Dear Scrabulous, I Like U, and I Like UI

Peyton Crump , ON THE TOPIC OF General and Opinions/Reviews and Tips and Tricks

3/31
2008

I’m a big Scrabble fan, and I know I’m way behind by just having hooked up with you this weekend. I also know there are people fighting over you (not such a bad problem to have) and I hope you hang around. I like your user interface mostly fine, but I’m wondering if you could tidy up a few small things.

Here’s what I currently see when I come in and have a look at you:

I’d rather see this (hope you’re not offended):

Oh, and there’s one thing I can’t seem to do anything with (it scares me to think about clicking it to find out). What exactly is the purple spot? Does it really “clear board tiles” ... ?:

Love,
P

PS, my friends and I have been working on a Facebook app ourselves. Let us know what u think of it and the UI. We’d luv to know.

UPDATE (APR1):

So the purple dot wasn’t as scary as I had thought (should’ve known I suppose). Here’s what I might do with it instead (the tab would only appear after tiles have been moved to the board):