I’ve recently been named the incoming Morsulus herald, and over the next few months I’m going to have my hands full getting up to speed on the internals of that position — but once that is out of the way, I hope to turn my attention to the development of a more modern web interface for the O&A site.
I’m not a magician, and the new interface isn’t going to miraculously answer every heraldic question with the push of a single button, but I think we can make some modest improvements that make the O&A site easier to use for a bunch of people.
As part of that effort, I’m seeking to gather feedback from folks with a range of different experiences and focuses as to what aspects of the current site are most annoying, or require a lot of extra work on your part, or frequently lead to mistakes or roadblocks.
So, if you’ve got a big feature idea, or a petty gripe, or fantasy wishlist, please send it my way! If there’s a sharp corner that you’ve frequently bumped into, or a process that requires you to open up five separate tabs to track down one answer, or some feature for which you need to look up the instructions every single time — send them my way and I’ll see what I can do to improve those in the next round.
You can comment here, or email me at math@digitalherald.org, or message me on Discord (I’m on the Known World Heraults server, among other places).
Existing Interface Will Remain as “Classic Mode”
For the folks who love the current O&A site, and have built up muscle memory using it in its current configuration, don’t worry — I don’t want to disrupt your workflow, and you’ll still be able to copy-n-paste codes out of my.cat just like folks did thirty years ago.
My intention is to leave the current web interface running exactly as it is today, and simply offer an additional interface as an alternative for folks who might prefer it.