One thing I have noticed is that in any ovie, v show, etc where anything odd happens, the English are always portrayed as standing in place saying something like "This can't be happening" or some stupid thing like that, when it clearly IS happening. Is this some sort of national trait? I like to think that if, say, the dead rise and turn on the living, I would fight back + run to safety FIRST and worry about the ontological implications after.
- Neal Jansons
Laugh, sure. But your pounds sterling end up in a California bank account. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
My cousin dl'ed the Moron Test and tried to get me to take it. I told him he'd already failed because he was a moron for buying it in the first place. He was unamused. I wasn't.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
To be fair, he's kind of a tool, so it's less a reflection of the app and more a reflection of how much I want to throw him off the nearest high-rise.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I notice that the U.S. is no longer a nation of morons -- for the last few days, "The Sims 3" is #1, so we're now a nation of replicants.
- Stephen Mack
got this after my first intelligent use of ff filtered search. populist USA likes to feign ignorance and UK likes to superficial awareness
- Lane Rapp
Louis: I opened your post up and will have to read it later when FriendFeed slows down a bit. I just don't have time to jump off this tab and read an entire blog post. :)
- Lou Paglia
@Mitch: Mouseover on the timestamp for a post to see a new improved permalink.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Mitch; you alread have permalinking. Click the date (11 minutes ago). That's the permalink.
- Robert Scoble
1) The permalink has /louisgray/ in it, great for searching. 2) The permalink is wordier like a good SEO-optimized URL should be.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
There needs to be a keyboard shortcut for pause as well.
- Justin Doub
I'm with Justin - hotkey for pause would be great.
- Joel Bennett
Good list, Louis. Seconding the wish for pause hotkey.
- Kate
But I have to say: direct-message from "anyone" plus direct-message emails ... sounds like a spammers wet-dream. I already have plenty of places where I can get direct messages from strangers (including, believe it or not, by email). All of them have (and need) heavily fortified anti-spam barricades ... why would you want another such here?
- Joel Bennett
The realtime UI is a great step forward but could make use of some subtle improvements by way of giving the user better visual about what is updating and when. Perhaps use fade-ins or color changes, to make the realtime-ness smoother.
- Ryan Stanley
Cool list Louis! I'll be reading this later... about to dash out for a PMI board meeting... l8r
- Susan Beebe
Would there be any value in permalinking comments or would this simply be bloat?
- bendi
@bendi; could be interesting, sometimes comments are as or more interesting that the initiating entry. it is always a toss up of commenting on an entry or wondering if your comment on that particular entry is "entry worth" itself
- Lou Paglia
I hope the sharing links through the mainfeed, just like some other features, just didn't make it in the beta version yet...
- Sanne Buurma