An idea hit me last night... here's a demo of a new search mode interface.

[ Edited Feb 13, 2009 ]

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I like it.

That's nice. Me likes!

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Interface update applied. Thanks for the feedback.

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I don't think it's working for me.... Half of it is stuck in the right corner of my screen covering most of the Logout, User CP and Forum buttons. Is it ment to do that? I can't really see much... T_T

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Sorari I don't think it's working for me.... Half of it is stuck in the right corner of my screen covering most of the Logout, User CP and Forum buttons. Is it ment to do that? I can't really see much... T_T

No... no that shouldn't be happening. Sorari, how close does it look to these screenshots?

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Here is a screen shot Rei:

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Ack.. whoa. OK, I'll work on it some more.

Edit:
Revered the quick search bar back to where it was originally.
The side menu, I think I'll have it off by default. Then, any page that displays characters (name search with images, visual search, favorite characters... etc) there'll be an option along the lines of "Transfer to side menu".

[ Edited Feb 15, 2009 ]

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It's working now Rei. Do you think that I'm the only one that has this problem? Maybe there's something wrong with my computer... Thank you for changing it back.

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No prob Sorari. I don't think it was only you, but more like the web browser you were using. It's my fault for not testing it on Internet Explorer.

I still want a better interface, so I'll be coding some new ideas today and tomorrow.

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