Another quick release of code we already had lying around almost ready: featured topics. On several grids we are now displaying a list of featured topics in the grid sidebar. The topics are selected by tags and votes, so if you want to promote a topic up vote it or tag it and as always […]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Next/Previous links on posts
We had some code lying around to put links on each post to jump to the next or previous post. It wasn’t live because it still needs some work, namely it needs to skip over collapsed posts. But while using a trackball without a scroll wheel today I quickly dusted it off and pushed it […]
Tags on profile page
Tags are user-created forums, and as with anything open to all users some will abuse the feature. While tagging is intended to serve as a way to categorize and recommend content it’s also sometimes used to rate the content and criticize it. This is expected, and with enough good user activity it will be overridden […]
The Raven’s Realm closes next year
An MSN group called TheRavensRealm eventually evolved into able2know, and for this reason we are announcing here to the members who first were part of that group that Microsoft is closing MSN Groups and the group will no longer be accessible next year. They offer a way to import the group into different services, which […]
UI Overhaul: New layout and design
Tonight we launched a design update that we’ve been working on for over a month now. The goal was to fix some of the aesthetic deficiencies in the previous design and improve the layout and navigation. The main goals of our update were: Design We wanted a less “washed out” look, and though the color […]