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Re: pictures at tracker
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 15 May 2002 18:11:39 GMT
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(I thought I'd replied to this already, maybe I forgot to click Post? Or
maybe this will be a duplicate...)
In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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.
Ah, ok. That makes sense.
> 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?
Yes and no. Serving up 500+ images on a single page could be considered
counter-productive. I frequently move between the part list and the various
detail pages; I don't need to see the entire list each time I come back to
the page. But I'd almost always want to see pictures of the items on the list.
> 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.
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> Of course you never should vote WITHOUT downloading and studying the DAT
> closely. But why download ones that you aren't going to review?
Heh. I download the entire zip of unofficial files, every few days. But I
might not be the typical user of the parts tracker.
> Helps?
Yes, definitely. Thanks.
Would it be at all helpful to have a [ref] link on the list page, so you
could quickly call up images of individual parts, but not have them all
force-fed down your pipe?
Steve
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| (...) Yes. Even if you had to go back and forth one part at a time, it would be better than having to download the DAT file each time. I hear you about not downloading 500 images but there is a lot to be said for Peeron and the contemplative power (...) (22 years ago, 16-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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