Give Pings Text Field more options for posting to blogs

No! You are in my head! :0)

Well, thats just great then. Im such a Ping nut that I feel it is one of the most useful applications I have used, that retains simplicity and functionality.

Still DEMAND the Adobe Air Application and/or Mac Dashboard widget. Any thoughts on this, any hints at if this is something that is or will likely to be worked on?

You know these is still one area that I feel has not been looked into. It's all very well having this additional applications like Air, or floating widgets, but you still need to break the flow to enter information. Widgets are not that useful to me, they are hidden and often forgotten. Air apps are great, but still they take up a lot of space, via for attention in your precious screan real estate, and unless you have two honking LCD's side by side, the distraction and break from working smoothly is quite high.

I am going somewhere with this...

Is there anyway to incorporate a 'text input' field in the Top Menu Bar of the Apple Mac, where the Time and Date is etc? Creating some sort of System Preference Pain, that is integrated into the Menu bar, so when you move your mouse to it some type of text field pops up, with maybe some check boxes for services and wham bang.

Very much similar to how the SpotLight Text field pops up. Simplicity.

No need to click out of any windows, try to find your hidden Air App or search for the semi permanent browser window you have open for Ping usually.

I am sure this could also be done for the PC in one of its many guises.

I think the person that come up with a text input field that does away with ANY extra windows or visible floating applications is just onto a winner.

If you follow the chat between Twhirl and AlertTthing, there is already much debate about the whole user interaction, too much noise, too many float windows, too much distractions. A menu bar option that does not remove you from the flow of work would be simply way cool in to many ways for me to list.

Any technical reasons why this may not be possible?

Try not to let this mania for additional sep web based applications remove the need for often simplistic and almost user invisible interaction.

For me personally, this would of far greater use than another Air application. Not saying I would not welcome it, after all, I have been banging on about it for ages. But this is a new idea for me, this whole integrate into the Mac OS and is one that is just way too often overlooked. Even by companies like MSN, iChat etc. Too many damn floating applications. Lets have some real integrated applications that ACTUALLY prove to help the user, rather than hinder.

Hi Sean
Thanks for the feedback, is nice to know it is listened too. Makes a big difference to the whole perception thing.

I do try to keep my 'suggestions' fairly useable, without wanting it all... things that will actually improve the experience without adding 'bloat' often a very fine line.

And I can understand that as a developer you may be hesitant to incorporate ideas just because the 'masses' say so because you know it will have a detrimental effect. Yet if the 'people' don't get what they want, regardless of its it's actually really a 'good' thing, then you stand to lose out. If you don't someone else surely will.

I fear this is what's happening with this whole Thwirl and ALertythingy... time will tell.

I would be delighted to 'test' and 'break' things for you. I'm quite good at that. I do use Ping alot so it would be nice to be in the line for any news pre release updates etc.

I tend to sign up to most services that there are, even if I don't use them as a main tool, i still think having your profile and presence wherever you can is only useful for creating brand awareness. So when Ping came out it was such a wonderful solution to a very time consuming issue. Often most of hese new services would be used for a day or so, profile set up then forgotten about. Now with the more services you add, I am able to at least keep them updated on a daily basis. And I am seeing benefits of this, as I am getting contacts 9workd related) from profiles on social sites I don't actively visit. So there! :0)

So that was a long winded way of saying that I can test out the connections to most services you implement without it being a bit one sided.

The BlogIt application is suffering from some issues with Wordpress I have noticed, like it doesn't work at all. And that's with both the .com and .org versions.

Anywho, please do let me know if you need any feedback for new features etc.

BUt so far, touch wood, I have not had ANY problems with Ping with any of the services since I have been using it. The whole Blogger thing was more my issue and the whole way they had actually changed the logging in process.

Graham

PS: Im not generally an ass licker, but im finding myself to be quite good at it. It's called sincere ass licking, very different from the more common insincere ass licking.

Tagging would be a great addition.