New material database inbound!

[handsomedave]

Not crazy about activeX but it does have its uses, mainly in a corporate network environment.

Not sure why neo would think it's a good solution for what he's thinking.

[PureSpider]

Not sure why neo would think it's a good solution for what he's thinking.

Because he doesn't even know what it is nor what it's used for IMO

[neo0.]

Not sure why neo would think it's a good solution for what he's thinking.

Because he doesn't even know what it is nor what it's used for IMO

Yeah, you got it, buddy! That's exactly it!

ActiveX is a microsoft technology that allows web applications to access hardware/software.. It could be used to allow the material DB to interact with the exporters..

[benn]

The material database may be finished up tomorrow and deployed properly. There are a few bugs still to be ironed out - but clever people might be able to work out the url and try it out early.

[benn]

And i'm aware the material owners are all messed up - I have a job tomorrow to fix that.

[AzureSky]

Nice, Benn - the Materials-by-colour thing is quite nifty.

One suggestion I'd make is: lose the HTML border around the images. Otherwise, good to see the progress

[pixie]

And my materials aren't mine anymore

[suvakas]

I love the mat by color idea. Very cool !

[fused]

its seems anyone can edit materials? or is it just me?

the material color idea is awesome

[pixie]

its seems anyone can edit materials? or is it just me?

the material color idea is awesome

It's a maxwell one

[benn]

Fused it's just you. I'll remove the borders, and pixie your materials will be returnd to you soon.

Any more requests in terms of browsing / categorising the materials? Tags / themes / sets / groups....?

[PureSpider]

Would be cool if you could edit the materials source online
How is the color done? Automatic average of a certain area of the materials pic?

[benn]

Yup average of the centre of the material preview.

[Borgleader]

Stupid question but...I dont see the link to it O.o;

[suvakas]

@Ben
Mat database design is a mess on IE7
CSS issue ?