Show Guide setting not remembered on restart

[elift]

Most View settings are saved between sessions but "Show Guide" always starts checked.

ps Fold.It is really cool!

[klaus thorn]

I quit foldit at the "Close the Gap tutorial" because your user interface is too annoying for me:

• I clicked "OK" over a 100 times at "remember to avoid clashes…".
  Suggestion: For each individual guide message, make a "|X| Show me again" checkbox.

• when I rotate elemts I cannot see how much space they occupy or how much space is left.
  The red spheres and spike-balls are very rough indicators not showing the shape of the problem.
  Suggestion: show cubes/hexagons/tetris-shapes/irregualar-shapes of space that are more opaque,
  so that players can see where they may insert how much and which shape (by rotating etc.).

• I cannot see which rotation options I have on each element in advance,
  I have to try them through again and again.
  (This is about: elements that (currently) only have a few possible rotated positions.)
  Even if I know them by heart I have to try whether they are possible currently due to lack of space.
  Suggestion: 1) Show the number of rotation endpoints of each element when clicked on or mouseover
  2) show them half-transparent, half opaque, when element is clicked on but not moved for a while.
  3) show elements that cannot be rotated (currently due to lack of space) in another color,
  texture, etc..

• for elements that do not have only a few rotation positions but a range
  (like the angle between backbone and the rest) it is also tedious to try out
  all the range or angles that are possible.
  Suggestion: show which angles are possible in form of a curve (1-dimensional)
  or partial sphere surface (2 dimensional).

• The "Continue Guide" message at the upper right hand corner only has an "OK" button
  but no option to be closed.
  Suggestion: also add some "stop guide for this level"

• The 2D UI elements phase away and back in every few seconds, further distracting the user.
  Suggestion: 1. add option "auto phase UI" that may be turned off by users (or better: on).
  1. "phase out" button that only leaves a tiny "phase back in" button
     but hides the UI without automatic phase back in.

• by the way, there is no UI in the "Topic" selection.
  Suggestion: create a topic "UI"

• the bar that represents the minimized global chat window seems to flash now and then in red
  (when posts appear?). As with each and every distracting element:
  make it optional, so that users are able to concentrate.

[klaus thorn]

sorry. I thought I clicked on something like "writing a new comemnt about the game" but instead it was "write a comment to one posted issue".

(speaking of misleading user interfaces :-)

Can't delete it, it seems.

(would be a usefull UI feature to "improve" my user geenrated content. Don't complain about the post if you don't allow me to correct my mistake :-).