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boxman replied on September 07, 2009 14:00 to the question "Pages that never finish loading" in Realmac Software:

No URLs to-hand, but I will keep a look out and report here if I find any.

boxman asked a question in Realmac Software on August 27, 2009 11:26:

Pages that never finish loading

My preference when using LS is to load the pages using the in-built browser before 'snapping the current web page'. The problem I'm finding is that many pages never seem to finish loading, meaning the 'snap the current web page' button remains disabled. I then resort to using the 'snap address from Firefox' toolbar functionality as a fallback.

Is this a common problem or is it just me?

boxman marked one of Corinna Psomadakis' replies in Thing Labs as useful. Corinna Psomadakis replied to the question "Password anti-pattern during sign-up?".

boxman replied on August 25, 2009 11:07 to the question "Password anti-pattern during sign-up?" in Thing Labs:

I was talking about Plinky. When I signed-up I was asked if I wanted to 'Find Your Friends' and was then prompted for my email address and password (as per this screen shot).

boxman asked a question in Thing Labs on August 24, 2009 12:19:

Password anti-pattern during sign-up?

Is that the password anti-pattern in use during sign-up? That would be a shame.

More about the anti-pattern in question:
* http://adactio.com/journal/1357
* http://designingsocialinterfaces.com/...
* http://microformats.org/wiki/social-n...

boxman replied on August 24, 2009 11:51 to the problem "Creating smart collections that matches one tag does not work." in Realmac Software:

I'm using Version 1.5.1 (10082) and still experiencing this problem.

If I add a secondary rule and then subsequently remove it, it seems to rectify things/

boxman started following the problem "Creating smart collections that matches one tag does not work." in Realmac Software.

boxman replied on August 21, 2009 14:57 to the problem "Signing-in with OpenID loses all entered data?" in Get Satisfaction:

Thanks for the update Eric.

boxman replied on August 12, 2009 09:51 to the problem "Editing 'unprocessed' images" in Realmac Software:

Cheers guys!

boxman reported a problem in Get Satisfaction on August 12, 2009 09:09:

Signing-in with OpenID loses all entered data?

It's nice that people aren't confronted with a login dialogue every time they want to interact with the site. But after filling out an entire new topic page to then be told that logging-in with OpenID will lose all the currently entered data is a bit rubbish. Kinda defeats the point.

Is there anyway of preserving the data but still allowing me to login with my OpenID?

boxman reported a problem in Realmac Software on August 12, 2009 08:57:

Editing 'unprocessed' images

I like my LittelSnapper library to be organised so was really pleased to see the 'Unprocessed' rule added to the latest version. Only problem is, when I add any data (e.g. tags) to anything residing in this section the unprocessed rule immediately kicks in and I can no longer edit.

Logically this makes sense (the unprocessed rule is no longer applicable), but from a UX perspective this makes editing unprocessed images tough. I now have to dig in to my library to find the image to continue.

Any chance of holding off until I've finished editing?

boxman replied on March 19, 2009 09:53 to the problem "Startup volume is filling up to the point that Siverback crashes." in Clearleft:

Hi Matt

Really sorry to hear you're experiencing this problem. At this stage, all I can say is we're aware of this problem and working on it with our developers as a high priority.

Thanks for your patience,
James

boxman replied on March 19, 2009 09:24 to the question "Mobile application testing" in Clearleft:

Sari

Maybe this would help:
http://www.gotomobile.com/archives/di...

Okay, it's pretty lo-fi, but it's a start!

James

boxman replied on March 18, 2009 20:44 to the question "Mobile application testing" in Clearleft:

Hi Sari

Not to my knowledge. Silverback currently only runs on Mac OSX so unless someone was using a desktop emulation of a MobileUI I can't see it being possible.

Clearleft have partnered with one-to-two dedicated mobile developers in the past so I'll throw the question their way to see if they have any recommendations.

James

A comment on the idea "Auto-complete username on @ replies" in Twitter:

Oh gosh, I don't mean auto-complete for *every* username–just those on your contact list. Currently, it's a bit of a faff having to cycle through pages of contacts to find one name. – boxman, on December 12, 2008 19:38

boxman replied on December 12, 2008 16:19 to the idea "Auto-complete username on @ replies" in Twitter:

I use the reply arrow if that user is still visible, but that's not always possible if that person hasn't tweeted for a while (i.e. they're not on my home page any longer).

But, it's a good point. May be this is a bit of an edge case? Overkill perhaps?

boxman shared an idea in Twitter on December 12, 2008 15:32:

Auto-complete username on @ replies

How about a (subtle, unobtrusive) auto-complete function when writing @ replies to people on your contact list? I tend to forget exact spellings of usernames, but more often than not remember the first letter. Yahoo's Pattern Library captures this approach: http://icanhaz.com/autocomplete

Lane Becker's reply to "Stop asking for Twitter passwords" was just promoted to the most useful! boxman and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

I'm with Scott, here. Let's figure something out together. Be reasonable. Be just a tiny bit patient. We're a small and resource-constrained company, and that impacts our ability to stop everything and meet the sudden demands of the more forward-looking and vocal members of the technical community.

We do our *best* to be upstanding members of that community (which was Ted's point, for the record.) We built the Twitter thing long before there was any general consensus among the technical community on the whole anti-pattern line, well before OAuth made this sort of thing much safer, and certainly before we knew about the approach Jeremy suggested above. When we recognize changes in the environment like this one we always make sure to get them on the schedule, but they can't happen overnight.

Let me ask you this: You guys are here, haranguing us, insisting we listen to you, not giving us the benefit of the doubt, and we're some of your strongest supporters on the company side. Any surprise that we've gotten so defensive? And if we're struggling to deal with your chosen approach, how in the world do you expect to convince the rest of the world?

#3 and #5 of the Company-Customer Pact are definitely relevant here. Time and benefit of the doubt. Please and thank you.

boxman marked one of Brian Suda's replies in Get Satisfaction as useful. Brian Suda replied to the idea "Stop asking for Twitter passwords". boxman and 10 other people think it's one of the best replies.

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