Release 2.0: Collection interface changes, MANY trading rules changes (Page 1 of 5)

Sebi and the Deckbox team,

Thank you very much for all of your hard work in getting these changes finalized and implemented. I've been using Deckbox since the summer of 2012, and have really come to rely upon this site to manage my growing MTG collection. The format synchronization between the import and export will be a major help for backups, etc., and I already appreciate being able to distinguish whether another trader wants foils, signed, etc.

Two things I noticed as I logged on this morning:

1) All prices for Magic 2013 cards are showing up as $0.00, whether I define the edition or not. The same goes for all basic lands, which, to be honest, I'm fine with vs. the oddly ramped up costs for these cards that I had seen before.

2) The Ajax/jQuery-style code effects aren't really geared for iPad users like me. I can still do what I need around the site, but some of the newest features (such as selecting the edition from the icon in the card details page) make me perform an extra step to do what I need from a touchscreen. Also, the typeface isn't consistent between page formats (profile main page vs. trade in progress page). These aren't deal breakers for me by any means, but I wanted to let you know about them nonetheless.

Again, you guys are fully awesome, and you continue to have my loyalty. :-)

Happy New Year!

Mike Zavarello (brightmatrix)

Last edited by brightmatrix (2012-12-30 12:41:54)

I had posted this feedback on another thread, but I'm not sure how much if it was seen.  So, just in case, I'll post it here as well:

Bugs I am seeing:

- Feedback is being sorted by oldest first.  Newest first is probably what most people would expect. 

- I'm frequently having the edit quantity popup automatically close itself, despite not having hit Apply.  I'm not sure what is triggering it, but it is crazy frustrating.

- On trading opportunities, I had this listed:

Kyle Roen     United States - Altus     24     41

That is, I can get 24 and give 41.

But when I went to his profile, I could only give 2, not 41, because he only wanted foils.  The second number seems to be frequently inaccurate, though, regardless of whether they only want foils or what not.

Feedback / Requests:
- It's still quite hard to find people to trade with, if I'm looking for a specific card.  For example, if I'm looking for a Abrupt Decay, there are be 360 users over 52 pages (!!!), of which 90% of them have 0 feedback and don't mail trade.  Sorting by proximity to you is really only useful if you only do local trades.  It would be nice if I could simply select which countries I'll trade with (Australia, Canada, USA), have the list ignore countries not on the list, and then sort the list by feedback count or recent activity.  Paging through 52 pages (*sad exclamation point*) of users to find the handful that actually trade is a really painful slog.  A toggle to choose between Proximity, Feedback, and Activeness would be probably the most useful upgrade possible.

I had also proposed -- maybe a couple years ago -- simply having a minimum feedback requirement in one's settings.  At the time, it had been a quite liked idea, but it seems to have been passed over.  Basically, "0" would be the default, but if you set it to, say, 5, then only people with 5 would show up in the "having X in tradelist" list.

- It would be nice if my Friends page could show me the amount of available trading opportunities I have, just like I get when I view the root of the site.

- Speaking of which, it would also be great if the "Trading opportunities" panel wasn't just hidden on the main page.  When I first started using the site, it took me over a month to find out that it even existed.  I have friends who are constantly surprised by it.  It would be so much more awesome if Trading Opportunities was simply its own page, along with "Trades", "Inventory", "Tradelist", etc.

- It would also be great if I could use TCGPlayer Low in the trade itself, where everybody could see.  The average is frequently terrible, especially for cards that are dropping in value, such as when they recently rotate.  Right now, if I set my preferences to TCGPlayer low, in an individual trade, it shows me the low price and my trading partner their preference, which is usually the average price.  Further, the totals get all screwed up.  Almost all my local trades are done by TCG low, because it's far more representative of what we would actually pay.

- Having some way to list cash on either side of a trade would also be handy.

Otherwise, thanks so much for all your hard work on the updates.  The improvements are all wonderful!

Last edited by marumari (2012-12-30 14:26:57)

Another feature request / bug:

When I go to inventory, I might have the same card (say, Flooded Strand) show up in three different spots, wildly separated from each other -- even on different pages.  That might be because I have 4 marked as NM Onslaught English, 2 marked as Onslaught NM, and one just marked as Onslaught.  But because they can be separated from each other because they were added at different times, it can make my inventory both very long, and very hard to navigate at a glance.  It would be great if I could have an option to "Only show duplicated cards" so I could tidy up my inventory and fix this problem.

The best solution I've found thus far is to sort by price, but that still leaves me to page through my inventory... which can be quite long. 

Similarly, an option to "Collapse duplicates" would also be handy, at least for my own inventory and tradelist.

Last edited by marumari (2012-12-30 14:21:32)

Here is something that I am definitely not a big fan of:  I am in my inventory. I click Import Cards. I start to type "Lightning Angel" (for example), and it starts suggesting cards for me. I mean to click Lightning Angel, but instead I hit Lightning Axe. Then the detailed information pops up so I can change version, quality, etc. There is an "Apply" and "Close" button at the bottom. I realize my mistake, and click close. But, guess what? The card is already in my inventory. Now I have delete it and then add the correct one.

Okay, I've figured it out:

http://deckbox.org/sets/79689?c=li& … =2&s=l

When sorted by Date Added, Counterbalance shows up at the top of cards added at "22-Dec-2012 11:34", but also at the bottom.  It's a 2/2 split.  They should probably, at the very least, be right next to each other. 

Last edited by marumari (2012-12-30 16:39:44)

Thanks very much for this OUTSTANDING update!  I just started using Deckbox a few days ago to catalog my collection (I have a long way to go ), but the update is most welcome.

I am having one small issue so far.  If I try to Export my collection and include the "Price" column in the Export, nothing happens.  The file download does not trigger.  Any other combination of included columns seems to work just fine.

I am using a Mac running OS 10.7.5 and have tried both Safari and Firefox browsers so far.  I'll keep experimenting with others.

Last edited by Morseth (2012-12-30 17:18:15)

The new layout looks great!

However, I found a minor issue. If I try to login while viewing my inventory page, I can't because there is a lower case 'f' in my password. Instead of typing in the 'f', it keeps opening up the filter options when I type 'f'.

Yep, didn't get to creating them yet . Now they should be up and linked.

Thanks for reporting. It's fixed now.

There are still a few editions missing, e.g. Renaissance, Rinascimento and European Limited (Revised for German, Italian and French and 4th for Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean). There is a significant difference between prices between a German Limited and Unlimited Underground Sea.

Last edited by Fropper (2012-12-30 19:37:58)

i dont like the new update, i cant sort by number of cards i have now, yall took out the row that showed how many cards were in decks, i love your site for inventorying but since the new update it makes it harder to keep up with what i have and what decks they are in. plus i have to go in and update all my cards so i know what set they are in, i didnt care about the condition of the card or what country. thank you for you time.

Firefox used to save my password and allow me to easily log in, now with the way the login is set up it won't work.  Is that little window that pops up on an SSL connection or something?

I am loving the ability to click on a card and see what trades that card is involved with, but it's somewhat hidden in there.

+1 to this.

I found that I could sort by date added if I started on my inventory screen.  If I went to add cards after doing that, it kept displaying them by the date (most recent).  When I first tried to add inventory, it didn't give me that option at all (no date column was visible).