dbrannan

Good grief, I can't even spell it!

How about if users could rate other user's comments? For instance, if someone posted something totally out of character for the app, then other commenters could rate that comment as valid, invalid, and leave additional comments explaining why that users is a troll.

The monetary loss used to be $10,000.00 before they would lift a finger, but that was 10 years ago.

Aluminum!

All the best people are slightly different.

Don't major in minor things.

Me too, and I'm not exactly certain how I feel about that. I guess as time moves on I've realized the only one that can get this train going is me.

Agreed, and I own an older AppleTV. It hardly gets used anymore other than to stream Flickr photos now and then as a screen saver.

Is anyone else concerned Apple will release a touch-screen iMac, and all future "touch" software will need to go through the iTunes store? If touch software ends up being more popular I see all development needing to go through the Apple development screening. I'm beginning to feel that if they could screen websites they'd do that too, oh wait. They do that too by limiting Flash.

"If you don't have a free plan, you will never get my business."

I love your honesty. Clearly you are not the type of customer he is looking for.

In our experience (examprofessor.com) setting more severe limits to our free plan boosted paid sales 2x, which was very welcome. We started with a free plan, one exam, unlimited students. Later, we limited the free plan to one exam w/ 10 students and many of our clients jumped up to a paid plan.

I think if you do have a free plan, seriously limit features in a manner that encourages clients to upgrade.

After reading the article we've made the free option less visible (www.examprofessor.com), and perhaps we'll remove it completely one day soon.

Nice article!

I had already purchased this book, but it will still be nice to have a PDF version. Thanks SitePoint!

I like your idea better.

Hmm... sounds like this issue could be solved if everyone stopped car-pooling.

Wow, if one can increase productivity by reducing hours from 90 to 60, then again (as you say) from 60 to 40, then what really is the optimal hours worked per week? I would think it largely depends on the task at hand - manual labor or academic. I know when I framed houses I could do 6x10s and was wasted beyond that and useless, but mental work can be exhausting also. I know with practice one can build up the ability to work longer hours physically and I suspect with training you could do the same mentally. The bigger question, however, is people are expected to have a life outside of work, too. Personally, I'd like to see 35 hours as you suggest as the law.

Oh yes, now everything mobile will look like Craigslist. Gee, what a step forward for everyone!

If browsers stick to standards then great, but as this demo proves (since it only works in Safari) you'll still need to develop for various browsers, versions, brands, types.

As I see it - I'll stick with Flash. I like the idea of write once and deploy everywhere, which worked pretty well for me until the iTouch/iPhone/iPad came along.

Oh, you were being sarcastic. I honestly just thought you were being an idiot. Sorry.

Many of us build our web apps as a side income, so as long as it pays for itself, is enjoyable, and has potential we keep plugging along. So, I'm curious - what do you consider a failure?

You're an idiot.

Does anyone remember that WebObjects used to cost $50K? It failed because no one could afford it and there was little to no documentation. By the time Apple woke up and reduced the price it was too late. Other web languages were already off and running.

Unfortunately, I can see this happening.

I looked at load times and you are right, we should work on optimizing our pages a bit. Thanks!

56K = 61.65 seconds ISDN 128K = 24.02 seconds T1 1.44Mbps = 8.84 seconds

Here is mine: www.examprofessor.com

It's an assessment engine that allows you to embed your exams anywhere you please.

It has been an Adobe Flex form for quite a while now. I have used it several times in the past and have never had a problem. Personally, I kind of like RIAs.