Congratulations to Sebastian and the 3^5 solvers!! I'm completely
impressed that so many people have managed to solve any 5D puzzles. I'm
not at all surprised to hear Sebastian describe how terribly tedious it
must appear to take on the 3^5. My original prediction that only one
person would do it was quickly wrong. I need to stop underestimating
your dedication. I still hold that no more than 1 person will ever solve
the 5^5 for the same reasons but this time I say this with much less
conviction than the last time. I am guessing that it will require a
Herculean effort in tedium and attention to minute detail, but like the
tallest mountain, it must be climbed simply because it is there.
I'm extremely curious about your experiences with your solutions. How
did you guys approach the problem and what were your feelings during the
process? How do you feel about the user interface? Do you feel that it
gave you all the visualization and manipulation tools that you most
need? I don't mean simple stuff like undo/redo, but in the overall
interaction model it provides. What was the hardest part and how might
that be improved. Tell all!
-Melinda
--- In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, Melinda Green
> what were your feelings during the=20
> process? How do you feel about the user interface? Do you feel that=20
>it=20
> gave you all the visualization and manipulation tools that you most=20
> need? I don't mean simple stuff like undo/redo, but in the overall=20
> interaction model it provides. What was the hardest part and how=20
>might=20
> that be improved. Tell all!
--- In 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com, "Roice Nelson"
>Did you find the lack of click-twisting support on the
> 2^5 very burdensome?
If I ever try solving the 3^5, then I won't try using the click-
twisting. For me, it's much easier to turn the faces by using the=20
combo because it tells me how the face will turn (for example the X=20
face is turned on the direction U-Y) which isn't that obvious when you=20
click-turn them.
The cube looks very good and it's not hard to visualise it. But the=20
feature I like most is that you can turn the faces on/off. I wouldn't=20
be able to see anything if all the faces were shown all the time. When=20
I operate the cube, I have at most 4 faces showing, sometimes even one=20
face (which is usually -V). When I solved the cube, I started with the=20
face +X, and when I had that one finished I moved it to +V so that the=20
unsolved face was in -V.
I would like to have the possibility of "magnifying" the whole cube,=20
because when I looked at the stickers on the -V face some of them were=20
really close to each other so they were hard to distinguish. Even if=20
the +V face gets out of the view, it's not a problem because I don't=20
have it showing anyway.
Sebastian