This was a classic resource used by everyone. It looks quite pared down and in a non-intuitive format. And to be honest I tried a few strains and found it lacking from the previous version.
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well if you have a more than 15 year old code base you are always making tradeoffs. You can handle it like restricting public access for security reasons. Or you ignore issues while waiting for a patch that will never arrive like a original spare part for your orginal Ford-T model in North-Korea. Without a code rewrite there are no improvements possible like having less mandatory reviews for public inputs based on user roles. Or you end like European banks who desperate looking for experts in COBOL who are able to master their 60 years old mainframe code.
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there were yesterday some issues on the new server with email, so everything that required an email sucked yesterday
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a more than 15 years old code base makes no fun. After the owner changed I was the only one who understood the legacy code and a code rewrite was in midterm the better solution. When it comes to the lineage tree and other data-porn, it simply an database output / visualization - so something not so difficult to solve with access to the legacy code.
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Thanks for letting us know what’s going on. It makes sense when you describe the situation. If it’s possible to easily change the lineage tree then that would solve a lot of issues people are having with the new setup
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I’ve been playing around with the SeedFinder site and I have to say that it’s really nice (I was very skeptical). The thing that has always impressed me about SF (besides it’s huge database) is the many ways to navigate and explore. It’s still there. The functionality is better, and since this is just the rollout it will get cleaner with time. Also as I get more accustomed to the interface - I’ll get better at using it. I sorta miss the colored pie-charts for flavors and effects (a splash of color here and there would be nice). And the big banner ad breaks the flow - at first I thought I had scrolled to the bottom, when really there was a lot more info below the ad. Overall it’s still the best resource for strain infos
Great job, @christian_seedfinder ! And thanks for chiming in on here. When you mention managing the data, I really cannot imagine how it would be to use old formats for something that’s gotten so big. Thank you for doing what you do
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I like it, but prefer the old version or at least a dark theme in the new version. Read in a white theme it’s hard to me because almost all the time I stay on the cellphone.
I hope the developer read ours opinions. Seedfinder its like a bible for us.
But something it’s better than nothing.
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It looks and feels like it’s lost all of it’s practical utility.
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I viewed some strains again on both MAC and my cell. The lineage chart is ‘better’ but I do see they’re still working on it. Thank you @christian_seedfinder
The problem I’m running into is the same for both devices. That chart is sensitive as heck. zoom a little and it zooms a lot. when moving the chart on the computer, it’s relatively smooth (MAC M1) but, on my cell iPhone 6pro(I know antiquated) forget about it lol. It’s just not usable. The changes you made to it have made it legible, however. Very nice!
On a side not and not part of the update. One quark that always got me were, known back crosses. On your site the outcross is never revealed. Weather that’s because the information is not available. I don’t know but, I haven’t found a BX of my interest, on your site, that also has the outcross info.
Thank for the update and also joining us here to view our feedback. I’m sure it’s invaluable for you as well, even if not in the prime location for you to acquire.
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how to that still image demonstrate that the sensitivity of the map is too high? Even the slider bar at top?
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I prefer the old version because the most interesting data on there is the exhaustive matrix of hybrids for a given strain. They’ve broken it now so that it will say there are over 500 hybrids or whatever, but they only display 10 and there’s no way to see the full list anymore. It’s useless to me without the ability to walk family trees in both directions.
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@christian_seedfinder please fix the Hybrids list!
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Hey bud, genuinely curious. Is that the only view you’re getting?
I just checked again for Jack The Ripper and the pinch zoom/move is MUCH better now. I’m not sure if they updated the last few hours but, if they did, it’s a lot more smooth now.
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huh. I can only guess… but it looks like you cannot scroll or move the screen? That def sucks 
the database content is still the same, so it is more a matter of data visualization.
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the database content is still the same, so it is more a matter of data visualization. But like a wrote already, you need also a code base you can handle while every version update for python or PHP can result in serious pain in the ass like some years ago as the functions for accessing SQL databases were changed due a PHP version update. That took me weeks to fix as I had to edit and test afterwards approx. 1000 database requests.
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