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Via replied on September 02, 2009 06:27 to the question "How do you change the font size in Tweetdeck ??" in TweetDeck:

Maybe I missed it -- is there a technical reason with Adobe Air that keeps TweetDeck from implementing this?

We're going blind here, could someone from TweetDeck throw us a bone?

btw, thanks for an otherwise fantastic (and free) tool.

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A comment on the question "Possible to manually enter transactions(cash purchases)?" in Mint.com:

Thanks for replying. I'm glad to hear you folks at Mint are progressing on an elegant, workable solution to this complex challenge. – Via, on June 05, 2009 06:56

Via replied on May 28, 2009 18:47 to the question "Possible to manually enter transactions(cash purchases)?" in Mint.com:

Agreed, Michael. Am hoping they are working on a manual registry. The ATM splitting scheme takes up way too many mental resources.

I have been using "Xpenser" for cash transactions, and then combining with Mint to make a real budget on a spreadsheet. Perhaps soon Mint will do all these things?

Via replied on May 02, 2009 03:38 to the idea "Don't open a new grooveshark tab when clicking on a link" in Twisten.FM:

Yeah, gotta add it to the Grooveshark queue. As I peruse Twisten results and clink on the urls, it's a pain to have to wait and then pause the new song, then go back and start it when the current song has finished, ya know?

Love what you're doing, and I know you're working on this. Any hope for it happening soon? ty

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Via replied on May 02, 2009 03:33 to the idea "Queue songs into a playlist" in Twisten.FM:

Just discovered Twisten. Love it, but can't use it unless I can queue it.

How's this feature coming along?

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A comment on the update "Please submit all support requests through http://www.weebly.com/support" in Weebly:

@phoenix, I looked at WordPress and Yola and a couple of others for my needs, and I settled on Weebly. I'll probably pay for the domain name change, as I hate the sound of that word "Weebly". The Urban Dictionary has it defined it as "a skinny white kid" -- guess that messes with my body image. Maybe it's a marketing strategy by the developers to get people to fork over the domain change fees ;).

It does seem pretty nice & simple, with some frustrating little limitations, but it is very fast. I also found vFlyer, which allows you to make a nicely formatted ad for Craigslist and other classified sites, and spent an hour making a free house listing.

Compared to the amount of money I'll be putting out for this and that in readying my house, the costs of Weebly are truly nickle 'n dime stuff. I need to do every little thing I can to get eyeballs on my ads, and feet in my house, esp. in this disaster of a market I'm in now. I sure hope I do a great job marketing so I can avoid those Vultures -- I mean, Realtors(TM). But they have such a cartel that odds are I will likely be forced to pay the 7% commission. 90% of FSBO attempts do.

Anyway, I ramble on. It's definitely kind of fun to put together a site. If I had to use HTML and CSS, I'd go cross-eyed and shoot myself. Weebly offers a great service. They ought make to responding to customers among their highest priorities, though, because that's how they'll succeed.

thanks for sharing your experience :) – Via, on April 07, 2009 20:33

Via replied on April 06, 2009 22:24 to the update "Please submit all support requests through http://www.weebly.com/support" in Weebly:

I love Get Satisfaction, and it should be no threat to Weebly.

I'm going to sell my house without a realtor (FSBO), and I want to make a simple website. Comparing the tone and quality of responses from alternative vendors at GS is incredibly helpful.

I like the Weebly tool, and the pricing (half that of SynthaSites, but the response from Weebly and the customer feedback after the "unscheduled maintenance" recorded here has given me more information.

Not sure which way I'm going to go at the moment...

I agree with all the comments above. GS is not so always an alternative as a very, very useful addition to companies' customer forums. If a company is proud of their product, I can't see the downside for them. And honestly, it really doesn't take much time at all for a company to maintain a presence at Get Satisfaction.

Via gave praise in Xpenser on April 02, 2009 02:50:

Xpenser + Mint.com ... anyone else using these together?

Just started using Xpenser. It is flawless and easy to use.

It's a great supplement to Mint.com for cash/manual expenses, which Mint's incomplete budget tool does not support as yet.

Anyone else use this combo?

Via replied on March 24, 2009 02:13 to the question "Possible to manually enter transactions(cash purchases)?" in Mint.com:

Jack, you must know that's horseshit. So I'm wondering why you'd write it.

I subscribe to about 15 feeds from blogs of apps I use, from Get Satisfaction to Evernote to RescueTime to Library Thing, etc.

Mint is at one extreme of not talking to its customers directly about planned or hoped-for features. Mint's blog posts have nothing to do with the app, and Mint employees do not really engage in its own forums about development.

They could find a way to give a heads up on what is, might, and will not happen without too much effort. Others do.

Mint.com looks and feels better than it's competition, but I and others want to know if cash/manual transactions, and pending/future transactions will be supported in the near/middle/far future, according to their current development gameplan.

A yes/no/probability would suffice. It's not like we are asking for proprietary information.

At any rate, a direct response would be very good of Mint. Keeping their customers as appraised (within reasonable limits, of course) of their (changeable) vision for the features would communicate to their customers that they were taking them seriously. It's basic.

I'd like to keep using Mint, but in the long run it is essentially useless to me as far as a genuine budget tool without those two features. How can I make a real budget without them?

The lack of these essential features is a deal-breaker as is, and so I'd like the very reasonable courtesy of a reply for a possible long-term customer who really wants to know if he's wasting his time.

Via replied on March 23, 2009 03:59 to the question "Possible to manually enter transactions(cash purchases)?" in Mint.com:

Yeah it is a bummer indeed that Mint.com doesn't offer manual transactions. I sometimes use cash, so without the ability to record it in a budget, the tool becomes use becomes pretty diminished. Otherwise, Mint.com is getting better and better.

More here: http://www.ryanwaggoner.com/2008/09/u...

Add you comment to a Mint.com's forum post here.

I'd really like a reply from Mint as to whether and when they are planning to implement this--just so I can stay with it, or ditch them for some other more clunky but more useful tool. They obviously read these comments, so I can't see why they would not respond to a very reasonable question.

A comment on the problem "Expandable comments are terrible" in Gawker Media Tech:

No reply from Adam, or anyone at Gawker, after 2 messages to him. – Via, on March 04, 2009 09:01

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