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  • problem

    mbac replied on November 11, 2009 23:48 to the problem "Cached vs. re-downloaded images" in Connected Flow:

    mbac
    I see.

    WHOOPS: super edit. Only now do I realize you can specify how many results to download at a time. Sorry!

    Anyway, I sure hope there’s some way to cache Flickr images. Don’t browsers cache anything as you click through their pages?

    I would say that 15 minutes would be a reasonably-aggressive expiration time for cache. Much more so if you encrypted the cache somehow. I’m sure it’s possible to convert images to a proprietary or encrypted format on the fly.

    It doesn’t need to be a l337-h4xx0r-proof encryption algothm, but just something that would make it inconvenient enough to discourage users from keeping the cached images to themselves!

    By the way, I never understood those who upload large-format pictures only to prevent them from being downloaded. Ever heard about screenshots, people? Paparazzi is very good at getting those pics just fine...
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  • problem

    mbac reported a problem in Connected Flow on November 11, 2009 15:21:

    mbac
    Cached vs. re-downloaded images
    It looks to me as though Viewfinder doesn’t use a cached version for already-downloaded images.

    When I press “Load More,” all images disappear and then re-appear in random order. Judging by the time it takes to have them all back, it looks like Viewfinder re-downloads older images, too.

    Please, make it so the application uses cached versions, if available, when pressing Load More. You’ll save us a lot of time.
  • idea

    mbac replied on September 16, 2009 19:08 to the idea "Make it easier to install userscripts by URL" in Fluid:

    mbac
    On my system, such sheet appears in front of a Safari window.

    When I click to agree to the installation, an empty userscript “shell” appears in the SSB’s userscript manager, with the script’s name; the description reads: “What does this do?”

    I’m sure I’m doing it wrong, but the thing sure ain’t so easy.
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  • idea

    mbac shared an idea in atebits on July 31, 2009 22:21:

    mbac
    More useful location fields in Twitter profile
    Hi,

    As it is, Tweetie updates one’s location field in the following format:

    iPhone: 44.798950,10.331327

    Those coordinates are useless for people browsing Twitter.com (no direct map link, yet!), and few Twitter clients offer a map link, anyway. I’m not sure what the coordinates are there for, but maybe it’s that string that’s being used for geolocation of tweets, as in the “Nearby” filters (Twitter might also store that info in invisible fields...)

    My idea is: couldn’t Tweetie substitute the “iPhone: ” bit in the location field with more meaningful information?

    For example, it might run a “reverse geocode” query on GeoNames.org (CC BY license) and obtain the actual toponym for those coordinates, i.e.:

    Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy — 44.798950,10.331327

    That way, users would have meaningful info about one’s location and coordinates would still be there. As far as I know, Twitter removed the 30-char limitation for the location field, so this could be feasible now.

    I’m tagging this for the Mac client, as well, since geolocation should be supported in Snow Leopard!

  • mbac started following the problem "I am tired of AIM telling me I am logged in from 2 places" in AOL.

  • idea

    mbac replied on August 25, 2008 20:10 to the idea "Close Twhirl to System Tray" in Seesmic:

    mbac
    I totally agree. The X button should close the window, not the app. What else are notifications there for?
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  • mbac started following the idea "Close Twhirl to System Tray" in Seesmic.