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Re: New Partsref is pure bliss
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.general
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:47:34 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Heather Patey wrote:
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> > 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.
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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.
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> > 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.
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> Todd's in charge of the search engine. I've provided him with the
> information to display the same information in the search results as
> appears on the category pages.
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> Not to be pushy or anything. He's a busy guy.
Heaven forbid - everything he does is above and beyond the call of duty! Maybe
having three levels of detail like the set guide would work... but I don't have
a clue about the inner workings.
> > 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.
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> Good point. I think information about forming searches used to be on the
> start page, but it got dropped in this update. There's probably a better
> way to organize the new start page, or maybe some information could go on a
> second page.
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> > 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.
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> I *think* they sort by relevance.
Sounds right. That's how the set guide works, I believe.
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> > 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?
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> I thought about doing this, but with static html, it seemed like overkill.
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> It'd be really keen to have pages that combined the color images with
> set-availability information.
Oh yes, much better! An at-a-glance guide to what colours a part was made in,
too.
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> > 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.
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> It's also more in line with LUGNET's LEGO Set Guide pages. Fitting in with
> LUGNET's look-and-feel propelled quite a bit of the Partsref update.
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> Steve
Cheers, Heather
--
Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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