WoS Classic

[PeterJ]

I will Tweet them [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention].

[hikoki]

Looks like this is a joke from F.L.
Who knows

[kolbeck]

WOS Classic has introduced the first Infoseek version, powered by ZXDB!

It's also powered by ZXInfo API... However it's unfair that they currently provide links to all sites except ZXInfo. Someone please ask them to fix this!

Everything else looks good

They probaly use link data from the API, and since I've filtered them out (no reason to link to myself - I'll update it when next ZXDB is published.
BTW. I have nothing to do with the WoSC team, except they look like to be a client of the ZXInfo API.

/Thomas

[Ast A. Moore]

it's unfair that they currently provide links to all sites except ZXInfo. Someone please ask them to fix this!

Don’t know if it’s happened overnight, but it does say “Proudly powered by ZXInfo API and ZXDB” at the bottom of each page with links to both.

[PeterJ]

Hi [mention]Ast A. Moore[/mention]

I took it that [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] was talking about the links on individual game pages.

[Ast A. Moore]

I took it that Einar Saukas was talking about the links on individual game pages.

Could be, could be. I just wasn’t paying attention to that when I checked out the website yesterday, so I can’t say for sure whether the attribution has been there the whole time or not.

[Einar Saukas]

They probaly use link data from the API, and since I've filtered them out (no reason to link to myself - I'll update it when next ZXDB is published.

So it was not their fault. My apologies!

[Einar Saukas]

Don’t know if it’s happened overnight, but it does say “Proudly powered by ZXInfo API and ZXDB” at the bottom of each page with links to both.

I noticed they added it yesterday, when they switched the entire site to use ZXInfo API and ZXDB instead of static pages.

Because of this, WoS Classic now contains the entire ZXDB catalog, including recent releases. For instance:

https://worldofspectrum.net/infoseekid.cgi?id=0035809

It cannot display SCR images yet, but it shouldn't take them too long to fix it.

[4thRock]

Looking good.
I'd just prefer that it distanced itself a bit from WOS visually. Some slightly different colours and icons would be great.
As it is, I have trouble seeing it as a new site.

Here's something to generate colour palettes:
https://colors.muz.li/

And for icons:
https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/site

No need for radical changes, just something slightly different so that we know where we are at all times.

[Einar Saukas]

I'd just prefer that it distanced itself a bit from WOS visually. Some slightly different colours and icons would be great.
As it is, I have trouble seeing it as a new site.

But they wrote that recreating Martijn's WoS is exactly their goal!

For users that prefers a compact layout that resembles old WoS, but in a different visual style, there's SC Retro

[kolbeck]

They probaly use link data from the API, and since I've filtered them out (no reason to link to myself - I'll update it when next ZXDB is published.

So it was not their fault. My apologies!

The link is there now

/T

[PQR]

Hah. Seeing the WoS Classic homepage is great. The butchered design of post-Martijn WOS just made my heart bleed every time. Immediately it made me search for the files of my original design from 2003.

It all started with this competition on the WoS forum. The design had to be tailored to a minimum resolution of 1024x768 pixels, a maximum of 216 web-safe colours, and a maximum load of around 100 KB. It was not easy to convince everyone in the beginning. (And if I had known the design would have lasted *this* long... Oof.)

It took a while but finally I was able to retrieve the original html from a backup. So for anyone who wants to compare WoS Classic to the original July 2003 design, now you can...

(Spoiler alert: WoS Classic is indeed very very close to the original including the random Speccy model and animating Sabreman. Although I feel the "Classic" typography is a bit out of place.)

[PeterJ]

It's also powered by ZXInfo API... However it's unfair that they currently provide links to all sites except ZXInfo. Someone please ask them to fix this!

Hi EInar. Links to ZXInfo are now included for each title.

[Ralf]

They are developing really nice.

I notice that they have little problem with the authors:

For example:
https://worldofspectrum.net/infoseekid.php?id=0030076

Author(s) Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Stella Aragonskaya ()

I guess if the same man did code, graphics and music there are 3 entries in the data but he should be displayed just once.

[Einar Saukas]

They are developing really nice.

I notice that they have little problem with the authors:

For example:
https://worldofspectrum.net/infoseekid.php?id=0030076

Author(s) Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Oleg Origin (Russia)
Stella Aragonskaya ()

I guess if the same man did code, graphics and music there are 3 entries in the data but he should be displayed just once.

They made a mistake when combining ZXDB tables "authors" and "roles". In this case, they should have used only "authors" to list author names.

It's related to Lee's mistake I mentioned a month ago that's not fixed yet.

[Pegaz]

It's related to Lee's mistake I mentioned a month ago that's not fixed yet.

You shouldn't have mentioned that, I'm getting paranoid.

[Morkin]

Immediately it made me search for the files of my original design from 2003.

It all started with this competition on the WoS forum.

Haha, ace thread..! Loved this comment:

Also, the logs show that at least 40% of the users still have a dial-up connection, so bandwidth will remain an issue for a while longer.

[Ast A. Moore]

Haha, ace thread..! Loved this comment:

Also, the logs show that at least 40% of the users still have a dial-up connection, so bandwidth will remain an issue for a while longer.

Joking aside, the old WoS and WoS Classic load virtually instantaneously, compared to the new WoS or even SC (which is much, much snappier).

[PeterJ]

Joking aside, the old WoS and WoS Classic load virtually instantaneously, compared to the new WoS or even SC (which is much, much snappier).

Yes, I genuinely don't understand that because the server specifications that Lee was saying he had and the cost when he wanted donations were about 10 times what we have. It's a mystery.

[Einar Saukas]

Do you mean this?

https://worldofspectrum.org/donate

[PeterJ]

Do you mean this?

https://worldofspectrum.org/donate

Yes, they apparently have 32GB RAM, we have 2GB, so it shouldn't be running slow.

[Einar Saukas]

Joking aside, the old WoS and WoS Classic load virtually instantaneously, compared to the new WoS or even SC (which is much, much snappier).

Since I'm already messing around with SC to implement the "alternate" view, I spent some time last night optimizing the entire site. I hope you will find it fast enough now

[Ast A. Moore]

I hope you will find it fast enough now.

It’s pretty damn fast, yeah!