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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 18:37:53 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> 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:
> > >
> > > > - 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.
> >
> > 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
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> This already exists. It's called File Scan and is located on the PT Tools page.
>
> -Orion
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 File Scan search box?
John
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