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Re: My webapp: pik

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Post by feb » Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 11:35 PM UTC

nanexcool wrote: post #2

Using Chrome 5.0.342.9 beta on Ubuntu 10.04. Got a popup saying "The latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari are recommended for using pik."

With Firefox (Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100402 Namoroka/3.6.3), I also got this warning.

Detecting the browser instead of the features is often bad practice: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/faq_notes/not_browser_detect.ht...

Re: My webapp: pik

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Post by veemjeem » Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 11:36 PM UTC

mgj wrote: post #5

nanexcool wrote: post #2

Using Chrome 5.0.342.9 beta on Ubuntu 10.04. Got a popup saying "The latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari are recommended for using pik."

I will add that to my whitelist. You should be able to close the warning and continue. I'm whitelisting OS/Browser combos, and I haven't added linux yet.

I'm using Chromium 4.0.299.0 (36335) on my Mac and I get that popup too.

According to jeresig, author of jQuery, one should not perform browser detection, instead you should use feature detection. Browser agent is not going to give you an accurate picture of what is supported because every browser likes to say they are mozilla/webkit/netscape/etc.

Re: My webapp: pik

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Post by veemjeem » Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 11:37 PM UTC

mixmax wrote: post #3

You'll have problems in Denmark - pik means dick. I must admit that I found the heading " Do more on the web with pik. " rather amusing.

maybe he could pivot the site as a porn site.

Re: My webapp: pik

#24

Post by philh » Thu, Apr 29, 2010, 11:39 PM UTC

mgj wrote: post #16

Most of this feedback is technical; can someone comment on whether they would use this or some future iteration of this project?

I just installed it. I don't know how much I will use it, but it's definitely something I would use, if that makes sense. Readability, bugmenot and google cache are all things that I've never bothered to make easy before.

Re: My webapp: pik

#25

Post by postfuturist » Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 12:08 AM UTC

Very nice, gave me collapsible threads on HN.

Works fine on Chrome 5.0.342.9 beta Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64.

Re: My webapp: pik

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Post by ElbertF » Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 12:16 AM UTC

mgj wrote: post #5

nanexcool wrote: post #2

Using Chrome 5.0.342.9 beta on Ubuntu 10.04. Got a popup saying "The latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari are recommended for using pik."

I will add that to my whitelist. You should be able to close the warning and continue. I'm whitelisting OS/Browser combos, and I haven't added linux yet.

Also add Namoroka and Minefield, test versions of Firefox. Instead of whitelisting, can't you run some test code client-side and only prompt when you're sure the browser doesn't support it?

Re: My webapp: pik

#27

Post by ElbertF » Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 12:35 AM UTC

mgj wrote: post #16

Most of this feedback is technical; can someone comment on whether they would use this or some future iteration of this project?

Definitely not if I have to click it every time I want to use it. I think this would be better suited as a browser plug-in.

Re: My webapp: pik

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Post by petervandijck » Fri, Apr 30, 2010, 12:46 AM UTC

Nice. Making the commands visible without clicking the button (but more subtle/better designed) would be nice, else I'll just forget the button is there. Good stuff. And yes, pik means dick in Belgium too.