Nee-Elder Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 BioWare, for some unknown reason, you all decided to "fix" (aka ruin ) the small 'lock/unlock' Toolbar button. It used to be, quite logically, a mini 'pad-lock' icon (that would, logically, change appropriately when clicked) . Now, quite ridiculously, you have turned it into a tiny TRIANGLE that does NOTHING when one clicks it. Please change it back to the way it was before. Then, use a Sharpee and go write above your infamous 'Wall of Crazy' : If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Thanks and take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryklone Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Please bring the working one back. It's a feature I use whenever I get a new ability. It worked very well - until today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiabloDoom Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Are the bars permanently locked or unlocked atm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryklone Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Are the bars permanently locked or unlocked atm? Can't tell - the new icon doesn't change so it can't show any info now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximusRex Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Can't tell - the new icon doesn't change so it can't show any info now. While I agree they should revert the change, the Tooltip changes based on if its locked or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_Bluesky Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Only one word comes to my mind - WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryklone Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 While I agree they should revert the change, the Tooltip changes based on if its locked or not. Thanks, good to know there is a workaround until the patch to fix the patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunjammer Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Changing the icon was entirely pointless that only serves to completely obfuscate the control's purpose and state. The only way to know what that button does (if you are a new player) or whether your toolbars locked (without actually trying to move icons) is to mouse over it. The old icon needs to be restored. Edited January 8, 2013 by Sunjammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellmop Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 lol, now I have a new snarky comment on why updates take so long. My old one of "they are busy making the sounds for the gunslinger worse and redesigning the icon for scrambling field" has worn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heezdedjim Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Only one word comes to my mind - WHY? I am baffled that someone was directed to put work into breaking a trivial feature that WAS WORKING JUST FINE, as they continue to COMPLETELY IGNORE dozens of long standing bugs and broken misfeatures, and to do absolutely nothing to fix the horrendous lag and delay problems that cripple this game. It's painfully obvious that the problem here is not lack of resources, it's blatantly stupid mismanagement of the resources that they have. Anyone who signed off on a UI person spending even five minutes on this should be fired for demonstrated incompetence. Edited January 8, 2013 by Heezdedjim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Nala Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Are the bars permanently locked or unlocked atm? Neither, it's just a graphical change, a stupid one, but graphical nonetheless. The tooltip will tell you if it's unlocked or locked. But we need our little lock back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwear Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Only one word comes to my mind - WHY? Have to agree with this they actually put effort into breaking this it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthZwicky Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 110% agree with OP! If it ain't broken, don't fix it! Why change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOrb Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Why change that ? That was cool little padlock , very handy and very informative. A triangle ? Um for lack of a better word what the "bleep" do you think you are doing ? How do I know if it's locked or not now ? I hate when abilities disappear fro my quick bars now they will constantly. Bloody hell. Cheers, BadOrb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwear Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Besides being not too smart why was this a priority? Was "fixing" the lock/unlock button high on the "to do" list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhaegrant Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Like many on this thread I'm a bit surprised at the change of icon for the 'lock/unlock toolbar'. It was functional before and easy to see whether the toolbar was locked or not. Now it gives no quick visual sign of the state of the toolbar. However, this is more of an issue for clickers (and I am indeed a 'clicker') as we tend to drag the mouse around the toolbar and the first indication that the Lock has been accidentally hit, reasonably easy to do, it you start to pick up abilities and drop them in new locations Personally I would prefer the 'Interface Editing' icon to be removed as it is easy to access it by pressing the escape key. And the 'Lock/Unlock' key moved as well, maybe placed down in the bottom right hand corner of the radar. Or placed on the options menu that appears when 'escape' is pressed. Or on the menu bar. As long as it's far, far away from button '1' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacentabaal Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Like many on this thread I'm a bit surprised at the change of icon for the 'lock/unlock toolbar'. It was functional before and easy to see whether the toolbar was locked or not. Now it gives no quick visual sign of the state of the toolbar. However, this is more of an issue for clickers (and I am indeed a 'clicker') as we tend to drag the mouse around the toolbar and the first indication that the Lock has been accidentally hit, reasonably easy to do, it you start to pick up abilities and drop them in new locations Personally I would prefer the 'Interface Editing' icon to be removed as it is easy to access it by pressing the escape key. And the 'Lock/Unlock' key moved as well, maybe placed down in the bottom right hand corner of the radar. Or placed on the options menu that appears when 'escape' is pressed. Or on the menu bar. As long as it's far, far away from button '1' So much this ^ saves me having to type it myself :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryxx Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I can only believe that this was an unintentional mistake or bug. There is no way an intelligent human being working on UI elements for an MMO could possibly believe this would be an improvement. It defies all logic and I mean that with complete sincerity. It has to be an error, and like others have said, if it's not then someone needs a counceling session. Please fix this Bioware, sooner then later. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Post AmberGreen Posted January 8, 2013 Dev Post Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi everyone. We appreciate your reports about the quickbar lock icon becoming an arrow. The change was unintentional, and we'll be reverting it in an upcoming patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOrb Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi everyone. We appreciate your reports about the quickbar lock icon becoming an arrow. The change was unintentional, and we'll be reverting it in an upcoming patch. That great news , i mean that it wasn't intentional. Thanks for letting us know. Cheers, BadOrb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icebergy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi everyone. We appreciate your reports about the quickbar lock icon becoming an arrow. The change was unintentional, and we'll be reverting it in an upcoming patch. This seems to be the new standard line when they realize they made a change that people don't like...just claim you didn't mean it! Kinda like saying 'I was just kidding' after you offend someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSchmo Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Hi everyone. We appreciate your reports about the quickbar lock icon becoming an arrow. The change was unintentional, and we'll be reverting it in an upcoming patch. Great that your changing it back, but how does something like this become unintentional? Did an intern just take it upon themselves to change something that didn't need it, or is it unintentional because we all dislike it and find it unnessicary?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 BioWare, for some unknown reason, you all decided to "fix" (aka ruin ) the small 'lock/unlock' Toolbar button. It used to be, quite logically, a mini 'pad-lock' icon (that would, logically, change appropriately when clicked) . Now, quite ridiculously, you have turned it into a tiny TRIANGLE that does NOTHING when one clicks it. Please change it back to the way it was before. Then, use a Sharpee and go write above your infamous 'Wall of Crazy' : If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Thanks and take care. Lol. Made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icebergy Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 is it unintentional because we all dislike it and find it unnessicary?. I am leaning towards this answer. Especially after they just used the exact same line on the cartel items that got changed when they saw the outcry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krunj Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thank heavens you're reverting this inexplicable UI change. This has universal condemnation from posters on this board, which would have been completely self-evident to any active player if queried ahead of time. May I suggest running changes of this sort past an ad hoc test group of experienced players? Things like this will get caught very, very quickly by such folks, giving you the opportunity to excise them before they cause any grief among your customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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