Re:My webapp: pik
by kept on Thursday April 29, 2010 @06:23PM
(#1306299)
It would be nice if you had a way to demo it without putting it on the bookmarks bar. Maybe already running on your site, or launchable from the installation button (instead of telling me to install it).
Re:My webapp: pik
by veemjeem on Thursday April 29, 2010 @07:36PM
(#1306527)
I'm using Chromium 4.0.299.0 (36335) on my Mac and I get that popup too.
According to jeresig, author of jQuery, one should not perform browser detection, instead you should use feature detection. Browser agent is not going to give you an accurate picture of what is supported because every browser likes to say they are mozilla/webkit/netscape/etc.
Re:My webapp: pik
by ElbertF on Thursday April 29, 2010 @08:16PM
(#1306643)
Also add Namoroka and Minefield, test versions of Firefox. Instead of whitelisting, can't you run some test code client-side and only prompt when you're sure the browser doesn't support it?
Nice. Making the commands visible without clicking the button (but more subtle/better designed) would be nice, else I'll just forget the button is there. Good stuff. And yes, pik means dick in Belgium too.
Re:My webapp: pik
by philh on Thursday April 29, 2010 @07:39PM
(#1306539)
I just installed it. I don't know how much I will use it, but it's definitely something I would use, if that makes sense. Readability, bugmenot and google cache are all things that I've never bothered to make easy before.
Re:My webapp: pik
by mgj on Thursday April 29, 2010 @06:43PM
(#1306370)
It looks like a competitor. Pik has a UI that's in the browser window rather than a pop-up prompt, which allows you to search for commands. Pik also shows you what commands are popular on a given site/page, which makes it easier to discover commands.
I must admit that I found the heading "Do more on the web with pik." rather amusing.
Detecting the browser instead of the features is often bad practice: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/not_browser_detect.ht...
I'm whitelisting OS/Browser combos, and I haven't added linux yet.
According to jeresig, author of jQuery, one should not perform browser detection, instead you should use feature detection. Browser agent is not going to give you an accurate picture of what is supported because every browser likes to say they are mozilla/webkit/netscape/etc.
Works fine on Chrome 5.0.342.9 beta Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64.