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Maplesoft Document System Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:24:41 GMT Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:24:41 GMT The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg MaplePrimes - comments on Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan Can we have a preview of the new mapleprimes look? http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan:Comments#comment63198 Just wondering if mapleprimes users could get a preview look of what the new mapleprimes will look like before it actually goes online?  I have been enjoying the current mapleprimes site for quite some time, and I enjoy the current layout of the site.  The only negative I currently have about the site is the copy paste directly from maplepages, which as you stated won't be supported initially.  This, I hope, is a must and should be a high priority on your list.  Not sure if it's just me, or if it's related to the changeover but the search function on mapleprimes hasn't been working for some time.  I've had to use google to search for something in mapleprimes. The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan 63198 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:11:30 Z Christopher2222 Christopher2222 Previews for Primes members http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan:Comments#comment63199 Thanks for the comment.  Giving a select group of MaplePrimes members access to preview the web changes is something that we have discussed internally and we're going to try and do that.  As Stephanie gets up and running in her role as MaplePrimes Community Manager, this is something that we will work with her to coordinate.  I'm glad you like the current interface, by the way.  It's certainly served us well, but it is starting to look a bit dated and could use a fresh coat of paint. As for your other comments: <ul> <li>Direct copying & pasting from Maple will be addressed, just not with the current round of updates.  In general, however, 2-D typesetting will be improved and made more reliable.</li> <li>The search interface will be dramatically improved.   For a good example of what we will be doing, check out the recently-improved <a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx">search in our Maple Help System</a>.  Results will be generated from a combination of our internal Google search engine, and our content databases.</li> </ul> Bryon The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan 63199 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:04:00 Z bthur bthur rtf http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan:Comments#comment63200 The latest version of rtf and the previous one (implemented in MS Office 2007) displays math expression quite nicely (in a way similar to LaTeX.) and the native conversion between that and MathML is implemented in Windows 7. If Maple could switch to that instead of currently used scheme in Standard, the copying and pasting would be much easier to implement properly, at least in Windows. Alec The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan 63200 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:22:04 Z alec alec question/answer format http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan:Comments#comment63201 May be good or bad, depending on the case. A post may contain e.g. an answer to a previous question, a new question prompted by the answer itself say, and some statements that are neither question nor answer. There are many such posts in MaplePrimes and I do not see how they would fit in such a scheme. The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan 63201 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:05:04 Z jakubi jakubi mining http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan:Comments#comment63202 Moving forward to a new question/answer format might be useful. But I wonder how it might also be possible to mine the first 4 years of Mapleprimes to extract the best code, hint, tips, and solutions that are contained inside the posts and responses. There is a mountain of excellent information already buried in this site. I would predict that for the foreseeable future the first 4 years' of Mapleprimes content would continue to dwarf whatever new is posted in terms of usefulness and interest, provided that the older material could be easily accessed. While it's true that a lot of the threads in the forums are simple questions at their inception, the discussions often subsequently branch out. Sometimes the discussions take hard turns. And that is often where the gold lies, not as answers to the original (often mudane or faq'like) questions. One of the things that I like best about Mapleprimes is that great content (code and knowledge fragments) is availiable without the polish or obscurement of material on the <a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/index.aspx">applications center</a>. But such fragments are difficult to collate, which is why I suggested functionality for storing personal site-favourites. Managing browser bookmarks is pretty old-hat. Also, no matter how good any new Search facility is it would be painful to repeat any long search with many matched results, or to have to work harder than necessary to docket side-points of interest found along the way. In fact, there is now so much great material on this site that it might merit having some single expert wade through and collate it by hand. For example, a book on advanced plotting/graphics techniques could be generated from this site's material alone. Not a dry user-manual sort  of book, but a how-do-I book with motivational examples and lots of The Big Picture. acer The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan 63202 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:55:26 Z acer acer 'Favorites' concept http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/36676-MaplePrimes-Site-Changes-The-Plan?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan:Comments#comment63203 I didn't fully understand the scope of your "favorites" idea before, but I think I do now. We have actually had recent discussions internally about developing some sort of "collections" feature that will allow members to group together content that they like into groups, and to share your collections with others on the site.  If I'm not mistaken, this seems to match pretty closely with your idea. We could even make the collections a collaborative type of thing. Thank you for clarifying. I do think that this falls outside of the scope of what we need to do in the short term, but it's a terrific idea and one that I think will see the light of day at some point in the future. Bryon The latest comments added to the Post, MaplePrimes Site Changes: The Plan 63203 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:14:22 Z bthur bthur