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cherylcolan asked a question in blip.tv on May 28, 2009 03:06:

help configuring default show player

I'm testing the blipit plugin (http://www.bravenewcode.com/blipit/) with my self-hosted WordPress site. I like the ease of posting. My understanding is that blipit should pull in my default show player?

I set my show player to a specific size, 640x360px but the player shows up smaller on my web site even though the video in question is 640x360. Why would that happen?

And, now that I've configured several different show players for different situations, how do I tell which one blip.tv thinks is my default player? I named one "Default Player" but I don't know if it's being used as the default...

Thanks in advance.

cherylcolan replied on August 28, 2008 15:35 to the problem "[Ubiquity] add-to-calendar command problem" in Mozilla:

Ooh, wait - it appears there is simply a time delay. It added the event after all - when I'm on the Google calendar page anyway. Still cannot use my up/down arrows anymore.

cherylcolan replied on August 28, 2008 15:32 to the problem "[Ubiquity] add-to-calendar command problem" in Mozilla:

Also, after adding your command list, I am no longer able to use up/down arrow keys to select commands in Ubiquity

cherylcolan replied on August 28, 2008 15:31 to the problem "[Ubiquity] add-to-calendar command problem" in Mozilla:

Aza, this also did not fix the issue for me. When I try add-to-calendar I get a notification that the event was added, but when I go and look, there is no new event. It fails whether I am browsing a random web page or my Google calendar page. :(

cherylcolan replied on August 27, 2008 19:52 to the problem "[Ubiquity] add-to-calendar command problem" in Mozilla:

I don't even get the popup telling me the event is added. Yes I'm logged into my google account. Yes my calendar is public. But, I have about 8 public calendars - maybe Ubiquity needs a way to be told which calendar to add the event to? I thought it would use my default, but no.

Is there any possibility the problem is related to Flash 9 settings? I keep getting a message about allowing ubiquity to take some action, saying I have to enable in my Flash settings, but when I click to edit the flash settings I get no result & the problem always comes back. Meh.

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cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 13:34 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

Great, I look forward to 1.1 & hope the update actually works this time - I'll let you all know.

cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 13:30 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

It's too bad the App Store is so flaky. I understand things won't be perfect with such a new system.

cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 13:28 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

@Andy, re: seeing version number in iTunes - yes of course, but I was wanting to check what version was on the iPhone. Since I've deleted and redownloaded I can't check what I had before after attempting to update the app within iTunes, sorry. In any case I do now have the correct version on the iPhone. I only had one blog to reconfigure so it was not overly painful.

cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 13:25 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

Well, the app store did show LifeCast as one of my apps that needed updating. Perhaps the fact I had 13 others to update was part of the problem. In any case I've deleted LifeCast and reinstalled, and now I do see the pretty new colors and the wheel thing is gone in favor of a new page.

Now though, there's a new minor problem. When I select my blog type and return to the main configuration screen, the previous information I entered is lost (name of LifeCast and AutoLocate events ON) and I have to re-enter it. D'oh!

cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 13:14 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

Hm, bad news. App Store on my iPhone tells me all my apps are up to date. Do you suppose I need to delete LifeCast entirely and download a fresh copy?

cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 13:13 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

Is there a way on the iPhone itself to see what version of LifeCast is installed? I downloaded the update via iTunes along with some other apps. But the scroll-wheel picker thing is still there on my iPhone after sync. I'll try accessing the app store from my phone instead.

cherylcolan replied on July 31, 2008 12:58 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

@Damien & @Andy, yesterday I used iTunes' check for updates, and it told me there were none for any of my apps. This morning there was an iTunes update that I installed, and suddenly 14 of my installed apps, including LifeCast, had updates. So I'm downloading 1.01. now.

cherylcolan asked a question in Whrrl on July 30, 2008 21:42:

what's up with lists?

I created a list. Now what can I do with it? It's SO not clear what they're for or how to work with 'em. People can be members of lists, so I take it they're not for grouping your favorite places together, for example. So what are lists for? Hmm?

cherylcolan replied on July 30, 2008 20:45 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

Well, meanwhile, Phil's answered my question and no worries. Don't know why I didn't try that solution on my own. Perhaps I did, but during a phone freeze. Anyway, it's quite a minor issue.

Can't wait for the August release - keep up the superb work!

cherylcolan replied on July 30, 2008 20:37 to the idea "styling "Posted with LifeCast" text" in Sleepydog:

FYI I used Postable to quickly make use of angle brackets: http://www.elliotswan.com/postable/

cherylcolan replied on July 30, 2008 20:36 to the idea "styling "Posted with LifeCast" text" in Sleepydog:

I don't know that you have to have user actions allowing us to decide how we want to handle it. I would personally be happy with:

<div class="lifecast">Posted with Lifecast</div>

so that I can add a style for it if I'm using a system that allows me to edit my CSS stylesheet.

I suppose to make that user actionable, there could be a tick box "add CSS class to Lifecast link" or some such.

Otherwise I have no idea how you'd add it except perhaps an advanced configuration area that allowed users to set up their own inline styling - but that way madness lies. ;)

cherylcolan replied on July 30, 2008 18:54 to the question "exit Blog Type selection field when configuring" in Sleepydog:

Phil answered me via Twitter:

Tap away from the requestor and drag up the rest of the panel. They're working on it.

cherylcolan asked a question in Sleepydog on July 30, 2008 18:48:

exit Blog Type selection field when configuring

Right now the only way I can get out of this selection "wheel" is to tap Cancel or Done. Am I missing something?

If I'm not, hopefully you can add a way to accept the choice without exiting the blog configuration screen. Tapping Done saves the selection but means I have to navigate back in to finish configuring. I can find no other way to dismiss the selection wheel so I can get at the configuration fields it's covering up.

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