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Re: Brickshelf Viewer
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lugnet.general, lugnet.publish
Date: 
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:17:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney wrote:
In lugnet.announce, Bram Lambrecht wrote:


http://www.asphodel.org/bsv/

Very cool, Bram! Thanks for posting this.

I agree, it's pretty darn nifty!

Now if only BSV could surmise real name data and contact info ;-)

Perhaps there is a way to have it get at the LUGNET cross reference info?


The reason the "real name" info was removed was to comply with COPPA.

I must say that I thought this was nifty. Really! But what I would really really
like to see, though, is that there be a way developed to show the ads. Since
BrickShelf is paying the bandwidth for the images, and this is basically a much
improved BrickShelf interface,

Much improved?

Here's what I see:

Pros:
selectable number of images per row
selectable number of rows per page
large image resize function

Cons:
slower reponse (by using php plus having to query the actualy site)
"recent" view includes avatars
no color coded directory/file names
no filenames at all
does not work in Netscape 4.x (and probably other legacy browsers)

I won't comment on the page design since that is subjective
and I'm admitedly biased :)

Granted the 3 new features above would be nice, and if there is
enough demand for them I will certainly make them a priority.

Also, aside from the fact that it shouldn't be necessary to have
a redundant interface, it is extremely bad netequitte.  Remember
the controversey surrounding "reframing" other pages?  This is
much worse in that is extracts essentially all of the content of a
site, and redisplays it elsewhere.

While I greatly appreciate constructive criticism of the Brickshelf
design, this is the wrong thing to do.



Message has 6 Replies:
  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) I responded before I saw your post here. (URL) I've removed the BSV code from my site LiveTheNow.com You can unblock me now. :P --SteveR (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) I understand your desire for compliance, but perhaps a better move would have been to allow people to opt-in and allow their real names to be posted. The (unintended, I'm sure) consequence of dumping realname data is now its much, much more (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) Could we have an option to leave it in? I find it very difficult to find anyone's directory with the real name removed. (...) selectable thumbnail size with autosizing directory names customizable recent menu (using customview.cgi)...it would (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) Ideally, Brickshelf would actually resample the images when they are uploaded (with the option not to resample for wallpapers and such) This would save bandwidth, especially if BMPs were automatically resaved as JPG as well. --Bram (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) Understood but people who have supplied a back mapping at LUGNET are in essence waiving their COPPA protection, wouldn't you say? So somehow letting people opt out of real name hiding would be a good thing, if it can be finessed somehow. (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) I think the comment "does not work in Netscape 4.x (and probably other legacy browsers)" is funny and sad at the same time. Frankly, that Brickshelf currently works in Netscape 4 (and be honest, it works in Netscape 3, 2, and 1, as well, where (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)

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  Re: Brickshelf Viewer
 
(...) I agree, it's pretty darn nifty! (...) Perhaps there is a way to have it get at the LUGNET cross reference info? I must say that I thought this was nifty. Really! But what I would really really like to see, though, is that there be a way (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)

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