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UnfalseDesignon New UI Pattern: Website Loading Bars

Chrome does that spinner on Windows, too, as does Firefox. I'm glad for it but I like the progress bar idea, personally. It gives me a sense of progress. It is kind of like being on hold. It is the difference between "Please hold" and "You are number 4 in line. Please hold."

Sidenote: The Amazon App Store app on Android does something similar. I've seen other apps do this as well but I can't think of them at the moment. Is this a design pattern we will see more of like the Ajax spinners of the Web 2.0 craze?

UnfalseDesignon New UI Pattern: Website Loading Bars

"Does a web page really need a loading bar, especially that the browser already has a loading indicator of its own"

Neither Chrome nor Firefox (at least on Windows or Linux) have an implemented loading bar for showing a web site's progress. I cannot speak to Internet Explorer 8 or greater because I tend to avoid them at all costs (and my company's system only has 7).

UnfalseDesignon Not Constructive, a place for the discussions not allowed on Stack Overflow

It would be interesting to see exactly what number of the community actually wants discussion posts and how many don't. Currently it is the community that votes to put a post "On Hold" before a mod comes around and verifies that it is a legit post that should be "closed." It is brought to their attention by the community who do not want it there. (And not just high rep members of the community.)

UnfalseDesignon Not Constructive, a place for the discussions not allowed on Stack Overflow

If there were no mods with decisive power and it was completely up to be controlled by the common population (including people who sign up with multiple accounts), how does that help? How does multiplying the amount of people with power make it less annoying to fight an issue?

UnfalseDesignon Not Constructive, a place for the discussions not allowed on Stack Overflow

Whereas a "delete-happy" mod can abuse their power, another reasonable mod can just as easily reverse it.

As far as mods that tend to be trigger happy, they can be filtered out since mods are elected by the user base. Technically, you can choose who you want spending their waking hours going over questions and filtering out what shouldn't be there.

UnfalseDesignon Five Years of Stackoverflow.com

It is somewhat like reading a magazine before you actually submit an article for publication. Many new users don't bother reading through some of the upvoted questions in the category they are seeking help on and hence never bother understanding what makes a good question. However, it is true that some of the users are brutal towards new users and downvote and move on without ever going back to see if the question was ever improved. It takes an even understanding on both sides to provide a meaningful -- and sometimes enlightening -- experience.

UnfalseDesignon Five Years of Stackoverflow.com

The limitation, though annoying, is there for a few reasons. One being that it discourages users from making quick edits just for the reputation or badge. I have seen many users get more wrapped up in getting a badge than actually using the site as a means to help their fellow users.

UnfalseDesignon Five Years of Stackoverflow.com

One way to find out: http://stackoverflow.com/tags/ruby-on-rails/topusers

UnfalseDesignon Skycraft: Minecraft clone in WebGL

The selling point of a game is never what language it was written in. That is one of the last things (if it ever is) on a consumer's mind when deciding whether to spend money on a product. It mostly comes into play when considering modding.

UnfalseDesignon Decaf: Ruby in the Browser

This reminds me of Google's effort to run C and C++ code on the client side of the browser.

https://developers.google.com/native-client/

UnfalseDesignon Decaf: Ruby in the Browser

I hardly think Steve Gibson is a freak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gibson_%28computer_progra...

UnfalseDesignon Decaf: Ruby in the Browser

Since when have we only had javascript in the browser? We've had Java applets. We've had Flash. The issue is security holes. The reason our children will never laugh at us for only using javascript in the browser is because we cared about writing secure web applications.

UnfalseDesignon Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome

I live in 'the first world' and I can't afford more RAM. $50 is far too much for me to spend at the moment. (A need for more RAM is trumped by my powerful urge to eat.) Not to mention working at a corporate job where the computers are older than my children and every ounce of saved RAM is a blessing.

UnfalseDesignon Mega Man 2 (NES) password algorithm and code

Mega Man 2 will always be new in my heart. =)

UnfalseDesignon University of Reddit

Ouch. It never stood a chance. =)

UnfalseDesignon University of Reddit

Same here. I guess it couldn't handle the onslaught of HN.

UPDATE: It is working but it is sloooow. Getting hammered, I guess.

UnfalseDesignon Google shows off Project Glass at I / O with live skydiving and bike jumps

Best. Product. Demo. Ever.

UnfalseDesignon Woman Who Couldn’t Be Intimidated by Citigroup Wins $31 Million

It isn't three buildings. It's a three story building (and half a basement where they stuck me).

Almost all CitiMortgage employees get merit based bonuses. My department, on the other hand, gets shafted. Seven years working there and two years programming for them and running Oracle reports and I didn't even get a raise last year. (And now I see why since we lost so much money.)

Business has really slowed down and most people work in Lost Mitigation now.

I need out!

</rant> =) Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. Working at the O'Fallon headquarters of CitiMortgage is not where I want to spend my career. It's not even where I want to spend my Friday.

UnfalseDesignon New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013?

That's something I don't completely understand: why sales of entertainment goods are delayed across international borders. Don't get me wrong, I know there's a good explanation. I just don't know what it is.

I also hope this changes in the coming years with the growing popularity of e-products.

UnfalseDesignon New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013?

But not when the receiver is traveling at relativistic speeds. The transmission would appear instant to those in flight but the transmission from the planet bound ansible would be drawn out so that the computer on the receiving end wouldn't get the file at a bit-rate faster than it is able to process.

UnfalseDesignon New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013?

Google Books also has a release date of 2013.

http://books.google.com/books?id=zvfXZ7TxiowC&dq=shadows...

UnfalseDesignon New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013?

That is how I consumed Pastwatch and Pathfinder. I've been keeping my eye on the local library's website for the Overdrive version. I've listened to and read all the Ender and Shadow books.

Then again, you'd think that if they embraced the audiobook market, and released all the past Card books in ebook form on their treebook release dates, they'd go ahead and do the same here.

UnfalseDesignon New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013?

Can anyone think of a good reason why Tor or Macmillan would hold onto the ebook version until 2013? I've read reports that the ebook versions will have enhanced content but why not release a regular version now?

This Amazon date isn't a type either. Google Books has the same release date and Barnes & Noble doesn't even have an ebook version listed.

Grrr.