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Re: Improving the Parts Tracker experience
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:20:26 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, John Riley wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > > - Paginate the ptlist; 20-100 parts listed per page.
> >
> > This would definitely be a move in the wrong direction, unless there also
> > continued to be an option to continue to see the whole list on one page.
> > Quite aside from the hassle of having to page through material, the Parts
> > Tracker is where unofficial files live. Thus, if someone wants to find
> > out if a part is out there but unofficial, the method is to go the the
> > parts list and use your browser's "search in page" function.
> >
> > For example, someone recently needed a .dat of an unofficial part (40902,
> > I think) right away for some commissioned work. I was able to quickly
> > find it by going to the list and searching for "hinge". Anyone could do
> > this. If the list were forced into pages, finding that part would have
> > been much more difficult, and people not intimately familiar with the
> > Tracker and/or LDraw nomenclature might well have given up, either
> > believing that the .dat did not exist or not wanting to bother with the
> > trouble.
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> How about a search function, similar to the one on PartsRef? Enter a term, and
> the search engine checks the file names, part names, CATEGORY statements, and
> KEYWORDS statements for matches. The current PT search function is file name
> only.
>
> John
This already exists. It's called File Scan and is located on the PT Tools page.
-Orion
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| (...) How'd I forget that? I've even used the Scan in the past. Certainly easier than the Find function of a web browser. Could we add the file scan to the toolbar, next to the lookup box? Or better (IMO), replace the file name lookup box with a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | Re: Improving the Parts Tracker experience
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| (...) How'd I forget that? I've even used the Scan in the past. Certainly easier than the Find function of a web browser. Could we add the file scan to the toolbar, next to the lookup box? Or better (IMO), replace the file name lookup box with a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Improving the Parts Tracker experience
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| (...) How about a search function, similar to the one on PartsRef? Enter a term, and the search engine checks the file names, part names, CATEGORY statements, and KEYWORDS statements for matches. The current PT search function is file name only. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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