The plan is just to lock out new posts in a week or so... the content will be here for as long as is needed.
On May 15, 1:49 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
