<div dir="ltr">I forwarded this to the same recipient and changed the 'subject' field, which should keep it from being in the wrong conversation thread in gmail and similar clients.<br>..I'm also less confused now about why one mailing list is spawning multiple conversations in my gmail inbox ;)<br>
<br>I agree that a game starting up right when you start a game application can be annoying. This should never happen with a game that is timed. With other games, however, it is fine. Is it fair for some timed games to have a pre-start observation period? If so, starting when the app is opened and starting the counter on first click is fine; if not, naturally, the user should have to actually start a new game for the game to begin.<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr">The problem with the 'start new game' approach is that it involves this tiny button in the tool bar or menu bar.<br><br>When I start a game, I'd like it to be one big button in the middle saying 'click here to start a new game' if there's no current game or 'click here to resume last game' if there was.<br>
<br>..and when a game is over, whether or /not/ high scores are displayed, the user should get a dialog with the 'quit' and 'new game' options in it instead of having to go back up to the menu/toolbar every time.<br>
<br>Some mines games I played would start a new game just by clicking on a played-through field. That was really nice.<br></div>
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