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Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by sbisker on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:19AM (#7844380)
I don't get it - why does the page keep calling me Bob?
Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by NAFV_P on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:28AM (#7844395)
That made me a bit paranoid at first, since my name is Robert.
Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by jamesshen on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:36AM (#7844415)
Sorry man. Maybe I should fix this later, Bob.

(Ok Robert I will fix this I promise)

Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by pokoleo on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:48AM (#7844447)
There are a few issues with your signup that stopped me from signing up:

- Signup with Facebook is broken (invalid url?) - Private is spelled "privite" (incorrect) - Submitting a signup form missing one input causes it to clear out. - There is no clear indication that fields are mandatory. I guessed that you didn't need my school/job, but it looks like it was necessary. - Why do you need my school/job? - Dropdown boxes cannot be tabbed-between (tab button doesn't work) - When I move my mouse inputs move too.

Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by jamesshen on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @04:16AM (#7844535)
Sorry we will fix the Facebook login, typo ASAP.

User background help us curate all the submissions more effectively.

Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by jamesshen on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @04:17AM (#7844543)
All user information will be kept private, and used internally for submission curation only.
Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by NAFV_P on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @07:00AM (#7844901)
You don't have to do that, I read your other comment about 'Bob' being a common placeholder. Therefore I decided to gooooooooooooooooooooooooogle it [0].

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob

Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by jamesshen on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:28AM (#7844394)
Cuz our company is called "MobiusBobs" Bob is the most commonly used placeholder name in CS...
Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by curiouscats on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @03:47AM (#7844441)
It would help if you have a short synopsis of what this is - for example if I want to share with others (like an about page). And if I could copy the text, it seems it is coded in a way that text isn't copyable which is lame (in my opinion).

These mistakes are not uncommon. I often get the feeling in those cases that such pedestrian concerns are beneath the coolness of what we are doing. That is the impression I get (even if it is wrong). It feels to me like the Flash enthusiasts 10+ years ago, for example, making lots of restaurant sites that were highly unusable but looked pretty.

I think, making it very easy for people to share info about worthwhile efforts is a good idea.

I do really hope you all can make this a success. It seems to me to be a potentially very worthwhile effort.

Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by na85 on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @04:20AM (#7844555)
>It feels to me like the Flash enthusiasts 10+ years ago, for example, making lots of restaurant sites that were highly unusable but looked pretty

IMO we've come full circle back to this "form over function" with every site requiring multiple js libraries.

Whatever happened to good ol' static html with some CSS?

Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat... by jamesshen on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @04:10AM (#7844520)
Thanks for the encouragement and feedback, we will try to update our site to make it more easily sharable.