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I’m not seeing any 16-bit/256-color sprites of Scouts that I can put on my Tripod website so it looks good in Netscape and Internet Explorer without any browser color issues.
I’m not well informed, but I thought WebKit (which most modern browsers are based on) got the graphics past those requirements?
This was not my best work.
I did notice earlier while bored and going down a rabbit hole of web browsing, as one may do during the day, that Slate has these dumb little icon things that you’re supposed to put on the dashboard of your $5 truck with some sort of cute name that looked not unlike dumb little sprites that were popular with the kids who used to make Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire websites back in the day, kind of (which is to say “my contemporaries” because that’s how I ended up in my previous career and I think it’s how like 90% of the people in my age group who ended up as web developers got started: making goofy Geocities websites about Dragonball Z or what have you and then parlayed it into a career). Or maybe it was just supposed to make you think of video game sprites because they know their customer base is people who don’t really want to spend money on cars because their money goes to their sick gaming rigs. That’s probably more likely.
My bad!This was not my best work.
I did notice earlier while bored and going down a rabbit hole of web browsing, as one may do during the day, that Slate has these dumb little icon things that you’re supposed to put on the dashboard of your $5 truck with some sort of cute name that looked not unlike dumb little sprites that were popular with the kids who used to make Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire websites back in the day, kind of (which is to say “my contemporaries” because that’s how I ended up in my previous career and I think it’s how like 90% of the people in my age group who ended up as web developers got started: making goofy Geocities websites about Dragonball Z or what have you and then parlayed it into a career). Or maybe it was just supposed to make you think of video game sprites because they know their customer base is people who don’t really want to spend money on cars because their money goes to their sick gaming rigs. That’s probably more likely.
I’m an old retired software guy that embedded a WebKit interface for a GUI on two products.
I stuck my nose in and I apologize…
Just how old guys can be!
If you aren’t hearing it here then take it with a grain of salt
Any progress on the website revamp? Jaime’s last comment on it was 4 months ago
Not sure they will launch at the same time. But both are planned this year.
So….updates….still nothing and a majority of their events are nowhere near Ohio. I hope Scout takes off and is successful but the no updates on website or verbal announcements is concerning. Not everyone wants to see all the color schemes on social media that may or may not make it to production. Just my opinion but speak for others as well.
Out of curiosity-what are you wanting to see. They are building validation models so to me, they are making it work or they are struggling which I can’t imagine they would announce. The new build will be revealed this weekend and we are still getting monthly updates. Tell SM what you want to know but I think they are doing their best. They haven’t come to me either yet-my visits have been hours of travel but worth it. They only have two right now so hard to get it everywhere and I’m sure their demographic research tells them the best locations to maximize interest and sales
I would like to see website updates and haven’t seen any news announcements. Compared to others they seem behind in updates. This leads me to believe they are struggling. It’s nice to see new colors and designs to vehicles on instagram and such but that is getting stale when no new information is being presented. That should be in reverse order. They should be more informative leading people to believe they are making strides in right direction followed by new designs and models.
I hear you. Been on here since 2022 so sometimes the journey seems to drag on. Presumably you read the factory updates and seeing they are starting builds is a huge step. It’s difficult for them to show a lot if they are building them step by step and also not wanting to give away the various elements that are unique or patented. And I get it but Ford and Slate aren’t showing a whole lot weather at the moment. A lot of it has to do with keeping the secret sauce-secret
They're following the exact communication strategy they laid out 18 months ago, which will build over time, but not going to run around hosting a million events or saying things just to say them. If you listen carefully, they have been telling us there will be a lot more harvester information coming this Fall, timed to increased activity on the production line, where you'll start to see validation vehicles out and about that look like scouts.
So far, everything I've been told privately by Scout and that's been communicated here in the forums has come to fruition on schedule
Not a problem at all-appreciate you elaborating! ThanksSorry J Alynn - didn't mean to quote you as if was responding to you, i just always forget to post from further down the page
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