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Just because there are a lot of ideas doesn't mean that they are all on the same level. There is such a thing as a good idea.

Ctrl + K gets you into search mode only. I find it annoying sometimes when what I'm searching is similar to a URL in my history, so it's useful to specify it's a search with a "?" before a query.

The URL bar serves as the search bar as well, and for most people that's their primary mode of navigation. Even if they don't really care about URLs, I don't see anyone wanting to add another step every time they do a search.

"Please make it possible to develop iOS apps on something other than a Mac."

A few months ago I wrote a quick HTML5 app and when it came time to port it over to a proper iOS app, I found out Xcode only worked on Macs. And I'm a PC guy.

What did I end up doing? I made it into an Android app.

I'm sure I'm not the only casual app developer that didn't end up submitting to the App Store just because it was too much of a hassle. There's certainly no shortage of apps in the Store, but I think mine could have been better than at least 40% of them.

It might make sense for Amazon, but as a consumer I don't find it a compelling discount.

$25 just isn't enough of a discount for something that was already pretty well-priced.

I don't mind ad-supported sites / apps especially if it means I don't have to pay for them, but to put ads on an entire device that I own -- that's a no no for me.

Because UberMedia already bought it. http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/02/12/ubermedia-acquires...

Don't think they'll give it up that easily

NYT piece from a few days ago shows trends of top income earners over the last 90 years - http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/inequality-is-m...

Depends on the quality of traffic. I have a high volume image site that gets about 20 million page views a month on which I earn about $1500. Users usually don't spend more than 5-6 seconds on each page, so each ad impression has a very small value.

I had that for FF 3, but now that the tabs are on top it just feels a lot more like Chrome where I'm used to having it on each tab, so I've moved them back on the tabs.

Btw, the relevant option in about:config is "browser.tabs.closeButtons"

Values... 0 - One close button only on the active tab. 1 - Each tabs has its own close button (default) 2 - Removes all close buttons (no close button, right click to select option to close the tab). 3 - Display a single close button at the end of the tab strip bar.

> My feelings of safety and immortality quickly gave way to scarcity. After all, I thought, if I could make 10 million dollars then it must be too easy. In fact, I honestly thought, everyone else had probably already made 11 million dollars. So then I felt poor again. I now needed 100 million dollars to be happy.

Reminds me of this article - http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/why-so-many-ric...

The discussion of whether you should upgrade from iPad 1 to 2 just seems absurd to me. It's the epitome of a first world problem. I like my gadgets just as much as the next guy, but buying things you already have simply because they're slightly faster and slightly thinner is ridiculous.

Just a couple of design things: Black text on that blue background doesn't provide enough contrast for what's supposed to be your main headline. Also, I've come to expect buttons to have hover states, and yours don't.

As for the product itself, I'd like to see a better explanation of why I should pay $10 a month to see some basic stats about my posts' tweets/shares. Facebook Insights, for example, gives all that information to me for free.

According to the TC live blog: "Very neat; you can tap keys hard or soft to determine how the note comes out, thanks to some accelerometer magic"

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/03/02/live-blog-apple-ipad-...

I agree with you about their flight search issues See my previous comments - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2249984

But this hotel search upgrade really is an improvement on the usual booking systems. I can easily add filters for the basic things I need in a room and then visualize the results based on location. Traditional booking sites give you either no grouped map or a just a small indecipherable map.

The bars span the full width of my screen, which makes them hard to read. There's very little text, and I have to interact with each option to see details about a flight, which I find annoying if I just want to scroll through.

Also, the screenshot I gave above is a pretty tame example. Compare it to another search where there are more airlines in similar price ranges - http://i.imgur.com/e7VJq.png

I'm gonna get downvoted for this, but I really don't find Hipmunk any easier to use than the traditional flight booking service.

In fact, quite the opposite--I find the splash of colors and symbols across my screen confusing. Attempting to match the rows and columns with each other just makes my head hurt.

Compare the same search on Travelocity ( http://i.imgur.com/PlX0d.png ) and Hipmunk ( http://i.imgur.com/1eh47.png )

It may be just me, but the Travelocity results are much clearer. I don't have to click on each flight to view basic details about it. Additionally, Hipmunk charges a higher fee for their bookings than bigger name travel sites.

But they limit you on page views and also require you put a Typekit badge on your site

These look a lot better than when Google first came out with the font API. The selection is pretty good now, and seems like a great free alternative to Typekit.

"Google doesn't know how to have fun"

Has anyone ever actually said this? Between the logo doodles, April fools jokes, and bright colors, Google is one of the funnest companies around.

Tesla was nowhere near profitability when they went public. Pandora just has to wait a few more quarters before getting access to a natural flow of cash. That's what I found strange.

Still seems weird seeing a company that's not even profitable yet go public. I don't expect the initial demand for their stock will be that high, despite the growth.

Not just GoDaddy--I've had similar experiences with half a dozen other shared hosting companies.

GoDaddy is one of the few that actually has free phone support, which is a lot nicer than an automated email and a response 48 hours later.

I only searched London because that's where I am and it geotargeted me. May want to limit that functionality too.

I selected "any field" in both London and NYC and it had nothing for either. Not very useful without any listings.

Problem is that it's hard to drop a steady job and be motivated about an idea you know isn't very good.

You need to have an idea that you can believe has a chance of being successful.

I think it is a silly way to present the social networking links, but not exactly appropriate given the audience. I'd take that off.

Times New Roman headers on a design firm's site? Yikes.

For those like me that were wondering how it's even possible to pirate an iPhone app: you need a jailbroken phone and a program like Crackulous - http://hackulo.us/forums/index.php?s=4a4a9c10b678d8400dee0d5...

The "listen" button now just reads the letters, which is still pretty funny.