Are the contents of this old forum going to be archived in some way ? There has been a lot of useful stuff posted here that it would be a real shame to lose
On 15 May, 18:35, Marc Syp <marc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like the move is inevitable, so I'm gonna talk straight about > the new site... no pulling punches because I know you guys can take > it. :-) > > . The text is FAR too big on my browser (Firefox 3.0.10). A whole > lot of scrolling just to get to the 5th message. I have to drop down > a text size just to get the menu items to fit on one line. Likewise, > the news items on the side just stack up on top of each other because > they don't have enough room to breathe. It seems that the column > sizes are exceptionally narrow (it's only using a 1/3rd of my > screen)... a combination of widening the text area and dropping down > the text size on the headings would make the whole page a lot cleaner > and easier to read. An auto-sizing page would be ideal. > > . Is there a way to migrate the files en masse to the new site? It > would be a shame to lose a bunch of the useful ones just because > someone wasn't around to help out with the move. Of course, the list > could also use a bit of pruning... > > . Now that I mention it, it would be helpful to add a "Grasshopper > Challenge" section where people who are looking for help can post > their broken files. We don't want a whole bunch of "how do I loft 3 > shapes together" files clogging up the examples section. :-) > > . Check out rhinoscript.org - there's not a lot of material, but they > have good ideas about sample files and the layout is pretty clean... > It would be helpful to have 1) an option to upload a JPG that can be > used as the patch's thumbnail, and 2) a field where the uploader can > add which version the patch was created in, especially because future > releases have the potential to cause incompatibilities with older > files. > > Anyway, I know you've guys have got your hands full making the actual > program better every day, but these improvements would go a long way > to creating a rich user forum experience. > > Sincerely, > Marc > > On May 15, 6:32 pm, Bob McNeel <bob.mcn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The new site is up and going...www.grasshopper3d.com > > > Please move any files you would like to keep over to the new site. > > > We try to shut this forum down in the next few days. > > > Thanks, > > > - Bob
