We keep chipping away at the Packing Dimensions project, and soon we will be
finished with almost all front-facing work. This week I have tackled the subject
of Stud Dimensions in our Help Pages:
This is essentially a revision of the old general page on dimensions, but there
is a lot of new material included and it is now limited to parts and stud dimensions.
I would be interested in any feedback regarding this page, particularly in contrast
to the general packing dimensions page which is heavily image based and uses
a large canvass:
Which type of Help Article do you think is more useful, and is there a difference
when it comes to new users?
Another aspect of the Help Pages is the translations. How important are the translations
to those of you whose first language is not English? Are the English pages sufficient,
or does it help to have all the BrickLink lingo realized in your own language?
And how important are Stud Dimensions to you? This special tool is highly sought
after:
but do you think metric dimensions will ultimately replace Stud Dimensions? Should
we retain Stud Dimensions on the Catalog Detail page, or relegate them to a "related
information" tab underneath?
but do you think metric dimensions will ultimately replace Stud Dimensions? Should
we retain Stud Dimensions on the Catalog Detail page, or relegate them to a "related
information" tab underneath?
I like the current format where items have stud dimensions (in studs, of course)
and packaging dimensions in metric units. I would like to see the double set
of measurements continue.
We keep chipping away at the Packing Dimensions project, and soon we will be
finished with almost all front-facing work. This week I have tackled the subject
of Stud Dimensions in our Help Pages:
This is essentially a revision of the old general page on dimensions, but there
is a lot of new material included and it is now limited to parts and stud dimensions.
I would be interested in any feedback regarding this page, particularly in contrast
to the general packing dimensions page which is heavily image based and uses
a large canvass:
Which type of Help Article do you think is more useful, and is there a difference
when it comes to new users?
Another aspect of the Help Pages is the translations. How important are the translations
to those of you whose first language is not English? Are the English pages sufficient,
or does it help to have all the BrickLink lingo realized in your own language?
As far as I know from people in Spain, they use Bricklink with Google Translate,
and when they ask me something I have to think what * was, sometimes hard to
guess... I think its time to Bricklink to become usable in multiple languages,
but it needs to be addressed carefully. Some words should stay standard independent
of the language, like: Studs, Color Names, Category names, item titles... But
buttons and text should be available in multiple languages.
As for the question about help pages, most times other languages are pretty outdated
to the original English version, it would be great if a system was in place to
remind Translators that page X was updated and needs to revisit the translation.
But I think they are not very much used by the wide users.
And how important are Stud Dimensions to you? This special tool is highly sought
after:
but do you think metric dimensions will ultimately replace Stud Dimensions? Should
we retain Stud Dimensions on the Catalog Detail page, or relegate them to a "related
information" tab underneath?
Stud Dimensions are important, most people build thinking in studs not in centimetres...
Also most sort its parts by Studs, same as when you enter a category and part
titles are sorted by studs dimensions in the name.
What needs to be addressed is display when the Studs Dimensions is not the System
Stud Dimensions, like in Duplo, Quatro, Gear Storage, those needs to be noted
differently.
but do you think metric dimensions will ultimately replace Stud Dimensions? Should
we retain Stud Dimensions on the Catalog Detail page, or relegate them to a "related
information" tab underneath?
Stud dimensions are already included in item names for parts. So as far as I'm
concerned only the packing dimensions in cm need to be displayed separately.
We keep chipping away at the Packing Dimensions project, and soon we will be
finished with almost all front-facing work. This week I have tackled the subject
of Stud Dimensions in our Help Pages:
This is essentially a revision of the old general page on dimensions, but there
is a lot of new material included and it is now limited to parts and stud dimensions.
I would be interested in any feedback regarding this page, particularly in contrast
to the general packing dimensions page which is heavily image based and uses
a large canvass:
Which type of Help Article do you think is more useful, and is there a difference
when it comes to new users?
Another aspect of the Help Pages is the translations. How important are the translations
to those of you whose first language is not English? Are the English pages sufficient,
or does it help to have all the BrickLink lingo realized in your own language?
And how important are Stud Dimensions to you? This special tool is highly sought
after:
but do you think metric dimensions will ultimately replace Stud Dimensions? Should
we retain Stud Dimensions on the Catalog Detail page, or relegate them to a "related
information" tab underneath?
I think there is plenty of room on the page and there is no need to hide it.
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