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Randomise!
A small suggestion for the listing page, a Randomise feature!! Either simply a random ordening of listings under the listings post, or a Random Listing button in the navigation bar that takes you to one random listing at once. The greatest treasures are often those you don't expect! Especially since most people browse / search for things they know they like (Fantasy fans only browsing through listings with the fantasy tag e.g.), and thus missing out on a lot.
On a sidenote, personally I find the font of the information on the listing page a little too small. For the review quotes it's fine, but I think that the update/rating/recommended status could use a tad larger font.
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Posted 3 years ago
Oddly enough, I have been considering putting a few "random selections" on the home page. Haven't quite figured out where to fit them in yet -- of if there will be criteria for the selection -- but it's on my list.
It's a good point about the font size -- because I use Safari as my usual browser, and it has a sane minimum font size, I hadn't really noticed. However, I just loaded the page up in Camino and that font really is too small. I'll try to fix it tonight.
Posted 3 years ago
Would a "random search" button that says "Do you feel lucky?" be a copyright infringement? :-D
(lyric from The Engine Driver by The Decemberists)
Posted 3 years ago
@srsuleski - I do hope not - I like that idea :D
Posted 3 years ago
The 'do you feel lucky' idea makes me smile. I hope we can pull off something like that, too. ^^
Posted 3 years ago
That's a great idea. I can see it becoming addictive...
Posted 3 years ago
"Randomize" or "get lucky"?
EDIT:Woops. I read that as, "I could see it becoming an adjective."
Children of the First
Posted 3 years ago
Go to bed, Alex.
Posted 3 years ago
A random listing button on the top bar would be a great feature, I was surprised to learn a few months ago just how many people use them on other sites (a lot!). I reckon it might catch on.
Regards,
Ryan
STREET: Losing your mind has never been so much fun!
Posted 3 years ago
That is a cool idea. Sort of a "StumpleUpon" but for web fiction.
...I would love a browser toolbar that was Stumble, but just for fiction, come to think of it. Or just for "stories", in that it might give me short films too. What a fun idea. I need to kidnap some programmers.
Posted 3 years ago
Points to XKCD.
=D
Posted 3 years ago
Hi Janoda,
Just increased the font size a bit on the listing information. Let me know if it helps.
Chris.
Posted 3 years ago
I went ahead and created a random web fiction thing.
http://sorrowfulunfounded.com/stuff/random_fic.php
Just bookmark the above URL and each time you click it, you'll be taken to a random story.
Enjoy!
Muse's Success - Web Fiction Index, Ratings, and Reviews
Posted 3 years ago
@chrisclarke - That's a nifty little link Chris :D
Posted 3 years ago
Not to be outdone, I've added the functionality to WFG. ;-) You can find a "jump to a random listing" link on the home page in the "Welcome!" section. Additionally, on each listing index, you will find a little "airplane" icon beside the paging controls -- it will jump to a random listing within the current tag or whole collection (depending on context).
Chris.
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