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Re: pictures at tracker
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Wed, 15 May 2002 17:37:57 GMT
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Here's a wacky idea for the detail page.
Would anyone be interested in a java applet on the page where they
could actually zoom in/out and rotate the part without DownLoading
the Dat, or starting any other tools?
I'm not sure how different this would really be compared to setting
up your MIME types correctly so that your browser just starts up
another viewer when you click on the DAT file, but I think it might
be something at least some people might like as an option.
I have an application that can do just that. It will take me some
time to turn it into an applet, and add some other features that
part reviewers might want/need, but I think I could get it together
pretty quickly if there were people who were interested.
-Kyle
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
>
> > In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> >
> > > In lugnet.cad, Bernd Broich writes:
> > >
> > > > I have a suggestion about the tracker. Everytime when I search
> > > > for a part at the tracker I must download .dat file to see if
> > > > it's the right one. So I would suggest that there could be a
> > > > picture at the tracker. Not directly in the list but at the
> > > > detail page.
> > > > How far is this possible? And what is your oppinion about this?
> > >
> > > I think this is a great idea. How well does it work for primitives and
> > > subfiles, though?
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> > It wouldn't be too hard to apply different zoom amounts, based on the file's
> > subdirectory. It also might be nice to apply some other analysis to the
> > file being displayed - use a different scale/viewpoint for baseplates, zoom
> > in on very small parts, etc.
> >
> >
> > > If this could be done it would really increase ease of use of the tracker.
> > > Rather than putting it on the detail page though, I would suggest the Peeron
> > > approach, a toggle to view with/without pics.
> >
> > I'm not sure how useful this would be, unless permanently stored on the
> > server (or it could be a cookie, but I haven't worked with cookies yet).
> > Each detail page only displays 1 image. So unless the server remembers the
> > user's option, it's going to revert to no-picture with every link the user
> > follows.
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> > In that case, we might as well just make a separate link to the image.
> > Running with this a little further....
> >
> > It could also be used on the list page(s). Having a "show pictures yes/no"
> > option would be very good there. And the "pictures=yes" page could be
> > length-limited, so only a few items at a time are listed.
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> Um I think I hit send too fast because I *was* talking about the list
> page... the detail page probably should just always show the image but on
> the list page, let the user toggle. Right now the list page is one big list
> though, which is very convenient. Breaking it up into smaller pages to cut
> down the number of images served up may not help because you're going to
> scroll through them anyway, one after the other, right?
>
> I guess why I think it's good on the list page is because I'm a visual
> person, and I can scan (and recognise) visual images a lot faster than text.
> I have been trying to vote on more parts but a lot of parts, from their
> description alone, are unknown to me or at least I am not too sure what they
> are. I have to go download the DAT, then say "welp, no, I don't know enough
> about this part to vote on it" after I see what it is.
>
> Of course you never should vote WITHOUT downloading and studying the DAT
> closely. But why download ones that you aren't going to review?
>
> Helps?
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| (...) Probably. Depends on how big (bytes) it is. And what (if anything) needs to be specially installed on the user's machine (I'm fairly ignorant about java applets). And how powerful it is. (...) If it runs in the browser, it would be noticeably (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Um I think I hit send too fast because I *was* talking about the list page... the detail page probably should just always show the image but on the list page, let the user toggle. Right now the list page is one big list though, which is very (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.cad)
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