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johnhok

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About johnhok

Computer Science Graduate from University of Toronto. Frontend Engineer at Dell. Previously @SapientNitro and @IBM.

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    Comment #21677582

    Coavl was created because we believe in the power of a simple list. We want to nurture a community that brings passionate people together to discover and share knowledge in the sub…

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    Comment #8209102

    It's not something I've done but it's something I could see myself doing while travelling more if there was a more seamless way to share/aggregate/organize them. I was thinking mor…

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    Comment #8208998

    I haven't tried out the app yet but by looking at the landing page it looks like there isn't a way to journal video entries? I've been trying to find a travel journal app that can …

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    Comment #7108835

    That intro video was pretty good although seemed a bit long. Cool idea but I'd imagine these type of sites have a big chicken and egg problem.

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    Comment #6893324

    Yup. I recently got a Google recruiter who emailed me at my work email which is not publicly available anywhere.

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    Comment #3368722

    Clickable link: https://docs.google.com/a/imusion.net/spreadsheet/viewform?h...

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    Survey about browser bookmark

    I've been looking to start a project for my capstone design project at my University. I'm trying to look for some early feedback on questions I have regarding the bookmarking in br…

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    Comment #3268820

    I believe rounded corners do not render nicely with CSS3 on Android's implementation of WebKit. At least on my device, if you create rounded corner buttons using CSS3, they end up …

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    Comment #3220471

    Congrats guys! Great stuff. The screenshots look very appealing already and I'm not even much of a gamer.

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    Comment #3204625

    I like the interface. Really simple and it presents the content nicely. I found myself browsing quite a few of the dogfights on the homepage. Great work on it!

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    Comment #2987793

    For those who just want to see a screenshot: http://f.cl.ly/items/3r1H280A2U3G1w0N1d1w/Screen%20Shot%2020...

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    Comment #2987788

    Guilty as charged. I did absolutely no cross browser testing with IE for DailyChomp mainly due to time constraints with school starting. No excuse but thanks for the good reminder.…

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    Comment #2987739

    1) For sure! I thought about sliding through screenshots on the mobile device's screen. Do you think there is a better approach? Bigger screenshots maybe? 2) I actually looked arou…

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    Comment #2987730

    Thanks for the feedback. It's using hashbang links simply because the mobile web application uses a similar approach in order to reduce the assets being transferred over 3g connect…

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    Comment #2987633

    Here's a link for convenience. http://www.dailychomp.com

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    Ask HN: How's my landing page?

    Recently worked on a personal project this summer and finally soft launched it with a private beta. I've created this landing page for it at: http://www.dailychomp.com I'd like som…

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    Toronto Friday Hack Night #3

    I've been running this small hack night for those with personal projects in the Toronto area. We're thinking Friday, July 8th. The date is not set in stone, it is just a suggestion…

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    CSS3 buttons or image buttons?

    So I'm working on a mobile web app and I'm trying to decide which to use for button styles I have. The buttons involve: - gradients - rounded corners - shadow Here is a sample of b…

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    Comment #2150849

    My initial thought when viewing the site was "what does this site do?". After clicking around quickly I still didn't quite get it until I came back here and read your description. …

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    Comment #2137530

    Learn to use Firebug ( http://getfirebug.com ). It is one of my most indispensable tools in debugging HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It's also one of the only remaining reasons I still…