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core replied on November 06, 2009 23:42 to the problem "Can't turn off birthday notifications off in Skype for Mac OS" in Skype:

Five full month. Five month for adding a button to "turn off birthday notifications"?

core reported a problem in Twitter on August 15, 2009 18:50:

Hash-tags with hyphen are broken

Recently, Twitter started linking hash-tags with a search query that becomes useful in Twitter-search, for finding groups of people interested in the same topic.

Unfortunately, the technical implementation of this function is broken. Hash-tags break the link in the middle, if they have a hyphen in them. Examples are:

#home-schooling
#ad-link
#brand-streams
#people-i-admire

To fix this as a user, you would be forced to write two words as one, which is grammatically incorrect and could be semantically misleading. You haven no other option but using two words, each with an individual hash-tag. And this is where functionality breaks.

Technically, it would be quite easy to fix. Just include a few more signs in the hash-tag function, including the hyphen, which is a natural part of English language. This seems to be a minor issue, but in terms of user experience, it's a rock blocking the way of a function that should be intuitive and seamless to use.

A comment on the problem "Font size increases unintendedly, other typographic issues" in Evernote:

The problem is, Evernote as a server platform works, but the clients have all been programmed differently. They are following different principles and UX patterns.

If Evernote was unifying all font-handling, they should make it *relative font sizes* (em units). It should stay away from points versus vague definitions like "medium" or "large".

One way to do this would be using CSS definitions across the board, in all clients, on all systems. This way the font size relative to the system's settings is applied, so it will look consistenly throughout each system. This won't make it look the same on *all* systems, but it will get rid of the reformatting misery we are all experiencing. – core, on June 17, 2009 07:58

core started following the question "Longer Real Name" in Twitter.

core reported a problem in Twitter on May 10, 2009 12:30:

Names are cut off

If your name is longer than 20 characters, you are out of luck. Twitter will cut off your name. My real name is not overly long; I've seen longer ones, so I assume there must be a lot of people with cut off names in Twitter.

core replied on April 25, 2009 10:42 to the problem "DON'T BUY XTORRENT, OR ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY" in Spectacular Apps:

Deleting the preference file or the application support folder is only a temporary fix. You have to enter your license again, clean out the "incomplete" folder in downloads and soon it will start crashing again.

core reported a problem in Spectacular Apps on April 25, 2009 10:29:

Xtorrent crashes/freezes as soon it started

As soon you start the application, after about one, two seconds, the application freezes completely and shows the spinning ball indefinitely. It's obviously a bug that started in the last couple of days, as I've been using Xtorrent successfully for previous sessions.

It used to crash occasionally or freeze on me, but never before like this. It's behavior now renders it completely unusable. A shame if you consider I paid for functioning software.

core reported a problem in Postbox, Inc. on April 22, 2009 19:39:

Postbox 11 crashes every single time right after it sent off an email.

Postbox 11, running on Mac OS 10.5.6 crashes the moment after it sent an email. It happens so quickly, only restarting the application and looking into the sent-folder confirms that the email has actually been sent.

I sent two crash-logs to Postbox developers to report the problem.

core replied on February 13, 2009 18:21 to the problem "Let me edit the outgoing server manually" in Postbox, Inc.:

It solved the issue, thank you all.

The reason why I didn't find this feature for the longest time was simply because it is not put in context of what you are doing. If you are creating or editing an account, why should the outgoing server be at an entirely different place? That doesn't make sense and it doesn't fit with the flow you're in when editing an account. Especially when you can edit the incoming server at one spot, you wouldn't expect the outgoing server have a particular pane for itself, completely out of context of each individual account...

I think here is room for improvement on the usability side.

core replied on February 13, 2009 06:53 to the problem "Let me edit the outgoing server manually" in Postbox, Inc.:

Maybe I just don't see it -- but sorry, but there is no such option as "add or modify" under Tools/Account Settings/Outgoing Servers/. There is only an option to choose among the given SMTP-Servers (see screenshot).

I'm using Postbox on Mac OS 10.5.6.

core reported a problem in Postbox, Inc. on February 12, 2009 23:39:

Let me edit the outgoing server manually

Outgoing server is predefined and can not be edited manually. Postbox provides a choice among the default fields (Gmail, Yahoo Plus and MobileMe in my case), but it doesn't let me enter the name of the server manually. I tried to create new accounts using both, IMAP and POP, but in both cases I was not able to enter an outgoing server.

We are a company with over 250 employees, and all our email is running on Gmail, over a custom domain. It is crucial for us to select a different outgoing server than smtp.gmail.com, because with this domain, it will not work with our own domain (the server rejects SMTP domains different than the one of our company).

core shared an idea in Postbox, Inc. on February 12, 2009 08:54:

Allow changing the line-height in composition mode

Since Postbox allows email composing using HTML, and it lets one choose the font size, it would be great if it also allows editing the line-height (distance between lines of text). The value could be set in em units (relative line-height) using standard CSS 2.

core reported a problem in Skype on February 11, 2009 07:53:

Can't turn off birthday notifications off in Skype for Mac OS

Skype for Mac OS (every version) does not let you turn off birthday notifications. The Windows-version has a function to turn this off.

core reported a problem in Toggl on January 27, 2009 10:54:

Toggle Widget (Air application) quits right after start

System: Mac OS Leopard (10.5.6). Installation of Toggle Desktop Widget (Air), quits right after it was started. Tried fresh installation (uninstalled it first), but no change. The application simply does not run and quits with "has unexpectedly quit"-message.

core replied on January 19, 2009 10:21 to the problem "Adding sounds in Skype for Mac OS lets the application crash" in Skype:

I downloaded and installed the Skype 2.8 Beta, but it didn't solve the problem. Adding sounds as a replacement for standard sounds still crashes the application. I made a quick screencast demonstrating the issue:
http://www.screencast.com/users/coreb...

core replied on January 19, 2009 10:09 to the problem "Adobe Air module (Widget) crashes right upon start" in Toggl:

It's Mac OS 10.5.6, and the installer downloaded the current version of Adobe Air before it installed the application.

core reported a problem in Toggl on January 18, 2009 11:34:

Adobe Air module (Widget) crashes right upon start

Adobe Air module (Widget) crashes right upon start, and when it runs, it shows nothing but an empty window.

core reported a problem in Skype on January 16, 2009 10:00:

Adding sounds in Skype for Mac OS lets the application crash

In Skype Version 2.7.0.330 for Mac OS: Try adding replacement sounds for the events and use them. The application will crash as soon you set the sound.

core asked a question in SWAT on January 15, 2009 09:44:

Facebook, Flickr authorizations fail

Going through the Flickr-authorization process throws a blank (empty) page. Adding the Facebook-code produces an authorization error, even if I'm logged in correctly in Facebook.

core asked a question in Twitter on October 05, 2008 20:56:

How do I report an abusive profile?

More and more profiles are created on Twitter, often they are nothing else but a jumpboard for marketing, to seduce people to click on links. I was recently added to someone's profile, which was in fact just a sex webcam site.