I've switched and don't know that I'll be going back. Someone lemme know when beta is live so I can hit the normal site! =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Mona, poster names are still links they're just styled differently so they don't look like the other links. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
beta.friendfeed is my new friend !! lots of new stuff to play with.. 8-10hrs lag with list data ..but a very very powerful feature. !! Way to GO TEAM FF !! - Peter Dawson
Love it. If this does not go mainstream, I don't know what will. - Vinay | विनय
This could be very good... but where 's the Rick Roll? - Bill Sodeman
OK: That's a long enough beta period. Let's do it live! - Chris Baskind
I want to start a pool -- (a) first blog to hit techmeme with an article on the re-design, (b) blog with most articles about the re-design (within 2 days starting now) - Wayne Schulz
Michael: if you're viewing your feed from the main address, there is a 'sharing' box up at the top, and the options (comment, photo, link) appear once you begin typing. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
click on your name Jennifer, above right - Tibor Holoda
@Jennifer "My Feed" in the sidebar replaces the "me" tab. And like Tibor said, your name works too. - Dan Hsiao
you launch this right after takeoff from scoble to berlin - coinkydink? :) - Allen Stern
@Stupid Blogger: Thanks, I'd figured that out, was just pointing out what seems like a bug in the current UI. - Michael Nielsen
Looks nice on first glance, and it seems easier now to reach rooms. The friend lists should be a great way to organize my imaginary friends which are basically topic subscriptions. The "Add/ Remove friends" link is confusing at first because when you don't have any friends in the list yet, clicking it will result in nothing (making you wonder if it's broken). The message sharing post form is also confusing because you don't quite know what to enter into it; a link, or a message, or...? The fact that it says "Share a link, message, or photos" doesn't really help. Also wasn't sure how to remove a friend from the home feed after moving them to a special list feed. Took me some seconds to find the Delete List icon, because I was looking near the "Add/ remove friends" link navigation. Wasn't sure if I like you created so many default friend lists for me (personal, favorites, professional), though I guess it may be useful to get the point across. I think I'm liking how names aren't underlined, though not so sure a - Philipp Lenssen
I love the new info bubble. Super better than the old one :) - AJ Batac
Looks like the logo now clicks to the Friends view, as you'd expect. Same as You + Friends. - Chris Baskind
can't seem to access the beta site: Service Unavailable
We encountered an error on your last request. Our service is new, and we are just working out the kinks. We apologize for the inconvenience. - Thomas Hawk
Awesomeness, very useful, and solves the biggest problem of noise reduction! great! - Aditya Kothadiya
awesome! Working now. Anyone know if there is a pagerization greasemonkey script yet for the beta site? - Thomas Hawk
thanks for the iteration.. it's a great step forward - Travis Parsons
like the new functions, but not the new layout, it just doesn't look like friendfeed and a bit feel like google groups (caused by the side bar maybe). miss the old layout... - Baron Mok
We need a "remove from home feed" button under the friends settings. Or there must be an option that we can choose the list which shows on main page. For example, i want to see only "Professional" friends' feeds on the main page. - Selim Yoruk
So many small details and improvements, make SO much difference. - Martin Añazco
At last, I will be able to add to my feed all the people who subscribe to me, and it won't impact on my main source of infobrainment. It looks nice, too. Looks like you guys have pulled another one out of the bag. +1 - Slippy Lane
Hopefully the Greasemonkey scripts I have installed will work with it. - Steven M. Cohen
I'm truly amazed at how good the UI is. The subtle touches like the use of blue links in just the right places or the contextual help like "How does hiding work?". Really great job. I think mioNews just became a little less useful to me, since FF now natively has friend groups. Oh well :P - Patrick Lightbody
It has a great feature in allowing me to separate different people into different lists - that will be worth the whole interface change in itself. I hope that rooms also have embeddable feeds tho! - Justin Long
FF is in a frenzy. This is 16 hrs old and 3rd on my Best of the Week. Congratulations Bret and team. - Russellreno
@Marcos: you can hover your mouse over the comment bubble in front of a comment to get its timestamp. - Dan Hsiao
Mona. Complete lack of talent, patience and time. Plus convincing my wife to let me spend two hours on a weekend making a USB Batman light... - John Worthington
@Mark thank you for posting something that doesn't make me want to puke - Pete Delucchi
@Pete I'll try to post less vomit-inducing stuff from now on. - Mark Wilson
don't stop posting that stuff on my account; it's funny, popular, and although totally nauseating, still somewhat impossible to avert my gaze from... - Pete Delucchi
Seriously, LOL again. This pic is SO perfect! - Josh Haley
Ahem. Where's the "@Joanmarie I'll try to post less vomit-inducing stuff"? Huh?? ;-) (This picture is awesome though.) - Joanmarie
Look at that there... THAT is a prince. Wow. The great cats have SO much poise! They LOOK like the kings of the jungle. - Parth Awasthi
Once over the cute overdose, I must say, I understand how animals this powerful need to be this adorable when they are young. It's the only way to survive. What a gorgeous picture. - Juan Carlo Rodríguez
These two are gorgeous!! Reminds of that film "Two Brothers" (at least I think that was the name) :) - Melanie Reed
Ooops! I now see that it is just 2 shots of one cub...still cuteness. ;) - Melanie Reed
We had annual passes to the San Diego Zoo, and we basically watched an adorable lion cub named Koza grow up. He was truly infectious. We watched him on a web cam and other things. His story has a sad ending, but I remember him fondly. - Brian Norwood
Oh and Mona, no, its just that pretty all round :P - John Worthington
cabbage = gas = smelly farts = Do Not Want - Mona N.
Cabbage? WTF? not the way we make them. Sausage mince, bread crumbs, and what ever veggies you feel like throwing in (usually carrot, onion and Zucchini). - Duncan Riley
Mona, yes, not a great pic. They don't exactly look like that...well mostly, 711 sausage rolls aside naturally. - Duncan Riley
Mona, if farts are the worst thing to come out of you after eating a sausage roll = WIN - John Worthington
I have them at least one a week. Can't resist. There's this gourmet butcher "Jonathan's" in Collingwood Melbourne that does the best I've ever had. http://www.miettas.com.au/food.... - Richard Crocker
Banjo's in St.Kilda used to do the best ones ever. Grabbed 3 for a hangover (they were half the std big size). David Jones Foodhall does good ones too. Now i'll have to trek to Collingwood by the sounds of Richard's recommendation! - Chris Dahl
DO NOT eat the ones from 7/11. Unless you're really drunk and it's 2am, then it's okay. - Chris Dahl
Duncan I use to eat this in Thailand! They put raisins inside with sausage and bacon strips! - Igor The Troll
John, I think the 86% cabbage is for another one of our delicacies -- the legendary Chiko Roll and/or the Dim Sim - Richard Crocker
The above is essentially a baseline Mac Pro replicated using the cheapest minimum required components to build. The difference? A negligible $5.67. Those who claim that they can build "the same" PC for half the price are at this point baseless. Also note - Leo Laporte
Heh... I tend to agree with 90% of the comments over the author's conclusions ;) - Michael W. May via twhirl
Agree with the comments: "If you're stupid enough to pay retail for a Dell, then Apple just might be the computer for you." and then "The author's main point is that Macs are similarly priced to PC's. Then halfway through the article, he states that MAC prices are at a premium because it's from a top-shelf manufacturer and it is sold to cater to a "lifestyle." Did you read the article before you posted Leo or just stopped at the headline? - Johan Lieu
Aphorisms come to mind. 'Cat amongst the pigeons'. Fanboys unite. - Henry Burger
A quick way to save $177.49 would have been to install Leopard instead of Vista. - David Lounsbury
Even during the times when Macs are significantly more expensive than similarly spec'ed PC's, you can never put enough emphasis on the app's that come pre-installed on the Mac, right out of the box, and just as important, the visual appearance and design that goes into making them look... well, I know it's just personal taste, but Macs just look great. - Thomas Raymond Tibbitts
"BRAAAAAAAINS.....
a perfect way to let them know that you care!
this is a cream colored restaurant style ceramic bowl that has been refired to 1945 degrees with a handmade brain image and saying that are now fused into the glaze. the decal image is brown.
great for cereal!" - Mark Wilson via Bookmarklet
No m4r conversion - I'd say this is a partial FAIL. And commenting forward, converting MP3 to AAC, renaming m4a to m4r, etc. just seems like a lot of work for something so... trivial? - l0ckergn0me
Convert it yourself in iTunes (if you didn't already know how to). Convert to AAC, rename m4a to m4r. Ta-da! - Andrew Trinh
When it comes to food, America gets a bad rap. It’s a common refrain that America has no cuisine to call our own. We’ve got apple pie and hot dogs, but that’s about it. (And when you really get down to it, the Germans invented hot dogs, and the British were eating apple pie like 1,000 years ago. - Mark Wilson via Bookmarklet
Chicken-fried bacon or even chicken-fried anything. - Morton Fox
very interesting, but after running through that list I felt very bloated and ill. Although I'll occasionally eat some of those dishes - it's no surpise why there's an obesity epidemic in America. That cobb salad should not be called a salad. - Jason Kaneshiro
JEALOUS MUCH?!? You hate us for our FOOD FREEDOM!!! - Anna Haro
From oobject: "Pocket sundials can be over 1000 years old, arguably making them the world’s first watches - and with no moving parts to break. Typically they were carried by shepherds, where there are a variety of designs, from the French Pillar Sundial to the Tibetan Time Stick." - Mark Trapp via Bookmarklet
Pocket watch geek from way back-pocket sun dials...the precious! - Mark Forman via NoiseRiver
this is cool but I can't help wondering, why would a shepherd need to know what time it was? - Nathan Rein
Thx for sharing this; very interesting bit of history. And they put my stupid SPOT watch to shame. - Kevin C. Tofel
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