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Re: QuickSet utility working OK for everyone?
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lugnet.admin.database
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Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:48:46 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Works great for me. I use it much as you do. I use it for a first
> referance and if I need more info I go to the big one.
Great! That's how it's intended to work. :)
> Great stuff but I will say that many LUGNET "Features" such as Quickset,
> FTX, and Mosaic Maker are not as easily found from either the
> www.LUGNET.com or news.LUGNET.com homepages. I see links to Quickset and
> FTX from the new homepage but they are sort of buried and Mosaic Maker
> is no where to be found on the homepage.
Hmm, there are actually two QuickSet links on the homepage, and a third way
to activate it via the search form. Maybe it's obscured by its sounding a
bit like some kind of liquid glue. :)
BTW, FTX capabilities might soon be integrated into news. Maybe. It's just
a thought at the moment.
> I don't know how you emphasize these great tools
> but maybe you should have a page that lists all of the great LUGNET tools
> that has a nice big link from the home page.
Ahh, great idea!
> IMHO I think it is a shame that Mosaic Maker is buried at
> http://www.lugnet.com/cad/mosaic/ and unless you go to the
> CAD page you would never know about it. There should be a nice big link
> to it right from the homepage possibly with a small example picture with
> it.
The lack of a link to the Mosaic Maker is on purpose -- it's a system
resource hog, and I need to do some fine tuning on its limits. For example,
it shouldn't be allowing such large output as it currently does. No one
but LEGO can afford a 1,000,000-brick mosaic! :)
After I better understand its impact on the system, I'll be able to judge
how "safe" it is to put a link to it from the homepage. One good thing about
it is that it caches things.
> Anyway thats my 2 cents. You need to highlight features of LUGNET more
> and make them shout at people. Don't bury them 3 levels deep or make
> someone read two or three paragraphs of text before they can find them.
Sometimes things like that are on purpose -- early feedback, etc., but also
sometimes they're just absent-mindedness. :) Thanks as always for keeping
an eye out!
--Todd
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