What's Next?
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I've got plenty of ideas for where to take MyCrossword next, but before I commit to any of them, I'd love to hear from you.
First, a big thank you. The support from the MyCrossword community has been brilliant, whether that's through Ko-fi or simply by using the site, creating puzzles, solving them and getting involved. It's what makes building MyCrossword worthwhile, and I want to keep giving something back with new features and improvements.
The slight catch is that my spare time is limited, so I can't build everything at once. I'd rather spend it on the things you actually want most.
How to have your say
I've started a few feature suggestion threads in the comments below. Have a look through them and like any comment you'd like to see prioritised.
- Vote for as many as you like, but try not to like everything just because it all sounds good. If everything's a priority, nothing is! 😄
- Reply to a suggestion if you have thoughts on how it should work or something you'd particularly like it to do.
- Can't see the feature you want? Add it as a new comment. It might be something I've never thought of.
I'll keep an eye on the feedback and use it to decide what to work on next.
Tom
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A bit specific, but I'd love to have the Description column available in clue search results. When I see "Unpublished", I don't know which puzzle it is without clicking through. (Cover Image would also be handy for the same reason.) Thank you as ever for a brilliant site!
You da man -- neat ideas; I've added three likes and have a few small suggestions for the clue-setting screen: can "palindrome" be added to the "Devices" list (and maybe also "juxtaposition," if that's not redundant with the existing list)? Also, (perhaps trickier) could the "Edit grid" screen save the already-typed letters in incomplete words when the "Save changes" button is pressed (this would allow setters to not have to refill a Nina, say, with each round of editing). Thank you for MyC!
"something" that encourages comments... it's disheartening to spend a long time on a grid and get zero comments. Especially for amateur setters, for whom constructive feedback is probably better than no comments at all (and better than a nice comment that leaves feedback unsaid). When I solve random grids here I always try to go for ones with 0 or 1 comment and leave one. I would even be as bold to suggest that upon completion, a "Leave a comment?" modal might be worthwhile.
I'd like the ability to give a sort of for-my-eyes-only name to unpublished grids in progress. I currently have four puzzles that appear only as "unpublished" and when I'm ready to go back and work on one, I have to click through and go "which one was this again?" Thank you for all the great work on an excellent site!
Increased comment character limit! 500 is way too short for giving extensive feedback :')
I think the contest voting should not be available for at least a few days of the submission period. Feels like late submissions are severely disadvantaged (and late=after 24 hours or so, when most people have submitted and therefore likely voted)
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