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III · Patterns / 16

Smart patterns

How the parts compose into pages, and the habits that make them smart.

Smart patterns#

Habits that make the site feel like it knows you. All of them small; none of them clever for its own sake.

The character in context

Choose who you are planning for once. Every page reads it: quests coloured by your level, items compared with your gear, recipes marked if you can learn them.

Planning at level 56
  • 59Bijou's Belongings
  • 59Message to Maxwell
  • 60Maxwell's Mission
Search first

One box, everywhere: ⌘K, Ctrl+K or /. It forgives typos, ranks exact names first, groups results by what they are, and jumps within a page as well as between them.

⌘ K then “drakk” → General Drakkisath, Blackrock Spire
Details on demand

The summary first. Sources, formulas and raw values are one click down, never in the way and never missing.

Where this comes from

Armor and stats: the Forever client’s ItemSparse table, build 1.60.1.70245. Rating percentages: the client’s own table at level 60.

Undo, not “Are you sure?”

Do what was asked and offer the way back. Questions are kept for the few things that cannot come back, and they name what goes.

“Lionheart Helm removed from the plan · Undo”
State in the address

Filters, builds, tabs and the character live in the URL, so a link shows exactly what you saw, and Back does what you expect.

/dungeons/blackrock-spire/loot?type=plate&type=epic
Honest numbers

Every figure carries its build and source. Worked-out values say so; missing ones are shown as missing, never guessed.

Forever clientGreen ~330, worked outUnverified
Remembered, not required

Theme, density and the character stay with this browser. Nothing needs an account; nothing is shared unless you share it.

Twilight chosen on Tuesday is Twilight on Friday, before the page has even drawn.
Recover in place

When something fails, say what still works and put the retry where the failure is, not in a banner at the top of the page.

58Loot could not load · Try again
Words for beginners, depth for experts

Every term a new player meets can be explained where it stands: pin a tooltip and hover the term. Experts never have to read the explanation.

“Increases your critical strike rating by 28” +2% crit