List Specification

[GrygrFlzr]

List features:

• Basic Search - slightly more advanced than Ctrl+F by looking for matches that begin or end with the query. This prevents iron from matching environment, but may be undesired. Possible to remove, considering I've seen bacon_donut use Ctrl+F instead of the web search in his streams
• Advanced Search - more granular, specifying fields like mod name etc to query.
• Dependency linking - click to go to the mod

It may be better to also have a separate mod page for each mod.

This is what each mod should ideally have:

• Mod Name
• Release status - Released, Alpha/Beta/Development (or perhaps just one generic catch-all)
• Author(s)
• Links and link type - MCF thread, main site, github repo, forums, OpenEye, etc.
• Description
• Dependencies - other mods, may inherit instead of being redundant?
• Forge compatibility status - should be separated from Dependencies
• Last modified timestamp
• Tags - More of a future plan, may follow CurseForge tags/categories

Every part of the mod entry can change between Minecraft versions.

In the current format:

• Only one link can be used, with an additional "source" field for a repository.
• Forge compatibility is mixed with dependencies
• No tags
• An "other" field which is usually used as release status and a limited "tag": eg. API

"Feature requests"

• Mod version - 1.0.0.112 - It is realistic to automatically track versions with a database driven site, especially with many mods being open source (118 mods on 1.7.10 at the time of writing).

[ZeroLevels]

To maximize on the ability to find the info you're looking for, a few features should be implemented. Currently, the list has a search feature, both basic and advanced. The search feature benefits mostly people looking for a specific mod.

A feature for those returning to the list regularly would be ideal. The feature I have in mind is an option to list only those that have been added or changed based on the changelog.

• Additions would have a green tint
• Changes would have a blue tint
• Removals would no longer display the info for that mod beyond name, and would have a red tint

Perhaps a dropdown to select the days listed in the changelog, which by default would select the most recently logged day?

[GrygrFlzr]

I think that would be best done either by having a toggle which sorts either Alphabetically or by last update time. I've updated the spec to include a last change time for that.