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PointyOintment wrote 08/18/2014 at 21:36

I like the new feed, but the number of new stories that appears on the feed link's flag is incorrect now. I used to just divide that number by 31 and go directly to that page of the feed, and go forward from there, to make sure I didn't miss anything. Now, I can't do that; I have to guess at what page I have to go to to find the least recent stories I haven't read yet. It's not just an issue of dividing by 8 instead of 31; the number used to be over 100 just about every day, and now it rarely goes over 20, despite the fact that I've been adding and not subtracting subscriptions.

Also, if it's feasible, I'd like a button to go straight to the least recent unread story. You wouldn't have to keep track of each story's read/unread status, just which one is the most recent one that's read, and then highlight everything newer than that.

Another issue I have with the feed (since the old version) is that to make sure I don't miss anything, instead of just clicking on the "prev" button to go to the previous page, I must open it in a new tab, refresh the current page, look for anything new at the top of the page, then close the tab and move on to the previous page. If I just clicked "prev" then I'd miss anything that was on the previous page when I loaded the current one but has since been pushed down to the current one. I have no idea how to solve this, but I will say I'd like infinite scrolling much less than the current situation. I could start on page 1 and click "next", but I like reading things in the order of posting.

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Mike Szczys wrote 08/18/2014 at 21:58

Thanks for including so many details on this. I also look forward to an easier method of discovering the oldest unread in my feed. I'll add this to the tracker.

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PointyOintment wrote 08/19/2014 at 23:23

Great; thanks! One more thing: I'm not interested in seeing skulls and follows for projects I follow, but I would still like to see them for my own projects. Would this be possible?

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jaromir.sukuba wrote 08/18/2014 at 13:03

Hello,
I'm not sure what happened, but in last few weeks I have problems with loading pictures on hackaday projects. Sometimes it works better, sometimes worse, but I can still see browser waiting long for static.hackaday.io, where the pictures are apparently stored. All other websites are OK on my home computer, with steady connection speed of about 60-70Mbit/s (fiberoptic line). It was absolutely OK before and went totaly wrong one day.
The situation is such as bad on my home computer, the computer in my lab on another part of city (with different provider) is better (though not perfect).

Before investigating more, am I the only one with images loading problem?

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erenemre wrote 08/18/2014 at 21:10

Hello jaromir.sukuba, thanks for letting us know. We haven't heard if anyone else was also having problems but I'll create a ticket to share this with my team. I'll let you know if we find something.

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jaromir.sukuba wrote 08/18/2014 at 22:02

Hello, thanks for this. For your info, this is how it looks http://imgur.com/PA4N49C - you can see normally loaded page, but only partially loaded images, some of them load just fine and fast and other... nothing, I can wait a few minutes and situation is still the same. I'm using Firefox 31 on Ubuntu 14.04 and confirmed this on another computer on my network. It may happen the problem is on my side, though.

By the way, why can't I reply to your reply, but only to my original post? This prevents classic discussion trees. Is this intentional?

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digi-motion wrote 08/17/2014 at 07:39

Hello !

Why my project can not be seen from "My Projects" but only by direct link ?
I can edit my project, but no one can see it or comment or give a skull....
Please fix it.
Thank you !

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erenemre wrote 08/18/2014 at 21:06

Hello digi-motion! Sorry about that. It seems like there was a weird character added to your project details section and it was causing a problem. It's fixed now.

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Alistair MacDonald wrote 08/16/2014 at 14:04

An API to read my project information will be appreciated. This is partly to allow an easy backup, and partly to allow me to embed links to the project profiles from my web site.

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Aleksandar Bradic wrote 08/18/2014 at 02:51

Hi Alistair,

We're working on making an API publicly available. Hopefully this will be done fairly soon. Will keep you posted!

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anfractuosity wrote 08/15/2014 at 23:57

Hi peeps,

Is there any chance we could get editable project logs, as I really want to be able to update some images and stuff over a few days, without posting something that's half finished, and not being able to change it.

cheers

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davedarko wrote 08/16/2014 at 07:30

When you click on a log to view it in detail, there is a link on the top: "Edit project log". But I can tell you as a heavy follower that it is frustrating when you follow a project and the log gets changed a lot and you have to re-read it all over again to get the sometimes minor changes.

What may is missing here is some kind of article/page thing for projects, where you only relate to a single part of a project (power, control unit, software). It would be possible to make multiple projects, but that gets confusing, too. Maybe adding tags for logs and a little tag cloud to filter them would be cool. So you can always post logs to a tag.

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davedarko wrote 08/15/2014 at 18:09

http://hackaday.io/about/ gives a 404 ( sorry, I was bored :D )

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davedarko wrote 08/15/2014 at 18:09

I mean the link on the bottom of every page..

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/15/2014 at 20:09

Thanks for catching that. It should go to http://hackaday.com/about/ .

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rawe wrote 08/15/2014 at 14:46

css fail on "my feed" pg2+ (not global feed) in chrome 36 screenshot: http://up.picr.de/19221009gq.jpg

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/15/2014 at 20:27

Hi rawe, we have a ticket in for this already, but thanks for letting us know.

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Bobnova wrote 08/14/2014 at 22:43

I would like to have a second button for each project in the Hackaday Prize Voting, one that declares not only that I think it's a good idea, but that I want one.
There are things, like the knitting circuits project, that are awesome but that I would never actually use. Then there are things like the solar energy controller that not only are awesome but are something I personally want to have. I want to send that message.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/15/2014 at 20:28

Hello Bobnova, we are not going to add this to voting, but there is a possibility we may add something like this to project pages at some point. You can always leave a comment on the project :)

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j0z0r pwn4tr0n wrote 08/14/2014 at 05:41

Great job on the new feed, it looks better than I could have imagined. Something I have noticed (and it could just be me) is images seem to switch between a smaller and larger version, just dynamically on a page. It's only on the thumbnail selected on the main project page that I can tell, and it is very subtle. You have to look at it for a second, it seems like it is zooming in and out, albeit very slightly. It's not overly distracting, just a little weird

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davedarko wrote 08/13/2014 at 23:25

some unsorted and unfiltered thoughts (again)... :)

3. I came here because of a broken "check it out" link in an email I got for a comment on a project. Link looked like that http://hackaday.ioundefined/#j-discussion-7469 ... but then I noticed the curated lists :)

1. yay, curated lists :) this is awesome! This way some projects could get more attention. I think the drop down sorting menu from the other list views would be a nice add-on.

Themes that could make a good list too:
- UAVs/Drones/flying things
- health related stuff (blood stuff, urine stuff, heart stuff)
- home growing/gardening
- robots (or parts of them like arms)
- watches and clocks (nixie tubes, xkcd, bttf, servos)
- wearables/clothes
- space related stuff (satellites, telescopes, radios, dsky, space suit)
- SDR, ham radios..
- games, arcades, consoles
-...

2. The sorting of replies to comments seems weird, is this a bug or a feature (I'm asking seriously)?

4. I really like where this page is going, and I hope that networking with people will get easier and appears more often, once they see the similarities in their projects. With 2418 projects (more or less) it will be more and more difficult to pay attention to overlooked projects and the nth project about xy.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/14/2014 at 18:24

Hey davedarko,
1. Glad you like the lists and thanks for the theme suggestions. Sorting would definitely help.
2. Yep, replies should be fixed soon.
3. Thanks for letting us know about that. Could you possibly forward me that email?
4. We have a few ideas for improved networking. Initially we are working on an improved experience for new members to suggest hackers and projects to follow. More to come.
Thanks,
Jasmine

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davedarko wrote 08/14/2014 at 20:43

sorry, but I already deleted the mail :(

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David Drolet wrote 08/12/2014 at 13:53

Jasmine, I will follow your advice and use the project log and instructions more appropriately, but the way the logs are displayed doesn't work so well with a completed project. I would like to present my project step by step, and always have the first step showing on top , but it is sorted with the newest first , so my first entry will always be at the bottom. You can change the sorting when you are displaying all logs, but that's not the way a project will first be seen by others. This was kind of why I was using instructions instead of logs, because I can easily sort them myself. I also used a lot of different "steps" because of the formatting issues I wanted to keep steps short. I first wrote all that I wrote under project details , but then it wasn't the right place so I moved to instructions, copy pasting all I had written, but it seems that , under instructions at the very least, it doesn't like copy pasting at all. I was copying with 2 different windows, so the formatting should of stayed the same but it came out all weird , at least in the editor window. I also tried pasting inside Word , and the formatting was fine, including the bullet points and the embedded images. It could very be because instructions is narrower than project details.

Also , since I had no idea where I should upload my schematic, since there is a component section, but nothing for schematic / code, i decided to upload it to the project's pictures. Although the preview is upright, when you click on the actual picture, the schematic was rotated 90 degrees.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/14/2014 at 18:13

Yep, then the build instructions are the best thing to use. You can always put brief info in the build instructions and link to more info in the project logs. You can also make a link to the sorted view all page.

We may add a design docs section, but for the time being photos or in the project logs is best. I'm not sure why the schematic is rotated. We'll look into that one, as well as the formatting issues.

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davedarko wrote 08/12/2014 at 10:48

The feed looks way better now, but a little bug I've already noticed: "X wrote a comment on Y" news are missing - only the replies show.

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zakqwy wrote 08/12/2014 at 12:00

But man--anyone else wake up this morning and say, "OH MAN NEW FEED! THIS IS AMAZING"?

Seriously, great job guys.

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davedarko wrote 08/12/2014 at 14:12

same here :)

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davedarko wrote 08/12/2014 at 14:14

ok, weird order of comments o.O

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/12/2014 at 16:48

Glad you like it. We are still ironing out a few bits and pieces, but we wanted to get something out to you asap. davedarko - thanks for picking those up. I'll log them.

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David Drolet wrote 08/10/2014 at 23:21

I'm running firefox 31 and there are a lot of formatting issues when creating instructions. For example bullet points are acting very weird, immediately as you enter bulletpoint mode it prints 2 lines, or they are spaced apart very wide making it look ugly. I used the "code" formatting to print code, but if I ever edit the instructions, my code is now on a single line and looks very bad. Also the width of the instructions window is too narrow. I know not everybody has a 2560 x 1600 screen .. but it should either scale or just be wider by default. I'd really like to add all the details I can about my project, but the formatting is driving me mad. I can't type the whole thing at once without ever editing it, and when I do edit it , all the formatting changes.

Also , I should be able to make projects but not publish them right away before they are the way I want to publish them. I was hoping to use this site as both a means to publish both also a means to keep track of my current projects without publishing them to everyone before I am ready to do so.

Looking forward to see improvements in the very near future.

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David Drolet wrote 08/10/2014 at 23:23

I forgot to add that images cant be resized as i'd like , and those embedded in instructions cannot be clicked on to get a larger view..

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/11/2014 at 19:09

Hello David Drolet, I'll let the devs know about the editing/formatting issues, and about the image re-size/enlarging.

I had a look at your Bluetooth Doorlock project. The build instructions seem to include information which might go well in project logs. It's up to you, but we intended the build instructions to be fairly concise steps for other members to be able to replicate your process, which is why not so much space has been allowed for them. Project Logs are more suited for updates and longer explanations regarding choices and techniques on your project as you go along.

It is unlikely we will add a drafts feature. We want to follow people's projects from conception and as they happen.

Thanks for your feedback.
Jasmine

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A. M. Aitken wrote 08/10/2014 at 08:28

"updated" is getting a bit frustrating. I typically open these, reread, stare and am none the wiser for what has changed. A component? A spelling mistake? Something wiki like would be awesome, but I accept major changes to site code may not be feasible. If it's possible to put in a reason line the editor can fill in and would show up in follower's feeds, that would help a lot.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/11/2014 at 18:28

Hello Marvin, that's a great idea. I'll add it to our future ideas doc. We have phase 1 of the new feed coming out this week which aims to make the feed more useful and less cluttered. Thanks for the feedback.

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J. Peterson wrote 08/10/2014 at 05:25

I tried extending my project description, transcribing several pages of information from a document I had in PDF. It looked great in the "Edit Description" site, but when I look at the project page, it just gets truncated. If there's a limit on the Project Description section, it'd be helpful to spell it out.

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J. Peterson wrote 08/10/2014 at 05:27

By "Project Description" I meant "Project Details"...

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J. Peterson wrote 08/10/2014 at 05:30

Ah, just discovered the "Read More..." flag. Would be nice if this was automatic (at least initially).

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/11/2014 at 18:24

Hello J. Peterson, yep most of the long text sections are truncated at around 4000 chars. However it should automatically insert the read more tag. You can choose to add the read more tag at any point before it truncates.

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davedarko wrote 08/08/2014 at 21:57

Replies to bits/comments on profiles are not showing up in the feed.

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davedarko wrote 08/08/2014 at 23:23

The upvoting and downvoting counts seem to jump to the reply when a comment is deleted.

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Paul_Beaudet wrote 08/08/2014 at 19:50

This may have already said, and if it has it is probably worth reiterating.
->"myfeed" is too spamy<-
Personally, only care about conversations. Everything else is superficial and gets in the way of the important things.
->only want conversations<-
Noticed replies to my comments are just sometimes labeled as "reply to *project or person* " Maybe because they did a regular post instead of a reply, regardless, This makes it impossible for people to use the site to network and get feedback because it creates noise and obfuscates the signal.
->Low signal to noise ratio.<-

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/08/2014 at 22:21

Hello Paul_Beaudet, phase 1 of the new feed is likely to be released next week. You won't be able to tailor what you see, but hopefully the changes we've made will make it more useful to you and everyone else. We will continue to improve it to make it easier for the community to network and get feedback. Thanks for your comment.

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fl@C@ wrote 08/08/2014 at 12:08

I'm experiencing an issue with my build logs.. It seems that it now automatically inserts a read more tag...the probelm is whatever image is just above that tag shows up with the broken image icon and the read now link isn't a line..it's just plain text that says read more.. If I click on the build log title to open the entirety, it seems fine and all images load.. Any idea?

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/08/2014 at 19:13

Hello fl@C@, we have this bug logged already, but I'll chase up. In the mean time, you should place the read more tag yourself earlier on. We automatically truncate around 4000 chars. Thanks.

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fl@C@ wrote 08/08/2014 at 22:15

Great..! Thanks for the reply Jasmine.. I'll add the tags.

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Milkey Mouse wrote 08/08/2014 at 00:13

I'm probably just experiencing something weird with Chrome, but for me none of the links in the top bar work. I'm using the Canary version of Chrome and tried running a vanilla copy. It still didn't work!

Btw I think being able to use Markdown for posts would be amazing. I use it for pretty much everything else!

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Mars wrote 08/07/2014 at 07:07

It seems sometimes the 'view all details' button is missing, and the project details are simply cut-off. If you know the magic URL for all the details you can get to them.

Example (my project; thats how I found it)

http://hackaday.io/project/2056-Cat-644 :Under 'project details' the post is cut-off mid sentence at "The PS/2 protocol consists of 2 sign"

But the rest of the details do in fact exist: http://hackaday.io/post/5546/

This is a little frustrating because I do intend to enter the hackaday prize contest, but can't be sure that everything is actually visible!

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Mars wrote 08/07/2014 at 16:28

The problem appers to be server side:

My project page source: (replaced lt, gt with brackets)

[ div class="detail-btns"]

[ /div ]

Other project pages:

[div class="detail-btns"]

[span][a href="/post/525" class="grey-gold-button medium-button show"]See all details[/a][/span]

[/div]

I was really hoping it was a js or css bug caused by bad text in my post or something that I could work around. Doesn't seem to be the case.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/07/2014 at 17:27

Hello Mark, I can see what you mean. I'll put in a ticket for the bug.
If you are going to enter The Hackaday Prize, you should Officially Submit now, and just make sure you meet the requirements by August 20th for the next round. More details here: http://hackaday.com/2014/07/26/4-minutes-to-entry/
We'll take a snapshot of all the project data on the 20th, so we would have still seen it. However, thanks for letting us know about the bug.

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Jasmine Brackett wrote 08/07/2014 at 18:52

Hey Mark, I forgot to mention that you can also add the 'more' tag, if you want to choose when the cut off will be. Otherwise we automatically truncate the text at around 4000 chars.

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Mars wrote 08/07/2014 at 19:12

Thanks Jasmine, adding the 'more' tag let me cut-off the text at a better point, AND forced the 'See all details' button to re-appear.

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