a 'most recent comics' button and it takes me to the most recent comic and the the arrow pointing -> to the next comic takes me, not to that users next comic but the next most recent comic made on the site ad infinitum, or at least until we run out of the finite amount of comics on the site. Then loop 'em again!

How about a 'hide comic' button?

Say I have some comics that I do not want to delete but are IMO sub par. It would be cool if I could hide them from the public and leave the cream of the crop on display.

I would still see the comic titles in my dropdown list as greyed out but no one else would see them.

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ArtemisStrong wrote:

Something I've always wanted but never asked for:

 

Comic scrolling arrows above the comic in addition to the ones below it.

 

I know it's only a short scroll down, but hey, why the hell not ask?

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I just put in keyboard shortcuts for next/previous comic. Try hitting your left and right cursor keys while viewing a comic. That way you don't have to scroll for the arrows.

Oh, you lovely cunt.

How about a way to display the titles of comic competitions going on in such a way that they stand out from those that have ended (bolder type, different color, etc.). Sometimes a person will comment on one that's done with, thus sending it to the top of the page over the ongoing ones and it can be hard to remember which competitions still need to be entered.

is there any way to make it so the forum search results link to the specific page(s) the searched-for word appears on? if i get a result in "I'm a Collosal Geek" or "Did Someone Mention Politics" or some other monolithic thread, i just ignore it since ain't no way i'm going through 800 pages to find the word dicksuckery

I'd like to have a free donor daycare so that I can drop my kid off while I make comics. How possible is that?

Back to the serious suggestions.

Maybe this idea already exists, or it's been proposed before, but how about a way to see all of the top-rated comics (or comics with 5 or more votes) by any user?

I like that idea.

Also, four-panel comics.

Also, blowjobs for me every hour on the hour.

I'd like to see Brad implement at least two of those three.

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attitudechicka wrote:

I'd like to have a free donor daycare so that I can drop my kid off while I make comics. How possible is that?

Back to the serious suggestions.

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If by 'free donor daycare', you mean 'a closet with a sturdy lock', then I've got good news for you.

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mandingo wrote:
is there any way to make it so the forum search results link to the specific page(s) the searched-for word appears on? if i get a result in "I'm a Collosal Geek" or "Did Someone Mention Politics" or some other monolithic thread, i just ignore it since ain't no way i'm going through 800 pages to find the word dicksuckery

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I agree on that one. Especially considering how many times dicksuckery appears in those threads.

See also: fuckstickery, cuntslappery, douchebaggery, shitstainery and asshattery.

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attitudechicka wrote:
I'd like to have a free donor daycare so that I can drop my kid off while I make comics. How possible is that?

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I bet if you gave Read a bunch of girl's toys, he'd be more willing to share.

Wait, that didn't work with my little brother at all...

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gabe_billings wrote:
See also: fuckstickery, cuntslappery, douchebaggery, shitstainery and asshattery.

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attitudechicka wrote:
I'd like to have a free donor daycare so that I can drop my kid off while I make comics. How possible is that?

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I'd offer, but if Travis tried to touch Read's toys, Read would probably hit him. He's not a good sharer. I fear for his upcoming sister.

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It's a girl? It's a girl, hooray!

I'm sure that once Read sees that you give him attention when he plays nicely with her, he'll be more willing to share. That sudden removal of attention is a real motivational tool.

i dont know if such a thing already exists but what if there was a pager on strip creator that showed a picture of every character and what to go under to find it instead of looking for ever and ever for just the right character

Yes? No? maybe so?

That's actually a great idea!

So great, it's already been done.  Just click on the >> button to look at the characters:

That image really needs to go in the wiki. It's so helpful.

An idea for a new feature: birthday notifications, where people could actually put their birthdays in, and get a graphic or a sign on the front page or by their comics or something so I wouldn't freak out and miss Lucky's birthday or something really lame like that...