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hubski · 2666 days ago · link · · parent · post: /tmi seems to be broken

Thanks jadedog. 2017 is going to be a good year for Hubski. :)

hubski · 3254 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Homepage

Oh good. I was worried for a moment there.

hubski · 3254 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Homepage

Wait, how are you getting through the paywalls?!

hubski · 3254 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Homepage

I just realized that we can make global chatter a homepage option. Ill do that.

hubski · 3254 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Homepage

I just realized my typo. :) Fixed that.

Too updates!

hubski · 3396 days ago · link · · parent · post: The State of Hubski: 2014

Fixed. You saw it before you were supposed to.

The new version features live fucking markup.

Thanks, kb.

hubski · 3648 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ignore, mute, and hush: how they work, and how you expect them to work

Huh. I have never used 1password. I'll look into it.

I forgot the shout-out part of the vampire invite: kleinbl00.

Sorry, this comment is private.

hubski · 4103 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski PSA: Working out some 'bugski's

And we are back.

hubski · 4722 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Mixing up the UI.

UPDATE: To address this, I've added a close button in the upper-right of the hover-display.

I have only my iPhone on me to test it, but it seemed to work well. If you have an iPad at your disposal, please let me know how this works for you.

Thanks again for catching this.

hubski · 4722 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Mixing up the UI.

Thanks. I too found this issue this morning, bhousel. However, on the laptop/desktop, I do like the ease of closing the display on a mouseover. I'll work on a tablet/phone solution.

hubski · 4727 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Updates: Mixing it up.

UPDATE: I've had enough feedback to the effect that the comments on the right of the mainpage are not ideal. Most importantly, my wife really dislikes them. :) In addition, there has been some criticism and confusion regarding the hovertext placement and content. I am currently working on a new design that will address both of these issues.

Expect a UI update in the next few days.

hubski · 4734 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: Hubbing.

A small hub-bug has been found. When you click 'next page' in a hub or hubfeed, it breaks. I've found the problem, but the solution takes a bit of diligent code editing. :) It should work properly by tomorrow. -Thanks.

UPDATE: I've implemented a fix. The 'next page's of the Hub and Hubfeed are slightly abbbreviated. Over time, I will be doing some more work here that will alter the format of these extended pages.

hubski · 4750 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Updates: Saving and scores.

Email sent.

hubski · 4750 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Updates: Mixing it up.

I've just given a border to the hovertext, to clear the background text away a bit. It looks a bit less messy to me.

hubski · 4750 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bitcoin: a distributed digital currency that does not rely on a central issuer.

I was just made aware of this bitcoin-based tip service, which is similar to flattr.com. http://www.youtipit.org It seems too confusing, however.

I am tempted to try it on Hubski in the future, perhaps instead of flattr. We have address, http://hubski.com/bitcoin but I am going to sit on it for some time.

hubski · 4759 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Updates: Mixing it up.

That's a good point. I think I'll experiment with making the hover box a bit more opaque, and to give it a border that might make it look less messy.

BTW, on your profile page, you can toggle the hovertext off if you like.

Thanks!

hubski · 4760 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Updates: Mixing it up.

Ok. I made a small change just now. Just let me know if anyone else has anything that looks wonky. I haven't brought myself to look at it in IE. ;)

hubski · 4760 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Updates: Mixing it up.

Hm. Is there any chance you can send me a screenshot? Either email or by posting it to http://imgur.com? Also, what is your screen resolution/ratio?

I've tested on Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 11.0.696.34 beta, and my iPhone. I think it has to do with the widths I am setting for the columns. Arc's HTML interface is not too fancy, so it's easy to make a mistake.

Thanks!

EDIT: I think I see the problem. Is the comment column longer than the link column in your view?

EDIT2: I made a small change. Let me know if it helped.

hubski · 4769 days ago · link · · parent · post: Music should be free

Have no worries about this type of self-promotion. As long as it can be maintained, I'd like Hubski to be a place where people can share not only their ideas, but the fruits of them. It doesn't seem right that we should feel free to share opinions and ideas, but once we create something, feel reluctant to share it.

I'm going to think on this some, but I feel the Hubski policy should be: "If you created it, you can share it." After some reflection, I will state something to that effect on our about page. Maybe we could suggest a special tag for personal works. I think previous contributions to Hubski could be a consideration too.

If anyone has any thoughts on how we might best do this, please share.

'Grow Up' is a very nice song, BTW.

hubski · 4787 days ago · link · · parent · post: Zombie Ants!

Congratulations on the first post with zombies as the tag.

hubski · 4809 days ago · link · · parent · post: Any mothers son will do. What you need to make a soldier.

I am in China, and I can't open this link. It seems that all of youtube is blocked here. Vimeo seems available, however.

hubski · 4818 days ago · link · · parent · post: Some Hubski updates.

I agree that the grey-out text is a bit odd, also the redirect. I'll look into it.

hubski · 4831 days ago · link · · parent · post: Amazing site, Gapminder: 200 years that changed the world

I am going to spend some time here. There was a recent related post: http://hubski.com/item?id=177 Hans Rosling's Joy of Stats documentary. I think the New York Times has been one of the more aggressive news organizations when it comes to utilizing interactive statistical displays. ProPublica.org as well. I recommend looking at: http://www.propublica.org/tools/.

FYI: Expanded your title a bit to give some context.

hubski · 4831 days ago · link · · parent · post: This is News

Absolutely spot on.

That's why we need Hubski.

hubski · 4842 days ago · link · · parent · post: Welcome to Hubski.

Well done! Now how can I grow my own morels? :)

hubski · 4842 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why you should never use two spaces after a period.

Space is precious.