jayphelps

I seriously had to double check this article wasn't posted on April 1st. What a strange logo. I understand the idea and like it, but it just looks...off.

You and me both brother. Some things I just don't get in OS X. Like the "zoom" button's inconsistent functionality. Hilarious that OS X Lion is going to change this button to go literally fullscreen now (without toolbars, desktop, etc) which might be pretty annoying too but I guess we'll see.

I think for me it would be much like the Dvorak keyboard layout: It would save me so much time and I would love it, but I just can't unlearn something so deeply ingraved into me. I've tried, but it just turned out to be counter productive cause of the time spent relearning = time could have just typed the damn thing in QWERTY.

Btw, I was hoping this article was about ternary operator shorthand. (e.g. result = a > b ? x : y;) In that case I would have said HELL YES.

+1

Doesn't work in 3.6.4, even if you override install it or change the minVersion (which is 3.6.10)

Once I upgraded to 3.6.10 worked awesome.

Here's another: you're searching on any keyup which creates lots of overhead. Google's implementation is more complex. It appears they search immediately as you type the first few characters on each keyup/down then if the word goes over a few characters it switches to querying every couple seconds, or until you hit the spacebar. It also seems like they have another timer if you pause after a second or two.

If it's just you using this, I would say don't give a crap. But if you plan to allow others to use it and it gains a userbase at all you might consider a similar approach for obvious reasons.

Cheers!

Neato! Worked snappy for me. Kudos.

Suggestion: It appears that the searches sometimes stacked up in queue if I typed fast. (i.e. if I typed a long sentence quick the results continued to flash different content many times, playing catch-up. Looked through the JS quick and I see you are trying to prevent this with runningRequest1/2 so maybe it's the short delay in the .fadeTo() after the GET callback. Try moving the runningRequest = false into the fadeTo callback.

Also, .fadeTo() has a default queue of it's own. You could also add .stop() like this:

    $('#function').html(data).stop().fadeTo('fast',1);

Otherwise, really cool! I use "site:php.net foobar" most of the time but this would be a great little widget.

+1 if by myself or w/ a buddy. But beers if it's a group hacking session. A group of us meet every Wednesday night and we rotate who comes up with the challenge of the night.

Great article. As an example, it's fairly obvious Apple is building up it's internal CPU engineering abilities to inevitably put an ARM in a Macbook. But I don't think it will be in the near future due to breaking compatibility with current software, especially those who use SSE instructions. But who knows, maybe they'll create an x86 emulator for the transition like Rosetta. OS XI maybe?

So very appropriate.

I'm new to these parts, but I'm lovin' things so far!

Missed that, thanks for the heads up! Now my only issue would be that the text-indent: -9999em method has been known to get you flagged for spam for obvious reasons.

But I'm being facetious. I like to play devil's advocate. :o)

Cool stuff. He obviously said it wasn't intended for production, but the major issue that comes to mind is SEO since engines won't see the text as actual text. Really cool proof of concept though.

Very insightful. Thanks for sharing. I myself have had several "investors" who are interested in a project of mine, only to turn out they're just rich real estate guys looking for a midlife crisis. Sure, I could take their money, and it would last a few months, maybe even a year. But at such an early stage, what you really need are connections. Especially if you don't have a strong team. I'm a lone wolf right now, but only because I can't seem to find someone who has what it takes to start a company. I agree with the article: You need more than just anybody. You need your other half. (So to speak) They complement and fill in any gaps and vice versa.

Time and time again at work or on freelance projects, I find myself pulling other people's weight. Now this sounds conceited, but sometimes it's just the truth, and I'm sure you can't have any of that in a start-up, if you want to succeed!

Certainly some great advice here.