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Re: Show HN: My Weekend Hack - Stack-Ed: Learn from the best on StackOverflow

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Post by WickyNilliams »

natural219 wrote: post #18

Great idea and execution! Very good work. One thing I immediately wanted is the ability to search through tags. An insta-search widget would be cool. Also, selecting multiple tags might be nice, but I don't know if you're limited by the API. Keep it up, I look forward to seeing more releases.

    > selecting multiple tags might be nice
The UI hints that this is possible because it uses checkboxes for tags, I tried exactly that when i first loaded the site. Radio buttons please :)

Otherwise this is very cool - smooth and responsive UI, interesting use of the mass of information on SO. Love it

Re: Show HN: My Weekend Hack - Stack-Ed: Learn from the best on StackOverflow

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Post by prakashk »

Looks pretty nice. Couple of issues I found (others may have already mentioned these):

* Checkboxes imply that you can select multiple tags. But Clicking on a second tag is clearing the first. You might want to use a radio button, or (better) allow multiple tags to selected.

* As a minor but useful improvement, clicking on the tag name should select the checkbox (the cursor is already changing to hand, implying that the name is clickable, but it is currently not.)

* When I selected Perl tag, the first stackoverflow user displayed (ikegami) shows 0%. A bug?

* When you change from one tag to another the user list is refreshed, but the article list on the right is not. That seems a bit of disconnect for me. I am not sure what the best way here, but I think I prefer that article list also cleared out (or at least, display it faded or something).

That's all I have for now.

EDIT: Also, it would be nice if there is a text box to enter an arbitrary tag, instead of clicking on Load more tags... and hoping that the tag you want will show up. Useful for less popular tags.

Re: Show HN: My Weekend Hack - Stack-Ed: Learn from the best on StackOverflow

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Post by nirvanatikku »

AgentConundrum wrote: post #43

Cool site. I can definitely see myself browsing through it to learn some new stuff. If you're interested, I made a few notes to try to help you improve the site: * The point count on each Q&A section gives the points for the question , not the answer. The answer score doesn't seem to be given at all. * Selecting a user/question which is low on the page doesn't change the scroll position. You need to manually move the…

Thank you for all the feedback! There are numerous points listed above that I'm aware of and definitely want to refine (just simply wasn't able to get to it in order to launch). Others are a result of my building it and not using it extensively. That said, I'll definitely take these tips and cross them off. I appreciate your taking the time to write this up!

Re: Show HN: My Weekend Hack - Stack-Ed: Learn from the best on StackOverflow

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Post by nirvanatikku »

prakashk wrote: post #62

Looks pretty nice. Couple of issues I found (others may have already mentioned these): * Checkboxes imply that you can select multiple tags. But Clicking on a second tag is clearing the first. You might want to use a radio button, or (better) allow multiple tags to selected. * As a minor but useful improvement, clicking on the tag name should select the checkbox (the cursor is already changing to hand, implying that…

The issue of the checkboxes is simply a matter of me enabling it. I set it up for being able to select multiple tags, but I suppose in hindsight launching without implementing it wasn't the best idea.

The second checkbox point -- definitely hear you.

The perl tag -- the 0% is acceptance. I don't know why some of the data is showing that some users while they are the top answerers dont have an acceptance rate. I'll dig into this.

The last disconnect -- I know what you mean; I've been feeling it too. I'll take your suggestion (and nix the questions).

The last point about the tag search.. I gather it's the most desired enhancement. I'll tackle this soon, too.

Thanks for the write-up!

Re: Show HN: My Weekend Hack - Stack-Ed: Learn from the best on StackOverflow

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Post by nirvanatikku »

thewarrior wrote: post #56

This one of the most useful Show HN projects to turn up in a long time . Just add user registrations so we can track the answers we've already read and get updates on our favorite tags and this would be pure gold.

Thanks! Just a heads up -- I have added user registrations (currently using Google to do the Auth work for me). If you look at the top right of the navbar, there's a sign-in link. If you sign up, you'll be able to star questions, and then retrieve them by clicking on the 'number' of starred questions next to your username. I thought that having that functionality was part of the MVP since otherwise it's just a firehose of info. I was going to implement a recently viewed list.. and your request makes that official.
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