Major functionality upgrades this week. Added column manager to the steel composition chart. Column manager is invoked from the chart tool bar, Columns button, or you can also use ALT+C from keyboard, depends on the browser though. From there you can hide/show chart columns. You can also hide column by CTRL+click on the column header. Added result caching for the steel composition analyzer graph.
Sunday, February 21, 2010 23:10:35
It was really outdated. Added new information about Carbon V steel, and few other details missing from its initial revision. Also, updated with the latest developments and changes from Cold Steel. Details in the review.
Saturday, February 20, 2010 12:44:16
Got more info from Michael, Henckels Japan head of operations. I had some questions about the Twin Cermax line, he answered them promptly. Details in the review.
Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:32:51
One of the knives I get regularly for maintenance sharpening and such from my friend. Had it several times for testing, etc. Can't find much of a use for it. I keep trying though ;) Details in the review.
Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:37:51
AISI 1018 low carbon steel added. I don't think i's is used by itself, but often used in pattern weldd damascus.
Friday, February 19, 2010 18:09:58
This time this is AISI 1085 steel. High carbon pring steel, so far I have confirmed info about at least one custom maker using it. Posting inquiry on knife forums helped to get that info.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 22:20:52
AISI 1044 steel. Strange as it is, or may be not, but this relatively low carbon steel is also used in knives, specifically in throwing knives where toughness is more critical and you don't want to spend too much money too.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 23:46:23
Phew. That was more complicated than I thought... As usual :) Anyway, client side scripting is up. Testes successfully on MSIE 7 and 8, FF 3.x, Chrome and Kmeleon. Added caching for the main table view, i.e. no query params except sort. Later I'll add server side caching to avoid db queries for static data and cache move chart views.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 19:25:14
Client side sorting is 100% completed. Even found a bug today and fixed it too. However, caching properly is a problem and still struggling with the algorithm. There are several levels of caching involved to make matters more interesting...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 13:18:27
It's yet another speed modification for the chart. Sorting currently is done on the server side, and reloading the whole table, issuing query, processing data from 3 tables... Client side sort will eliminate all that and will only take fraction of a second. Sorting is done. I have to deal with the sort indicators and other minor issues and it'll be up. Hopefully tomorrow. May be that will allow for at least some caching too.
Monday, February 15, 2010 20:22:03