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Order of "Misc" button
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:19 pm
by Danger
During the first couple of innings of every game, I find myself constantly having to utilize the "Show Starting Lineup" under the "Misc" button on the scoring screen. I have to use the "End Game" button only once at the end of the game, of course. Other buttons like "Tie Breaker" and "Skip Batter" are also used much less often than the "Show Starting Lineup" button.
However, on the iPhone, I have to scroll down to get to the "Show Starting Lineup" button. Could you please move it up higher in the list so that we don't have to keep scrolling down to get to it? Either that or put it on the bottom row of the scoring screen where "Exit"; "Undo": "Redo"; and "Game Settings" are.
Thanks!
Re: Order of "Misc" button
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:22 pm
by brian_oshea
I like the second suggestion. This would really make it easily accessible.
Re: Order of "Misc" button
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:32 pm
by FTMSupport
We intentionally make it "not easy" to get to. The reason is that one of the #1 support issues we face is users using the "Starting Lineup" to do substitutions. You are both experienced users, so we are sure you have seen the question "why do the pitching stats (or hitting stats) get lost for the starter when I make a substitution?" This is because people are using the starting lineup to do the substitution. If we made it even more accessible, we would have to deal with this even more often.
Re: Order of "Misc" button
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:04 pm
by brian_oshea
Point well take
Re: Order of "Misc" button
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:23 pm
by Danger
Sadly, I understand now why it's like this. I don't suppose there's any way to allow users to alter the order via the Admin web page so that more experienced users can move it up the list? I know, I know... I'm dreaming.
Re: Order of "Misc" button
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:04 pm
by FTMSupport
We will add it to the list, but it is honestly probably going to remain low priority for quite some time as allowing that kind of customization makes it even harder to troubleshoot when users have issues. We have to keep a balance between ease of use for new users and depth of functionality for more advanced users. Leagues is an example of that... when you "get it", they are very powerful for advanced users, but right up there with the support issue mentioned above is the "what happened to all my data?" question when someone has set some Leagues and turned off the "All" league without understanding what they are doing.