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(...) When I've got a fast connection, I go for Partsref first, even though it's not as flexible as the VEC. But the VEC takes too long to load. Even LDList takes too long. (...) Todd's in charge of the search engine. I've provided him with the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a friend who insist on referring to the color as 'sand'. It wasn't until the recent catalog came out that she started calling it 'tan'. 'beige'? Nah! I like the other 2 choices better. (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) I second Tom Stangl who said: (...) For me too, that worked very well. It enabled me to brouwse through several part categories very quickly after one another. I had some trouble to find certain part categories, but that was because I was used (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Only sort of. Most of the old html files are still there, including the the files which displayed in the frame. Unfortunately, the frameset page is gone (it was overwritten). BUT, you can display the category page in your browser, without a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) You're correct, "multiple" can be different for each of us. OK, how's this? I think Todd's search limit is similar (maybe same code) to the search function for the set database... I'm proposing that it be over-ridden for these links. But even (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback. As I noted in reply to Jon, the colors in the colored images came straight out of LDLite. I'll keep your comments, and try to address them in a future revision. Steve (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've always thought of that color as "tan". As in "tanned leather". It's always made sense to me - but then, I'm in Alberta - surrounded by the cattle market. I've never considered it beige. James James Brown's Parts Sale: (URL) parts, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) KEYWORDS is an option that authors can include in their LDraw parts. So far, not many parts include KEYWORDS. For the /partsref/keyword/ page, I also compiled most of the words from the part names. The intent of the page is to let people look (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) (Entering deeep water) That's because you stopped thinking like a kid Kids don't know beige They do know tan -Jon (BAYLIT has always been tanned) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) Good to see Larry got the cross-posting right... (...) Umm, I'm confused -- the detail pages are essentially the same. Sure, they've got the new LUGNET-ish headers and footers, and now the 73 LDraw categories are arranged into a 2-level (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Thanks, Todd. The real problem is that I was once again suffering from CRS. (Can't Remember..... "Stuff". ;-) Thanks, Franklin (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Steve, this is a fantastically useful tool, thank you thank you! When I'm online I'd use this over the VEC in LDAO every time. <applause> A couple of thoughts: The links to the part page in the databases only show up when you look at a whole (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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Don't get your hopes up. Remember that I really hate dealing with pseudo-curved surfaces. It'll take me a lot longer to finish this one up. Anyway, I'm just testing the "upload" function. Thanks, Franklin 0 Boat Rowboat 4 x 10 0 Unofficial Part 0 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) One BIG improvement would be to crossref parts with the sets they come in. I know getting the data is a huge undertaking, as it amounts to doing inventories of all the sets. But if inventories were actually used in this way I guess this would (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Is there any way to view it in frame mode like the old one? I liked having the part categories on the left frame and viewing the parts on the right. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) I had always been planning someday to use the word "beige" instead of "tan" for the tan brick color, until I noticed last week that LEGO calls it "Tan" in the new Holiday S@H catalog. Wow. --Todd (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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Thanks very much! My constructive criticisms: (1) The edge lines don't stand out well enough for these colors: Teal - 3 Brown - 6 Turquoise - 11 Purple - 22 and several other colors could also be improved by more contrastive edge lines. (2) The dark (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) After taking some time to explore the new setup, I agree with Larry on all points. I, too miss the old interface. It is one of the few sites where I found frames very useful in reducing mouseclicks. I suppose that once we get used to using the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I liked the keyword feature. But it's really a bunch of already-run searches - what's the use of that? Just use the search box. I had to outsmart it, though, to get it to list all parts. I used a q=* switch. But I think that's the point, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I spent some time with it, and while i think it's really neat, I miss the old interface, is it still around??? What I like is the ability to see vast swaths of parts all at once, only one category click in. The current one is TOO (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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