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Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

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I found scrolling up and down the page to be very laggy--without much investigation, it appears to be caused by the background image.

@aaronontheweb

Are you tying the resize of the background directly to the window resize or scroll event? You might want to consider using setTimeout(customResizeFunc, 100) just to keep the scroll event from blocking

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great :) Nothing about your site indicates you'll spam me, but plenty of sites do. I am, and i think a lot of people are, reluctant to log in with Twitter without some reassurance that they and their followers won't be spammed. Just a quick note can't hurt imo.

I'm planning on doing that eventually, but it will be opt-in with a big TWEET THIS checkbox next to the submit button. Do you think that will be clear enough?

Could you get the relevant twitter account, so people could follow it? Looks abandoned with that last tweet made may '08.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#46
Guys, thanks for all of your feedback! Lots of great ideas and suggestions, and you helped me find two really nasty bugs that I didn't catch earlier.

I'm going to start hacking away on this the instant I get off of work on Friday - I can't wait to get started. Thanks, Hacker News!

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

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@CaptainObvio.us: There's always room for another great site about ideas, but check out halfbakery.com. You might get some ideas from their site. It's good, not great, but has an active user base.

You're welcome to check out Sparkmuse and steal any ideas on how we work. I can send you an invite if youd like, just shoot me an email.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#50

@CaptainObvio.us: There's always room for another great site about ideas, but check out halfbakery.com. You might get some ideas from their site. It's good, not great, but has an active user base.

Is half-bakery meant to be somewhat silly ideas or serious ones?

originally it was meant to be silly ones, but the userbase got more serious over time.

i know the person that built/runs it.

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