[1878] Issues with new expanded nameplate (Widgets and pronouns)
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ScooterRF
The new nameplates have some issues which are downgrades compared to the original nameplates:
- The new widgets for group, age verified, trust, and performance now cover the group banner.
- In the new widgets, the trust level and group code are not visible.
- With the new format for pronouns, the text is now cut off. In the original format, there was space for the text to not get cut off, but now it is still cut off, even though there is space. Ideally, pronouns should remain as a separate bubble.
- I also have issues with group banners getting cut off, but that can be discussed in other posts
I attached a diagram to compare the new and old nameplates.
I have also attached a simple mock-up for how the new expanded nameplates could look.
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Tupper - VRChat Head of Community
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Taking these in order:
pronoun truncation is improved, and the widget and banner layout is being adjusted so the widgets stop sitting on top of the group banner.
Group code and trust level visibility is a different conversation. we're not planning to give trust rank more prominence on the nameplate, though we do want the existing shield icon to be easier to read.
Thanks for the diagram, it made the comparison easy to follow.
puppyfoxx
Latest build increased pronoun length but it still cuts mine and others' off compared to the old length. We don't use fake pronouns, it's just not enough. And keeping it in one line really obscures it, wasn't the point of the bubble in the first place so they would be more visible? I feel like the new format will just make more people ignore pronouns by default because they're so forgettable, they look even smaller than the rest of the text on the plate
These mockups with separate bubbles are really slick and I feel could still be compact enough to have some ideas integrated!
Desmoulins
Here's are two mockups of how I'd like to see them based on Lightning4D's design on Discord
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Desmoulins
Even better. This.
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Desmoulins
Current design incorporated.
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Desmoulins
The trust rank is actually in the nameplate. Its the purple shield icon. Thats your rank.
I agree that the pronouns are currently a bit weird. They should be moved above the actual name, decrease the space between the Name and online status (and pronouns) and leave the name in the center, do not move it. This keeps the name static in its place.
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Zorin the Lynx
The nameplate was fine as it was. Why are we changing it at all? We don't need that much information in a nameplate.
ScooterRF
This is comparison is specifically for the expanded nameplate (what shoes up when you go into the menu while looking at someone)
For the base nameplate, I wouldn't care about trust level or group info.
However, group banner cropping and pronouns getting cut off still apply
Rosalin Violets
Self group banner ultra cropped
Su/shi are my prounouns but it added ... on the end
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Tooze
It would be nice to not have the pronouns be cut off and to see the group banner peek out a bit more just like it does in live on the expanded nameplate.
＊fluffy＊
It is very silly how now my pronouns appear as "she/the..." and I wonder who decided that was sufficiently many characters.
ひょなb
this is the best one i’ve seen!