A new look for Online Sequencer + other features

[LucentTear]

Being the conservative person I am on this site, I mainly disagree with the points pertaining to relocation on the list.

Most of my arguments about relocation are backed up by "I've been always used to this" while some of them I actually have a good opinion why they shouldn't be moved.

• Instrument Menu
  

The instrument menu being added to the left of the piano roll makes the GUI feel more choked. Yes, I know this is a really picky thing to be talking about, but less horizontal space on the sequencer equals more scrolling. More scrolling to people who don't know the shortcuts behind horizontal scrolling is equal to more inconvenience.

One way around it might be the option to hide the instruments into a sidebar, but even then that probably won't feel the same as opposed to dropping them down.

But for the sake of (visual) composition, I believe the best option is to replace the Popular/Random sequences with the instruments so that the GUI doesn't hog up both sides of the sequencer. As you can notice the left margin is uneven compared to the right margin, taking up twice as much space with the instruments and the piano roll side by side,

Unrelated note, but more instruments to this site will eventually make it turn it into another trash DAW, even if it's online. Giving your users more options to work with kinda ruins the point and creativity behind a couple of user created techniques that we've come to know and love.

• Grid
  

Okay, I'm about to get really salty on grid right now. Besides the fact that grid actually changes the appearance of the sequencer, it's just more sensible to call it that because it implies a certain interval that a note should be measured or attached to. Note length just implies the general length of the note, and really isn't a specific parameter you can work off from.

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I thought I had more to complain about, but other than those two I don't. But since I'm still posting on this thread, I'd like to name a few more community aspects that I'd like to have a possibility of being added to the website.

• Cumulative View Count
  

This would be displayed on your sequencer profile so that you don't have to add up the views on your sequences. An average displayed below this cumulative view count might be nice as well (Total count/# of sequences you own).

• Global Ranking
  

Yes, I believe there should be user leaderboards for certain achievements on the website. Their timeframes could be sorted by Today/This week/This month/All time as well. Moderators should be able to routinely verify and have the ability to erase a user off the leaderboards should they feel like someone is abusing the system.

The categories I thought of can include but are not limited to:
- Total Number of sequences you created
- Cumulative Views
- Most Popular (measured by cumulative average)
- Highest Rating (measured by five-star rating system)
- Instrument Usage (highest number of notes used for a specific instrument)