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Building the app helped me understand Rails a lot better and allowed me to hack-break-fix bugs/features more effectively :)
Enjoy! http://www.currentride.com
Cool, but the immediate warning dialog flashing in red is kind of a turn off. I haven't been on the site for more than 1 second and I already feel like I did something wrong or I am not wanted.
Protip: You should really explain on the front page what the app is all about. I don't want to go to hassle of registering when I see absolutely no benefits in me doing so.
Great job Kevin!
I one problem that is annoying me is the little picture of yourself on the left hand side of the site. It is the only icon on the site, but it links to my profile, which I don't want to see. You should at least add a non-intruding top bar with a logo to find the main feed. I see now that there are buttons in the top right corner for 'everybody' and 'following', but those are difficult to find are not located conveniently, especially since there are not enough people on the site to make use of the following feature.
However, I love the idea and I'll be checking up on it to look for new ideas :) It reminds me of http://www.thefancy.com/ but more useful because you can get something out of looking at the posts.
Hopefully you can get more users, because I'd love to see this fill up with things browse through!
I think it's fantastic! Like others said, describe more about why a user should sign up and what the site is about. I one problem that is annoying me is the little picture of yourself on the left hand side of the site. It is the only icon on the site, but it links to my profile, which I don't want to see. You should at least add a non-intruding top bar with a logo to find the main feed. I see now that there are butto…