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matthew replied on November 03, 2008 23:41 to the problem "Can I HTML?" in Brightkite:

That's cool but the AJAX comments in the friendstream ARE parsing HTML. If that's not the intended behavior you should probably take a look as it could be a security vulnerability.

A comment on the idea "Can the RSS feeds be improved?" in Brightkite:

Fantastic! Thank you! – matthew, on October 29, 2008 13:26

matthew replied on October 28, 2008 02:24 to the idea "Can the RSS feeds be improved?" in Brightkite:

Thanks Lesley, that's much better. However, the articlehead link still goes to an unstyled XML file like http://brightkite.com/objects/d9b2513... for comments. Could you maybe chop off the "comments/xxxxx" part? The html page at http://brightkite.com/objects/d9b2513... is much more useful. Thanks again!

matthew replied on October 26, 2008 23:01 to the idea "Can the RSS feeds be improved?" in Brightkite:

Has any progress been made on this front? Attached is a screenshot from the iPhone version of my RSS reader and a screenshot of the page that comes up when I click the heading link.

matthew replied on September 30, 2008 19:58 to the problem "iPhone Add Placemark flow incomplete" in Brightkite:

Ah.. the problem is that the placemark names are invalid but the app gives no indication. "Rockville Metro Station" is too long. "r" is too short.

matthew replied on September 30, 2008 19:56 to the question "Any way to update business addresses?" in Brightkite:

Hey Lesley, what if you can't find a result for the correct address?

matthew replied on September 30, 2008 19:54 to the problem "iPhone Add Placemark flow incomplete" in Brightkite:

I've had this problem for more than a month now, but just got around to reporting it. It definitely seems related to the placemark name. If I try to placemark <http://brightkite.com/places/87607678...> as "Rockville Metro Station", it fails. If I name it "r", it fails. If I name it "rr", it succeeds.

matthew started following the problem "iPhone Add Placemark flow incomplete" in Brightkite.

matthew marked one of notsheep's replies in Brightkite as useful. notsheep replied to the question "What's the difference between a placemark name and a label?".

matthew reported a problem in Brightkite on September 30, 2008 19:09:

Can't create placemarks on iPhone web app

I've had trouble creating placemarks using the iPhone web app. I think the problem only occurs when the placemark name is the same as the label.

matthew asked a question in Brightkite on September 25, 2008 19:46:

How to posts notes at moving locations?

Does anybody post notes or photos at moving locations (i.e. the bus, the metro, etc.)? I take the bus everyday and funny stuff happens on it that I like to post, but I'm not sure where to post it. (I've been posting it at the station, but it doesn't seem right.)

matthew asked a question in Brightkite on September 25, 2008 03:07:

What's the difference between a placemark name and a label?

I'm not sure exactly how these two things differ. When should I use a label (123 Fake Street [Home]) vs a placemark name? Do they represent something different? For example, is the label supposed to be something meaningful to everyone and the placemark name relating it to me? Thanks.

matthew reported a problem in Brightkite on September 17, 2008 21:53:

Can I HTML?

When a comment contains HTML, the HTML will be rendered correctly in the friendstream, but not on the post's page. Check it out:

http://brightkite.com/objects/f115fb3...

Is any HTML acceptable? I'd of course prefer that it was allowed but if not, it should at least be consistent.

matthew shared an idea in Brightkite on September 15, 2008 16:14:

Can the RSS feeds be improved?

I use NetNewsWire to monitor my RSS feeds (on my desktop and iPhone). I love the idea of monitoring my brightkite comments with it (as I do with other services), however, the feeds are basically useless. All I see is the comment. Nothing indicating the note that the comment is on, who left the comment, or anything. If I click on the title, instead of taking me to the comment page, I get something like this. In Safari, that XML displays as a jumble of unreadable information. Can this please be improved?

I've attached an image showing one of my note's comments in the reader.

matthew replied on September 04, 2008 03:42 to the problem ""Something is technically wrong" everywhere" in Twitter:

Adding info to the profile solved it for me too. Thanks!

matthew replied on September 03, 2008 02:50 to the problem ""Something is technically wrong" everywhere" in Twitter:

Having this same error with an account I created for my mom. Changing the password doesn't fix it.

matthew replied on August 27, 2008 19:18 to the problem "Notes aren't posting to Twitter." in Brightkite:

I'm having the same problem. Forwarding to twitter seems to work sporadically at best. Is there any way to get the tiny url so I can at least manually post it?

matthew reported a problem in Brightkite on August 25, 2008 14:18:

Where's my work?

Even though the street that I work on isn't yet in google maps, the correct address comes up when I do a search for the company ("HZDG") and I can check in. However, if I repeat the search and look at the place stream, none of my checkins show up up. Is there a way to get around this?

matthew replied on July 20, 2008 02:33 to the question "Hahlo iPhone native app in the works?" in Hahlo:

I love hahlo but Safari's chrome is just too much. Also, if you save a link on your home screen, it will reload the page even if it's open. What if you made an app that just wrapped the browser, had no chrome, and loaded hahlo? That wouldn't take too much time but I would address all the shortcomings of the current setup.

matthew replied on June 23, 2008 15:39 to the question "How do I remove an accidental check-in?" in Brightkite:

Ah, filters! Thanks!