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Re:Show HN: Single Page Websites using Webbify on Saturday November 09, 2013 @02:39PM (#6702823)
I'm guessing New Relic's website was not built using your tool. Posting a screenshot of their website on your marketing site implies that your tool was used to build it. A bit misleading in my opinion.
Re:iOS 7 Wireframe Kit on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:11PM (#6227019)
I switched to Illustrator and found I liked it better. But, I added an Omnigraffle version altho it's not perfect.
Re:iOS 7 Wireframe Kit on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:07PM (#6226997)
I'll debug it and preview again in Firefox. I built it fast and didn't properly test it before moving on to other work. When I do "real" work I do test in Firefox on all platforms.
Re:iOS 7 Wireframe Kit on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:06PM (#6226989)
Re:iOS 7 Wireframe Kit on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:03PM (#6226982)
Thanks for the idea. I added a preview image.
Re:Highly customizable checkboxes and radio buttons on Sunday July 28, 2013 @10:17AM (#6116748)
The UI designer in me loves these. The UX designer in me says that replacing native UI elements is bad practice. Am I wrong?
Re:GPGMail 2 is finally here on Saturday July 27, 2013 @01:27PM (#6113655)
How does this work? I assume all encrypted emails require both parties use the software, right? So, all my friends, associates, coworkers have to have GPGMail to read my encrypted emails?
Re:Smooth Scroll to Top Using CSS3 Animations on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @11:06AM (#5177047)
I'm curious if this works well across modern browsers (IE9+, Chrome, Safari, Firefox)?
Re:CSS arrow please on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @12:06PM (#3949174)
Browser support? Any idea if this works in IE7/8?
Re:New cloud-based CMS from Salesforce - Site.com on Sunday April 15, 2012 @12:35AM (#3842776)
Am I missing something? What is in this CMS that is worth $1,500/month? Or is it just they can charge that because of who they are and who they're targeting (enterprise)?

I tested out the app and found it more complicated and not much more powerful than existing free or cheap CMSes.

Re:Awesome jQuery File Upload on Saturday April 14, 2012 @09:14AM (#3840765)
Anyone know what browsers this works in? Does it degrade gracefully in older browsers?
Re:Hotel Wifi JavaScript Injection on Thursday April 05, 2012 @09:11PM (#3805491)
Is it legal to manipulate web traffic like this? I would assume some companies who depend on ads (eg, NYTimes.com) would object, perhaps with a lawsuit, to ISPs or other imitation ISPs (ie, Hotels) to removing original NYTimes ads and replacing it with their own.
Re:Inside Aaron’s Apartment: A Most Amazing Bedroom on Wednesday April 04, 2012 @07:26PM (#3800434)
Best ad for not hosting with inmotionhosting.com I've ever seen.
Re:Ask HN: Help test our new signup process on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @10:39PM (#3795951)
Love the design. Clean, interesting and informing. One thing I would suggest is add a screenshot of the product somewhere. I find that seeing the product helps really draw me in and want to sign up.
Can you link to anyone besides GoDaddy? I'm sure you've noticed the many reasons around the tubes lately on why not to use them.
Re:A few high end cloud server IO performance comparisons on Saturday March 17, 2012 @11:22PM (#3719002)
Interesting from an IO point of view. It would be nice to have a clearer tie-in with CPU and other benchmarks for these providers. Does anyone have any experience with Storm on Demand to share? Their prices for SSD-based servers look enticing.
Also possible with Postmarkapp's Inbound hook, and they support image attachments. They even provide PHP, Ruby, Python libraries for saving attachments.
Re:Linode Manager Security Incident on Friday March 02, 2012 @02:34AM (#3655768)
I hope so. They said they will be "reviewing our policies and procedures to prevent this from ever recurring."

That doesn't imply they will be posting a public update. As a Linode customer, I would like to know details of how this breach occurred and what actions will be taken to prevent it in the future.

Re:PHP 5.4.0 released on Thursday March 01, 2012 @09:27PM (#3655084)
Are these numbers based on most previous versions of PHP? I'm on 5.3.10, do you think if I upgraded I would see similar improvements?
Re:How We Designed ShopLocket: A Step by Step Guide on Monday February 27, 2012 @09:23PM (#3641569)
Your site's design is pretty awesome. I think the playful copywriting works really well.

I also really like the idea. Did Marie-Eve Belanger also design your site/app? If not, who was responsible for that -- from the demo video and your public website it rocks.

Two typos I found: 1) typo in your blog post for the link to the PDF storyboard 2) typo in your about page (Katherine's bio) " as an independent a digital media consultant" (remove the "a")

I agree, pick something you want to learn. I took about 6 months off. The first 2 I relaxed and didn't do much. Then, I bought a nice DSLR and got into photography. I would spend my days reading photography books, blogs, etc and my nights going out taking night photos of New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakeperdue/sets/72157625542951...)

It was awesome to be able to have time to dive into a hobby and really soak it all in. I developed some great skills that will be useful to me for the rest of my life. It was also during this time that I realized what I wanted to do next.

Re:Pictos Icon Font Server on Friday January 20, 2012 @09:03PM (#3492275)
Yeah, very strange that they wouldn't want to show off their product by actually using on their site.
Re:Moving to Stripe: Fixing the Biggest Mistake I've Made to Date on Thursday December 08, 2011 @11:32PM (#3332568)
Me too. Title totally threw me off.
Re:GoDaddy's New "Selective DNS Blackouts" Policy on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @02:00PM (#2966505)
I think it's more name recognition. Nearly all of my freelance clients who bought their own domain name for a new venture used Godaddy. Why? Because it's the only domain registrar they've ever heard of.

They don't know about Godaddy's bad press or it's upselling techniques. They just know they saw a superbowl ad saying "need a domain name? use godaddy"

Re:MailChimp Acquires TinyLetter (ask me anything) on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @05:59PM (#2947767)
I'm curious why mailchimp made the acquisition. Your service is simple and works well; it wouldn't be hard for mailchimp to build it themselves.

Was the acquisition to get your user base, or to get you to come work for them to build out their newsletter service?

Re:Ask HN: How do you hire an app development firm? on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @03:09PM (#2947070)
<i>Therefore, I suspect the answer to your question "how" is "usually, not very well".</i>

All too true. Good advice on references.

Ask HN: How do you hire an app development firm?

A college friend based in LA asked me how he can find a firm to totally redesign and rebuild his company's web app. They're running on 90s design and technology and need a complete overhaul.How can he figure out what good app development shops are out there? I suggested he attend some local dev meetups and ask them. But, I also wanted to check here.Know of any good app dev firms or places to...

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Did you do any research to validate that designers want something like this?

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