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Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by jackdied »

tristian wrote: post #21

I've always wanted to be able to write notes on top of emails I receive. So say I receive an email about a new bug, I could just jot down more details into another layer on top that email in transparent font/colour. I've noticed other people often print out emails and do something like this with a red marker. I use Thunderbird and I've thought about digging around in the source to see if this is possible. It's not so…

I do just that with mutt. To add notes to an email hit 'e' and it fires up the raw email in emacs (or your favorite editor). Just add comments and save it.

Mutt doesn't have a fancy UI but it is fast. It has no problem handling the 150k+ in my inbox (mostly unread). I know some people that swear by pine and for all the same reasons. YMMV.

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by trekker7 »

prakster wrote: post #29
trekker7 wrote: post #16

Some sort of Web application to actually help with coming up with startup ideas. I knocked at this for a month or two, but couldn't come up with a decent solution. The best I got was some sort of database of user-generated customer pains, which would be ranked (social news style) by users at large. The theory was that once you knew which pain you were targeting, coming up with the solution (second half of the idea) w…

Hi trekker, if you are interested in pursuing a subset of your idea, I might be able to provide you a canvas for testing it. We are developing an app that solves a narrow but significant pain point for ecommerce merchants, As we deploy the app to our beta testers, they will all want to add new features. The dilemma we will face is this: which feature should we pick? The answer - and your opportunity - lies in coming…

Thanks prakster. Your comment got me thinking again... a subset like this may be feasible after all. Shoot me an email if you'd like to stay in touch.

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by pageman »

a site where you can use GIMP 2.0 plug-ins like fake lomos, holga effects etc. Fotoflexer does this using it's Warholize effect but it's limited to that. Maybe the site can have apps/plugins integrated into it by user ala-Facebook so that you can have a library of effects after a few months built by the users

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by nailer »

pageman wrote: post #33

a site where you can use GIMP 2.0 plug-ins like fake lomos, holga effects etc. Fotoflexer does this using it's Warholize effect but it's limited to that. Maybe the site can have apps/plugins integrated into it by user ala-Facebook so that you can have a library of effects after a few months built by the users

There's a few online GIMP/Photoshop type apps already. Most are done in flash and work pretty well.

One of their advantages is that plugins are (of course) run on their servers, and thus even low powered desktops could have their filters be applied instantly.

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by pageman »

trekker7 wrote: post #16

Some sort of Web application to actually help with coming up with startup ideas. I knocked at this for a month or two, but couldn't come up with a decent solution. The best I got was some sort of database of user-generated customer pains, which would be ranked (social news style) by users at large. The theory was that once you knew which pain you were targeting, coming up with the solution (second half of the idea) w…

hi trekker - I'm part of secure online payment gateway in Asia and we're slowly introducing ecommerce all over Asia - we know about the "pains" of birthing something like this - maybe we can collaborate? email me paulpajo [at] gmail

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by yters »

Kaizyn wrote: post #30
yters wrote: post #18

I still think Web 2.0 is missing some kind of app aggregator. Something that would both improve the findability of applications, and allow them to be plugged together similar to what yahoo pipes does with RSS. However, without some kind of standardization amongst the apps, this is way too complex to implement. And creating a trusted distributed computing system on facebook, where clients would compete to have users g…

You mean like diffle.com?

No, not quite, it's missing the pluggable architecture. It would be analogous to yahoo pipes, but apply to general apps, not just rss feeds. It'd be kind of like gluing together stuff in *nix, except in a way the web savvy crowd can.

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

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Post by samueladam »

Here's one for a FireFox plugin.

The aim is to record articles where you submitted a comment and to be able to track follow-ups.

The plugin has to detect HTTP POST. It could ask the user if he wants to save the page or have an automated process that removes logins and other unrelated actions.

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

#38

Post by yters »

jackdied wrote: post #31
tristian wrote: post #21

I've always wanted to be able to write notes on top of emails I receive. So say I receive an email about a new bug, I could just jot down more details into another layer on top that email in transparent font/colour. I've noticed other people often print out emails and do something like this with a red marker. I use Thunderbird and I've thought about digging around in the source to see if this is possible. It's not so…

I do just that with mutt. To add notes to an email hit 'e' and it fires up the raw email in emacs (or your favorite editor). Just add comments and save it. Mutt doesn't have a fancy UI but it is fast. It has no problem handling the 150k+ in my inbox (mostly unread). I know some people that swear by pine and for all the same reasons. YMMV.

Most UI problems are a lack of interoperability. All solved with emacs and flat text.

Re: Idea Week. Post ideas you don't plan on implementing.

#40

Post by yters »

amichail wrote: post #12
chadboyda wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are forced to build a better, more useful, competitive product so that they, their investors, and customers all benefit.

I mean the people who used the suggestion would be upset because it seems that the person suggesting it said he would not pursue it.

Valid point.
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