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Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.general
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Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:20:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Todd Lehman writes:
> Steve Bliss has just completed a major facelift of the Partsref interface.
> I think the results are wonderful! Check it out:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/
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> He's made it easier to browse, easier to look things up by keyword, he gives
> you cross-links to other reference materials online, and he shows you how to
> make links to all the colored images:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/colors/
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> --Todd
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 category, not in a search result. It's cumbersome to find a part by
searching, then go back to its category to find what sets it was in.
It's not obvious that *'s should be used to search for part of a word. For
example, forest and man turn up no hits, but forest* and *man both work. Just
a note to that effect on the main page would be helpful.
Search results don't appear to be sorted by anything... or am I missing
something? It would be nice to sort by name or number.
Just dreaming... a link by each part, to a page with images of the part in all
colours, like the 2x4 example on the colour page?
I think the yellow/tan colour scheme is very nice, by the way; stands out
enough without obscuring the edge lines, and more pleasant to look at than
grey.
Great job!
Cheers, Heather
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Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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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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