Windows (no, not the OS...)

[Alan_A]

As you can probably tell from my recent posts, I'm getting used to iScore after a lifetime of scoring on paper. Liking the iScore experience in many respects, but still find that there's one advantage to a paper scorecard - it presents all the information you need in one flat layer, on one or two pages, so if you need to answer a question (who was the opposing pitcher in the sixth?), the answer is right in front of you.

In iScore, answering the same question requires closing one document (the scorecard) and opening another (the opposing team's scorecard or pitching results), getting the answer, and then reopening the scorecard.

So, my question: would it be possible to provide for windowed access from any document to all of the others? That way, it'd be possible to, for example, stay on the scorecard page, but open a window on the opposing scorecard (as noted above), or the pitch-by-pitch log (to find out exactly when the runner on first stole second), or the box score, and so on, without all the opening and closing?

I'm an iPad user, but would hope that this sort of enhancement would apply to any platform.

Hope something like this is possible. Thanks for considering it.

[FTMSupport]

If you tap the recap button in the toolbar at the bottom of the page it will show half inning recaps which should be able to answer the question about pitchers in each inning. We are not likely going to be adding "windowing" to the app as that is not a natural / accepted thing on Apple's devices and in their User Interface Guidelines. We do want to make needed information as readily available as possible, so if you have specific examples of data you are having a hard time getting to quickly, please let us know and we can see if there are ways we can improve the accessibility of that information.

[Alan_A]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm probably using the term "windows" incorrectly, since the recap is pretty much the kind of access I'm looking for. Ideally I'd like to see it play out a little differently, along these lines:

-- Since my main concern here is reviewing a game after it's played, rather than during it, I'd love it if the recap and other such features were available on the scorecard, rather than on the game screen. The game screen is great when the game is taking place, but afterwards, the scorecard is much more useful - after the game, the game screen isn't too informative, whereas the scorecard presents a lot of information in a very small amount of space, so it's the ideal "hub" for all the other information.

-- Using the scorecard as a starting point, I'd love to be able to press a couple of buttons and, while remaining in the scorecard, be able to see who was pitching in a given inning (recap), who was pitching in a given at-bat (pitch-by-pitch), what was the exact sequence of a complicated at-bat (e.g. exactly when was there a steal, or a balk, or a wild pitch) (pitch-by-pitch again), was there an outstanding play or special situation (pitch-by-pitch or pitches with notes), how did a particular batter or pitcher do overall (box score - ideally one like the e-mail version, rather than the current iPad one that includes the full roster, which is harder to read though it has more stats), and other miscellaneous detail (weather, umpires, uniforms, attendance - basically everything you'd capture in an expanded notes section that could be scrolled through).

Of course, the ability to toggle between scorecards, as you can in the current game-screen scorecards (but not the printable ones) would be a lovely feature to keep.

If all of that information was available one button away, then iScore would be as immediately informative as a well-designed paper scorecard, while, of course, maintaining all of its current advantages over paper, which are considerable.

I'm not sure that buttons are the best way to implement this - I don't want to get too prescriptive since somebody may think of a better way. The basic goal is all the game information one button away from the scorecard, however that can be worked out.

Again, thanks for considering all this.

[Alan_A]

No further reaction to this?

[FTMSupport]

We have your suggestions and will use them as we continue to enhance iScore. Some of them are technically not possible (for example, on Android devices the Scorecard is a PDF document and viewed in a PDF viewer - this is how Android works - so it is not technically possible for it to be interactive). Some are trying to put pitch by pitch information on a scorecard (which some already is like the Notes), but we are following the traditional view of a scorecard and are very limited in space available. We will continue trying to enhance the scorecard as much as possible and your suggestions are helpful in that regard.

Thank you.

[Alan_A]

Thanks for considering. Just to clarify - I understand about the space limitations and wouldn't want the pitch-by-pitch, for example, to be stuffed into the scorecard, just easily accessible from it without having to close the scorecard and open another document, or scroll to something several pages away. Understood also (per Android) that not all of this will be possible, but where it is, it'd be great. Again, many thanks!