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Several weeks ago, I created a php interface for Brickshelf which incorporates many of the features I've asked for many times. I know Kevin probably won't approve of this since it doesn't carry over his advertisements or count hits, but I wanted to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish) !!
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(...) Can you do anything for folders with .LDR files? Take a look here: (URL) would be nicer than a screenfull of blank icons. It might also be nice if the server applied the application/x-ldraw mime type when you click on an LDR DAT or MPD file. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I'd love to see this running at LUGNET. -Suz (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Now if only BSV could surmise real name data and contact info ;-) -Tim (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) The ldraw and track designer mime types were inadvertently left out when Brickshelf moved to new servers. I just added these: application/x-trackdesigner tdl application/x-ldraw dat ldr application/x-multi-part-ldraw mpd application/x-ldlite (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I agree, it's pretty darn nifty! (...) Perhaps there is a way to have it get at the LUGNET cross reference info? I must say that I thought this was nifty. Really! But what I would really really like to see, though, is that there be a way (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hey, that's better. But does anybody actually use x-multi-part-ldraw for mpd files? I was under the impression that lugnet only serves up x-ldraw for dat, ldr, and mpd content. And back to the new GUI, I don't think it's really an improvement (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, ideally this could be set up without using a bunch of hacks, instead using true content sharing ala the LegoFan.net discussions. (...) Keep in mind that I wrote this right at the time of the server move, so ads were not included yet. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) The reason the "real name" info was removed was to comply with COPPA. (...) Much improved? Here's what I see: Pros: selectable number of images per row selectable number of rows per page large image resize function Cons: slower reponse (by (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) What I'd rather see is Kevin to implement at least a few of these features, if not even more right on Brickshelf itself. Which is the whole point of BSV, to show Kevin just how much better Brickshelf *could* be. --SteveR (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I responded before I saw your post here. (URL) I've removed the BSV code from my site LiveTheNow.com You can unblock me now. :P --SteveR (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) What would really help folders full of ldraw files is an LDraw Icon! Maybe Tim could come up with something that scales nicely in the 128x128 thumbnail box? Better yet would be a rendering of the file, but that would take a bit more work. KL (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Does that mean it's OK to suggest it again? (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm sure you were joking but to be clear I haven't blocked anything (yet). KL (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) features, if (...) to (...) Brickshelf is a fantastic resource, particularly being free. And being a user of a free resource it seems wrong to criticise it. However, the Brickshelf interface is now looking somewhat dated and I am sure there (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Has anyone got ldglite to compile on FreeBSD/Linux? That's All I need to render thumbnails. KL (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) the file. The reason I dropped filenames in the first place was to hide habit of creating filenames like 0000000_this.jpg to get them to organize in the right order. --Bram (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Emailed some icons over to Kevin. -Tim (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I understand your desire for compliance, but perhaps a better move would have been to allow people to opt-in and allow their real names to be posted. The (unintended, I'm sure) consequence of dumping realname data is now its much, much more (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Could we have an option to leave it in? I find it very difficult to find anyone's directory with the real name removed. (...) selectable thumbnail size with autosizing directory names customizable recent menu (using customview.cgi)...it would (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Thanks Tim! The new icons will be used any time a folder is uploaded to or "rescan"'ed. KL (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Ideally, Brickshelf would actually resample the images when they are uploaded (with the option not to resample for wallpapers and such) This would save bandwidth, especially if BMPs were automatically resaved as JPG as well. --Bram (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Understood but people who have supplied a back mapping at LUGNET are in essence waiving their COPPA protection, wouldn't you say? So somehow letting people opt out of real name hiding would be a good thing, if it can be finessed somehow. (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Sure, if we could verify that the user was over 18 (or 13 with parental consent). Unfortunately the only acceptable ways to do that are to take credit cards or use written letters. (...) Customview has always had an "exclude" feature. The (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I'd just like to add my name to the list of those suggesting an option to opt in to allow their real name to be poated. I always try to give proper credit when citing a MOC either in a discussion or if I want to borrow a design idea, but have (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) It would be nice to be able to do that on the fly when requested. Converting files when uploaded would break some deep-linking applications. Converting bmp's to jpeg would be harmful to certain types of images, like Sprite Sheets or even LDraw (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Yup, we use it on Peeron and LDraw - though I was trying to recompile it (with a new patch from Don), but haven't had the time to figure out exactly how we did it last time. Doesn't help that the server doesn't have X installed - I think it's (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I really hate this line of reasoning. It assumes the user should not have any role in the development or maintainence of community software. While BrickShelf is privately owner, and provided as a free service, the users should be able to (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) OK....I wonder why it never seemed to work for me. Maybe it was and I just didn't realize it. (...) Good to know...I didn't know there was a limit. That means that BSV is slightly broken, I guess. (...) And red on gray is impossible to see, (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Seems the links issue is the big one - perhaps if there was a link on the Brickshelf mainpage to this page: (URL) even, if there were a statement on the site about how to opt yourself in - for example, urging Users to explicitly use their full (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I created this readme when we built the BSD offscreen only (no X) version for Peeron. (URL) think it covers just about everything. If you only want 128x128 thumbs you can skip the step about reconfiguring Mesa for larger images. Enjoy, Don (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Whoa! For a seond there, I thought I walked into a different discussion... Steve (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Heh. Guess I should start complaining then? :) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) LOL :P -Tim (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) help with :( 1. Ability to move folders around without re-uploading/moderating 2. Ability to upload .tar.gz files ROSCO (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Tim and Steve you are both "bad bad boys". =) But on that "other discussion" I did see an "idea here" that would work over there but it would never pass. Think credit card verification. =0 ha,ha,ha... -AHui A&M LWorks (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Converting to PNG would avoid those problems. The compression ratio generally isn't as good as JPEG but it's a heckuvalot smaller than a BMP. Steve (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Heretic. ;-) -Tim (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Let me add in my vote for autmaticly converting a *.bmp file that is uploaded to a *.png file. (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I'll second that - provided there is an option to turn it off at my discretion. Like Kevin said, there are some things that it would be very bad to do conversions on. But the overall idea is good. Could probably save a good deal of space on (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Wrong, not for PNG. JPEG yes because thats a lossy format. But PNG is lossless and there is no data that is thrown away when its compressed. Perhaps have an option to convert *.bmp files to either *.jpg or *.png depending on which is more (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I think the comment "does not work in Netscape 4.x (and probably other legacy browsers)" is funny and sad at the same time. Frankly, that Brickshelf currently works in Netscape 4 (and be honest, it works in Netscape 3, 2, and 1, as well, where (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I had trouble parsing this sentence. Would you consider restating it, perhaps as several sentences with less convoluted sentence structure? Clearly, it's a point you'd like to make, but I am not yet getting what point it is. Thanks. (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Are humans visiting Brickshelf and displaying the site in Netscape 1-4? Does this level of usage of Netscape 1-4 in displaying Brickshelf make the support of Netscape 1-4 in designing the viewer experience of Brickshelf necessary? Does (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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