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Rarst replied on December 21, 2008 16:42 to the problem "PLEASE READ: Google OpenID issues" in twitterfeed:

Seems to be my case, I've sent mail week ago but got no answer. Should I resend it?

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Rarst replied on December 06, 2008 16:08 to the update "Customizing the Widget via a Custom CSS" in Skribit:

Well, it's still in beta... So they'll (including myself) have to live with that change. :) Using divs to style list is bad.

Rarst shared an idea in Skribit on October 27, 2008 22:32:

Link to person that made suggestion in widget

Getting links is one of things that drive bloggers for action. :) That's why top commentators widgets and such are very popular.

So
1. Optional link to person that made suggestion in widget (if not anonymous obviously).
2. Optional nofollow atribute on that link for people that prefer external links that way.

PS idea for future, only consider implementing after spam control :)

One more thing - could also use number of comments on suggestion similar to usual blog widgets. Like

suggestion(2)

I got short anonymous suggestion I don't really understand today... Now it's hard to make author know that I asked for details in comments.

Rarst replied on October 26, 2008 18:26 to the update "Customizing the Widget via a Custom CSS" in Skribit:

I see my first portion of feedback I mailed already fixed. :) So I was thinking more about markup stuff (it looks bit messy :) ).

Why not output suggestion as list isntead of divs? I think WordPress themes already have styling for list items inside of widgets so that will make suggestion look like rest of stuff in sidebar without having to repeat same CSS.

Rarst replied on September 28, 2008 16:22 to the idea "Sharing suggestions between similar blogs" in Skribit:

Maybe make combined widget? Like I choose in widget settings groups I belong to and person making suggestion by widget chooses where to make it - to my personal page (default) or to one of the groups.

Rarst replied on September 27, 2008 18:26 to the idea "Sharing suggestions between similar blogs" in Skribit:

Created portable software group for a test.

Sending invites to join group erases group description if it wasn't saved previously. I typed description, then emails, hit send and description poofed.

Field for group decription is bit short (you can type more but it gets cropped).

Are groups getting separate widgets? Or page version only?

Rarst replied on August 23, 2008 17:51 to the idea "More flexibility on widget formatting/WordPress plugin?" in Skribit:

I second that. PHP plugin for wordress would be great. I can live with widget design but not weight (posted on it previously).

...developers reply they are working on next version and we are going back into lurking. :)

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Rarst replied on August 21, 2008 17:04 to the idea "FeedFlare unit" in Skribit:

Well... Digg can get away with "5 Diggs" but Skribit probably can't at moment... :)

Since there i is possible to code separate strings for active/inactive (like no comments/N comments) my proposal is:

Suggest via Skribit / N active suggestions

Maybe simply "N suggestions" if really trying to keep it short. And there is really no place to stick completed suggestions... That's stat more fitting for widget or badge it seems.

Rarst replied on August 20, 2008 04:15 to the idea "FeedFlare unit" in Skribit:

Cool. :) Is number of pending/completed suggestions for it coming as well?

Rarst replied on August 18, 2008 17:40 to the idea "Sharing suggestions between similar blogs" in Skribit:

Good. :) It seems I should really nap it till next version. As it is now Skribit feels a lot like very nice hammer without nails to hit.

Maybe you could post some roadmap? And slap "really beta" on your logo. *evil grin* No offence, me bothering with feedback and ideas shows how much I really like core idea. :)

Rarst shared an idea in Skribit on August 18, 2008 17:18:

Sharing suggestions between similar blogs

Since my experience with making readers suggest... well sucks. I was lazily thinking how to boost up number of suggestions.

1. Let owners tag their blog with topics.
2. Let owners receive suggestions made in blogs on same topics (optional).

For example I tag my blog as "freeware" and "portable" in settings. If someone makes suggestion to some other blog marked as "freeware" or "portable" I get that suggestion as well. Probably with visible note where it was suggested.

Bloggers are happy because they get lots of suggestions and lots of opportunities to link and connect with other bloggers.
Readers are happy because they get multiply articles and answers to their suggestions.

Extension of idea - let readers suggest to topic instead of specific blog. Readers asks "I need software for..." and all blogs with "software" tag get that suggestion.

Rarst shared an idea in Skribit on August 09, 2008 13:03:

FeedFlare unit

FeedBurner service for RSS feeds has FeedFlare function
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/publis...
that can be used to add bunch of stuff to bottom of RSS items - like number of comments on that post, number of diggs, etc.

Would be nice to get Skribit unit with link to your Skribit page and number of suggestions on it (would be cool to choose between active, completed or both).

I think I can do static one for my blog myself but getting it to show number of suggestions is trickier. As far as I understand Skribit has no public api for such?

Rarst replied on August 01, 2008 14:09 to the question "JS in widget bit too heavy?" in Skribit:

I am using YSlow from Yahoo http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

Attaching graph I got for skribit widget (without my blog page, only widget itself in empty file).

Rarst asked a question in Skribit on July 31, 2008 16:20:

JS in widget bit too heavy?

I tried widget in my blog today and weight graph shows that it adds around 300+Kb of java script. I try to keep blog light and that's almost three times rest of my index page including images and rest of scripts.

I understand that widget packs some fancy features, but does it really has to be that heavy?

PS as far as I understood alternative to widget is using RSS feed+link but that sends visitors away from page to make a suggestion.