This is quite neat. Btw, this breaks with the Https everywhere extension.
Good catch. I was about to just give up after feeling kind of stupid.
What's That Programming Language?
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Re: What's That Programming Language?
#52Wow this is hard. Wish there was a level option (beginner, intermediate, advanced or something). I have never heard of Pike or Whenever, plus never seen Algol 8 or APL. I spent ten minutes trying to find one that I recognized.
It should be "hard." If you know anywhere near all of them, that probably means you've dabbled in lots of things but never really any one in depth. (Or, you literally do nothing else in your life but code.)
It means you've dabbled in lots of things, sure, but how does that imply you've never done one in depth? It is not that time-consuming to become familiar with the basics of many different programming languages.
Re: What's That Programming Language?
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I know, I had trouble with that as well, but then I read the explanations you get if you click the question mark in the upper right corner. I will try my own explanation here. Type your answer in the box, if you type 2 or more characters, there will be an auto complete list of matches. If nothing happens when you choose an answer, then it's wrong. When you choose the right answer, it will immediately switch to the ne…
The question mark doesn't even work for me (chrome linux), and no code is shown.
[EDIT] My mistake, all you have to do is turn off https everywhere, or reload using http. Frustrating, but not 100% broken...
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#54I need to press Escape to get to the next question? Worst UI ever.
All that whitespace and they can't be bothered to put a couple lines of instructions up. Failtastic.
And yet, I'm hooked...
Re: What's That Programming Language?
#55This is neat but I wish the score was accurate. Currently if I click forfeit it will show me the correct answer but not do anything. I can then write in the answer and then it will increment the x/y score. However, it doesn't take into account forfeits so I always get a perfect score.
Hit escape to advance. It's a weird UI.
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#56That page is really hard to use. Some times the guessing works, some times it doesn't. There's no feedback whether it's working or not. Hitting forfeit brings up a red box that covers the input field and the forfeit button. It would have been more intuitive and less work on their part to have "guess" and "forfeit" buttons.
Yeah, if you click that "?" image on the upper right, it explains how it works. Most unusual UI I've ever seen. That text field should just have a button called "submit". That would be the most obvious thing to do.
It's unusual, but really quick to use with just the keyboard once you get used to it. And the people who are going to do well know how to adjust to new ways of thinking that get certain things done better anyway :P
Re: What's That Programming Language?
#57https everywhere breaks this, because the 3rd party JS is loaded insecurely, and http://(xxx).heroku.com has a redirect rule to https://(xxx).heroku.com.
The external scripts should instead be loaded securely, or using the same protocol as the main page.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, if you click that "?" image on the upper right, it explains how it works. Most unusual UI I've ever seen. That text field should just have a button called "submit". That would be the most obvious thing to do.
It's unusual, but really quick to use with just the keyboard once you get used to it. And the people who are going to do well know how to adjust to new ways of thinking that get certain things done better anyway :P
Looks like a lot of people are complaining about the bad user interface which seems too clever for its own good. But what do they know?
The emperor is naked, man!
Re: What's That Programming Language?
#5910/10 on awesome!
1/10 on usability (the one point is for auto-complete).
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#60Won't let me answer questions (on Chrome 29.0.1547.62 for Mac OS X 10.8.4)... edit: Oh never mind, this is just a shitty user experience. Sorry for the misunderstanding, folks.
I think shitty is a bit strong. Unusual, but there's a big '?' to click on that tells you how to use it. Once you've read that it's possible && easy to use without ever moving you hands to the mouse again.