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Thanks all. Your answers are consistant with the vibe I've gotten from past software patent discussions on HN. I'll lay the matter to rest.

After thinking about this more, the site being tracked should absolutely be linked to the demo. The data would only make sense if it could be related to a browsable website.

Thanks weixiyen. Sorry for the late reply.

A site in private beta really wouldn't highlight the features that my application offers. Not for a demo I mean.

Thanks for the offer. If the community gives me feedback that this thing is worthwhile during the demo, I'll be sure to include you on a private beta list when my application supports user accounts.

I made a simple HTML page with a large font that said "You're working on XYZ" and set it to be my home page. Embarrassingly, I was very productive that week.

Even though I didn't keep up with updating the HTML to represent what I was working on, I became much more aware of my actions and their relations to my responsibilities since then.

I found it to be a valuable lesson.

Finally, a multitouch prototyping tool.

My very non-technical company has worked tirelessly at running their organization in the way bettermeans describes. And while I am privileged to work in such an environment, their execution of these concepts have been horrendous.

I've tried countless times to introduce them to the type of systematic analytical thinking that comes so naturally to me, hoping that it would become a tool that helps them achieve this goal. For 10 months, that hasn't worked.

And now, some really clever people have created this software which I fully believe could be used to accomplish the working environment I originally agreed to be a part of, I wonder if my community isn't ready, and if the noise will do more harm in the long run if not introduced at a better time.

As for the app. I am very excited to see Professional Problem Solvers applying themselves to a massive problem, and then having that problem overhauled from the ground up; Software or otherwise.

I hope to see more projects like this come out of our profession in the coming years.

I've played with Compass/Less/Sass before and got turned off by the preprocessors. They all just gave me a bit more than I bargained for. But I hadn't realized that the plugin/mixin support had grown so much.

I'll keep this in mind while working on my next few projects.

I asked this same question a few months ago and got all of the same answers.

It's frustrating. When everything else we work with has modules and plugins, you would think CSS would be no exception.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1341274

I would love to take part in a project like this if I had a few partners.

No apologies needed. That's is a solid summary. It also confirms my research. I appreciate it.

What other competitors does Mogo have?

I don't ask to go elsewhere, I ask because coincidentally I decided this morning was the day for me to find a better solution to all the crap I've been tolerating for so long in my cross-browser compatibility work. Mogo was the absolute quickest to impress me and I'm curious if I've misevaluated the lot of them, or if I'm so trained to adore anything referred from HN. I need some perspective.

nirvdrum, care to compare lists of "Web Testing" tools?

I'm was in the same place as you and have recently evaded this feeling by distracting myself with other projects. (I bet I'm the best boat restorer in the discussion now! I kid.)

I'm curious though; how do you feel now that you've gotten the communities feedback on the matter?

I'm also wondering if this is something that others are interested in knowing.

I absolutely agree. I was destroying myself over not meeting my own expectations as a developer. I've always had other interests but refused them. My thinking was that my discipline would pay off as I became a better programmer and applied more time to practicing.

Then, along came a great deal on a decent boat. $250 for motor, hull, interior, outdrive, and trailer. While it did have all of the components, it did require quite a bit of work. I also didn't know a thing about boats when I purchased it.

It's been 4 months that I've been working on it. I haven't kicked myself in the ass once for giving up the programming time I would had been able to apply to my skills otherwise. And I'm much more comfortable working in such a frustrating environment now that I don't rely so heavily on satisfaction from programming.

Two bonuses that also came from my purchase: - I know a bunch about boats - I'll be able to truly appreciate the free time that my job affords me when I launch for the first time tomorrow (assuming all of the kinks are worked out).

I'm thrilled that you responded. I haven't yet had the opportunity to sort through the various links and what not, but I am eager to explore more about the topic.

I'm confused though, about my email address. It appears that I have it entered into my account. Maybe I'm getting caught in one of HN's noob nets. Anyway, I'd love to break this off into an email if you're still down. Drop me a line at akaGOMEZ at gmail dot com.

Again, thanks for the reply.

I think you've posed the exact hangups I have been trying to identify for so long. In the same message you even respond exactly as I would and label them as "hackable and fixable". I'm even more floored that you can so easily assert the barriers and noise that is so obstructive to the solution. I could not be more in sync with you.

All of this indicates to me that your years of experience have taken you down a similar, if not, the exact same path that I face ahead of me (Age: 23). Having identified and explored so much of what I'm experiencing so quickly and easily (in several paragraphs), I'm curious to know if you have a further understanding of the hacking and fixing? If any exist, I would hate to struggle for extended periods of time exploring my own. I'm already 3 years behind!

I wonder the same thing. If I didn't know better, I would find myself in your exact situation more often than not.

People with smaller/medium businesses don't typically put a lot of emphasis on websites (based on my measure/references). Users of these services probably acknowledge that fact and have grown accustomed to scheduling appointments by phone.

On the other hand, small/medium businesses that do put a large emphasis on their website, and do have a client base that regularly utilizes their online presence, might have anxiety about passing their clients along to another site to place appointments. They may or may not have their own online solution for this. But regarless, I'd bet they want to own that function themselves. Do you offer your service as module/plugin that they may insert into their site easily?

Another thing I'd suggest is being more clear on your home page about what you actually do (as a software). The testimonial on the home page is great, but not the best place for it.

Excellent! This is perfect for what I need now. Thanks Terretta.

I remember coming across this in the past. This is very similar to what I want to find, only.. I want to push the "Base" much further.

It seems that there is no readily available solution. So if I were to create one, it would go something like this:

href="theme-base-renegade.css"

theme-base-renegade would style all of the default markup in its own styleish little way. Whatever that may be: Super padded with big fonts and so on, or incredibly tiny with minimal line-height, font-size, etc..

href="theme-color-grayhaze.css"

theme-color-darkness would specifically color the default markup. Things like th, tr, td, dl, dt dd, etc, would have be darker/brighter than others with their respective font-colors and such to complement the element background-colors.

Since both stylesheets would be styling the default markup - not specific to styles or id's - the two stylesheets could be swappable with other like type themes components and not interfere with one another.

After that.. it's CSS! You could overwrite any one of the many styles used to create that theme. Plus, with all of the tools we have to debug, overriding otherwise desirable styles in order to apply specific/custom ones would be much more convenient.

Yeah, I have used that before too. It does a great job of removing the browser defaults.

What I dislike, is that it forces me to have to start from scratch (reset.css scratch) in order to make a project at all readable/usable.

I hope moving entire websites of information into customized lightboxes isn't the future of CMS's.

I think you misunderstood me, which is understandable.. I was unclear. The comment question wasn't meant to be combative. I agree and can see the benefit/use.

Thanks for being patient with me while I explore alternative solutions.

Can the same not be accomplished with a comment?

I follow you isleyaardvark. I think one of the challenges of having a discussion about CSS is scope/setting. CSS is used on every different type project. If you're doing client work and building 5 page mini site (I'm not suggesting anything), your thoughts on CSS are based on a completely different use than the developer that maintains 500+ pages.

We both know CSS. But we use them entirely differently.

On a site with 500+ pages, by the time you've implemented all of your !blue to !green, or !light_orange to !dark_orange throughout your stylesheets, management will be considering another redesign.

I can't be certain but I don't think that was meant literally

  This ubiquitous trifecta represents MVC almost perfectly.

Typically the 3 omni-directional wheels makes direct contact with the ground. Even then, holes and obstacles are a concern.

I didn't read the article, but judging by the video I see this more as a proof of concept. The balancing doesn't so much impress me. I liked what I saw of them being used together. If you scale the design up by any amount and increase the friction/traction between the omni-directional wheels and the ball (possibly by using a hard rubber surface that has some give to it) you would have a hard time finding a more capable form of omni-directional locomotion.

If you go to http://colorschemedesigner.com/ and hit "Random > Randomize Palette" you'll see that most colors in a theme/palette could be categorized like this:

!theme_primary !theme_secondary !theme_accent

!theme_primary_dim !theme_secondary_dim !theme_accent_dim

!theme_primary_bright !theme_secondary_bright !theme_accent_bright

s/theme/palette/

If I go through replacing all of the !blue with !green in my files, I might as well replace #0000ff with #00ff00.

Your variable names represent a value, not a color. You should ask yourself what the function of that value is before naming the variable.

But that's just me. CSS is not something you can let slide. Adding templates, widgets, and pages on a mass scale (20+ templates, 30+ widgets, 500+ pages), your CSS deficiencies will show quickly.

Haha! Exactly what I needed to offset the nag fest I got this morning from an HD snob for not investing in a Blu-Ray setup only a week after upgrading from my 32" tube.

The thing I appreciate most about the site is the "SoundKeys in Action" slide show. My imagination didn't get me there, but your slide show convinced me this was a necessary service (for somebody) almost immediately.

I think this is a great "outside the box" idea, yet still grounded in that it solves a problem.

I hope it is very successful.