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guitarfrenzi replied on November 06, 2008 08:53 to the question "Embedded mp3 Music Player" in Secondbrain:
It's come good again...maybe the Amazon feed was having trouble:
http://files.secondbrain.com.s3.amazo...-
guitarfrenzi asked a question in Secondbrain on November 06, 2008 02:44:
Embedded mp3 Music PlayerHas the embedded mp3 music player function been disabled?, clicking on an mp3 now initiates a download, where previously the file open in the browser?
I don't think this is related to my browser? -
guitarfrenzi replied on October 29, 2008 04:14 to the idea "No auto-tagging for bookmarks, please. (Or an option to disable)" in Secondbrain:
Yep...asked the same question a couple of months ago.
Essential to have a relevant Tag cloud. I always use my own tags for things I can control...usually only one tag per item that is very top level: Audio, Video, Photo etc...viewers can then get granular from there.
The BIG problem with S|B tags is the inability to change the tags that come in via API's like YouTube....this turns the tag cloud into a cloud of irrelevancy! Exactly the opposite of the concepts intention.
Ideally a 'Tag Control Panel' where we could keep a tight reign on tags and do bulk edits if needed.
To my eyes tagging is the #1 down side to S|B at this point...again quality of service versus quantity of services and features.
Designers are only just starting to wake to the fact that users of services only use a fraction of the features on offer and they want those features to rock.
Referenced from http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/...
"Effective user adoption is the absolute best predictor of enterprise software success.
You can have the best software in the world, with the most sophisticated features, analytics and integration, blah blah blah - but if people don't use it, it isn't going to add value.
I can't tell you how many RFPs and software selection processes I've been involved with in prior lives that focus almost exclusively on tiny little features that few people will ever use. This study shows that focusing so much on features is missing the boat entirely." -
A comment on the problem "Firefox Bookmarklet - Flagging Collections as Private by Default" in Secondbrain:
Thanks Lars...just little things that add up to a lot clicks and can be fixed as user level options.
Chris – guitarfrenzi, on August 28, 2008 10:56 -
guitarfrenzi reported a problem in Secondbrain on August 27, 2008 13:37:
Firefox Bookmarklet - Flagging Collections as Private by DefaultFireFox Bookmarklet saves new Collection as Private when the Private box remains unticked.
Turn off Auto Tagging...it sucks!
When I click on 'Collections', I expect to see the collections displayed LHS. Why does it take another click on an individual Collection to make this happen?
Start engaging your users (like following up on suggestions pronto!) or risk losing them to Self Hosted Lifestreaming ...like Sweetcron. -
guitarfrenzi shared an idea in Secondbrain on August 24, 2008 03:45:
Visual Flow of Collections and Tags(1) I spend a fair bit of effort in a naming scheme for Collections, unfortunately this effort is not reflected when viewing my Home Page....Why? Because the default sort-view for collections is not set to 'Sort Alphabetically" in fact there is not an option at all.To me it looks like visual diarrhea when lists are not sorted according to the alphabet.....surely this should be the default?
(2) Tagging! (a) There needs to be Tag Management at the upper levels that flow down to items at the Library level. I would like (the option) to override Library level items with the Tag(s) set at the Collection level....so much easier to get some relevancy into the cloud
(b) It's all about the Tag Cloud...I have yet to see a nice clean and relevant Tag Cloud on S|B, because I suspect it is too hard to manage the tags. When clicking on a tag cloud item the "Drill down Further' entries are all over the place (not focused and not relevant) and I suspect YouTube is one of the culprits and there are probably other services where the tags are not editable within S|B or indeed on the source service itself....which makes it impossible to hone S|B into a Lean Mean Relevancy Machine ..
(3) Give the option to delete content from any view.
(4) Give me a setting that defines X days before content is auto deleted from 'Your Updates' These entries are just Tag Cloud pollution if they indeed do flow through to the cloud?
Surely...once an entry is put into a Collection, it should be removed from 'Your Updates'? Maybe 'Your Updates' populates the latest entries on S|B Home page ? If so, couldn't that come from Library entries via their time stamps...which would mean they are keeper entries and not just spur of the moment bookmarks.
(5) Let me see the S|B homepage (whilst working on my profile) without needing to Log Out.
Cheers,
Chris -
guitarfrenzi replied on August 23, 2008 02:42 to the idea "Map You Tube Playlists to Secondbrain Collections" in Secondbrain:
Not sure if this has been covered already, but in trying to develop a tagging scheme within S|B, I discovered that YouTube Videos have tags embedded, but are not editable within S|B or indeed YouTube Favorites.
Would it be possible to have the option of stripping out the tags and adding them according to our own schemes? There's just too much Tag noise and YouTube seems to be the main offender.
On this topic, I would prefer to have the option of turning Auto Tagging OFF as default...also helps with the Tag noise.
Have you considered running polls for new feature requests, to see what should be a priority?
Cheers,
Chris -
guitarfrenzi replied on August 20, 2008 09:35 to the discussion "Should S|B deliver Quality or Quantity =>Web Services" in Secondbrain:
Wow...you must have looked at my profile action from last night...I signed up for ping.fm ticked all the boxes and started pinging music. To my horror I realized all my activity had been pushed out to each service.
I looked in friendfeed and realized it was populated from Pownce, so disabled that in Friendfeed...and of course the twits and FF and Pownce etc...came flowing into S|B. So I start digging around S|B looking for an undo x amount of activity facility and discovered it's impossible to delete stuff easily.
So I went back to Twitter and FF and deleted all the rubbish, thinking the changes would propogate down to S|B but alas it was not to be..hence this post.
I think I need a SocialNetworking console that shows all the API plumbing between the services...so i can see if any wires are crossed.
S|B seems to have a good balance between technical and UI ...I was actually surprised that (only) 10,000 users were on board and pleasantly surprised at that..because the content seems good and not full of " I'm feeding the cat "..." I'm now picking my nose...and eating it " probably the Brain part of the S|B name scares them off to FaceBook.
I'm sure you guys want 10 x that number of users, but by keeping the service standards high you'll attract quality content in return.
Oh! and when you start monetizing, please offer at least payPal as a payment gateway. I cant believe Evernote only accept Google Checkout...I want to pay them some money, but not with a gateway that uses a GMail account for ID.
Oh and on Evernote, please incorporate their API when it is available...it's a great App/ Service
Cheers,
Chris -
guitarfrenzi replied on August 20, 2008 08:53 to the idea "Map You Tube Playlists to Secondbrain Collections" in Secondbrain:
"FWA requires Macromedia Flash, version 7 "
Well on their wallpapers like at http://www.thefwa.com/?app=wallpapers... simply scrolling on the wheel (Firefox 3 on WinXP sp3) initiates the loading of another page of slides chronologically....a downward scroll moves the dates earlier..
Maybe Safari has scripts disabled or something...
Easily the best page system navigation system I've seen, a very nicely implemented site overall.
Cheers,
Chris -
guitarfrenzi started a conversation in Secondbrain on August 20, 2008 04:16:
Should S|B deliver Quality or Quantity =>Web ServicesSome of us sign up for every service out there and unfortunately sometimes results in a lot of cross pollination/ duplication into other services. It's then pulled into an aggregator like S|B
It should be enough to delete the unwanted data from the source service and have the deletion take effect in the aggregator like S|B.
S|B is my favorite service at the moment, but the biggest disappointment for me is that it's near impossible to effectively get rid of data i don't want, because of something silly i did elsewhere.
I want S|B to be my persona on the web, but it must fully sync with the services it pulls in and reflect the changes made (in both directions preferably)!
I just hope that S|B does not fall into the trap of Quantity vs Quality of the services it pulls in.
If I want to aggregate every service under the sun, i can go to Profilatic for that.
If I want tight and timely integration with the most useful/ serious services out there, i am hoping S|B will deliver.
Please concentrate on the most solid, useful and well backed services (that will stay around for sometime) and avoid duplication of functionality with services you support.
Chris -
guitarfrenzi shared an idea in Secondbrain on August 18, 2008 08:51:
Map You Tube Playlists to Secondbrain CollectionsCurrently You Tube Favorites (assembled into playlists) are pulled into SB as individual entries, which then need to be assembled into SB collections....a lot of duplicated work.
Can we automatically create a collection from a You Tube Playlist and populate it with the playlisted entries.
Be nice to have some folder icons that relate to the content they refer to..like video or music
Not sure that every collection needs to have an avatar on the RHS of every line.
Once a lot of collections are in place then the 1|2|3.... navigation comes into play...this is one of the most tiring aspects of a UI and not RSI friendly. Something like is implemented on the wallpaper section of this site (using the scroll wheel):
http://www.thefwa.com/?app=wallpapers... -
guitarfrenzi started following the question "Countdown reminders" in I want Sandy.
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guitarfrenzi replied on July 23, 2008 02:46 to the idea "Firefox plug-in for Sandy" in I want Sandy:
Integration with Evernote would be an elegant way to handle screen grabs, bookmarks etc.... I'd rather see integration amongst apps rather than many separate buttons for different apps in Firefox...
