You are using it correctly, so must be missing some support. You might mention what version of Chrome (although, I assume that's the latest given their automatic updates) you are using and whether or not you are blocking JavaScript.
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Some comments:
* It doesn't seem to be working on Safari (v. 5.1, OS X Lion) for me. When I drop the file in, the blue bar stays properly, but the content area below that goes blank.
* The option to upload via a standard file input would be nice as well. I like that the primary usage is dropping, but sometimes I run my windows in full screen and it'd be nice to not have to exit out of that, open Finder, find the folder, and the drag.
* Maybe indicate that this is indeed the page on which you are supposed to drag. At first, I was unsure about that, but decided to go for it anyway. You could give a visual indication with a dotted box suggesting they drop there (but letting them drop anywhere, if they decide).
* Under instructions, I was left hanging. I get that you're showing that it's only two steps, but you showed a picture of it dropping onto the page and the instructions ended there. A "You're done!" with a small clipping of what the page with the rendered markup looks like might be nice.
About how they handle chargebacks, I honestly can't comment on that part since I haven't had to deal with that. However, re: mediation, based solely on my past experiences with their excellent support team, I do believe they have the developers' interests at heart too and would work with that accordingly. Again, I haven't dealt with it personally though, so I can't guarantee that and comment reliably on how they truly would act in such a situation.
Edit: their TOS does mention that they may help you with mediation, but also reserve the right to charge a fee for it.
There are plenty of horror stories around pre-orders on PayPal. I'm not sure how Stripe handles this specifically, but they may be a good alternative: https://stripe.com/ (we use and love them).
We were able to get our product off the ground right away with Stripe (we were in their beta before they opened up to all). It's extremely quick to implement, their APIs are well-documented, and I doubt they'd prove bothersome like PayPal is being here. In my experiences, their support actually responds quickly and goes above and beyond to help.
If someone from Xenonauts is reading this: let me know if you need any help implementing Stripe if you decide to go that route. You can tweet me at @michaelschade or drop me a note at hn [-at: @-] mschade [-dot: .-] me and I'll provide whatever advice I can. I'll also see about sending this suggestion through their site in case they're not HN readers.
Edit: found their email and sent through there too. Hopefully they can get the issue resolved–I feel bad for them not being able to accept orders right now, that must be a really upsetting position to be in.
Abstract: https://thestrangeloop.com/sessions/running-a-startup-on-has...
He also gave a workshop on Sunday (which I unfortunately was not able to attend): https://thestrangeloop.com/sessions/haskell-functional-progr...
http://mschade.me/notes-storm-twitters-scalable-realtime-com...
Now, I'm not saying that you are incorrect in what you perceive to be some of their reasoning for this. Of course Google wants to associate the work they do with their brand identity, and this video is indeed advertising. Anything a company does is advertising, to be fair.
That said, I don't personally believe that advertising and showing support for something are mutually exclusive. Just as a company is able to get their name out there while also donating to charity, Google is capable of spreading the Google name while also paying tribute to Freddie.
Plus, keep in mind that Google created the video. As a photographer and someone who enjoys art in general, I can tell you that it's not uncommon for artists to incorporate their name (or, in this case, their company's name) into a piece of work. It's a nice way to make the art something with which one can personally connect.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2075158
Disclaimer: I co-founded it
> They are lucky because their case has a high-profile because of the film - but there must be many, many other innocent people in prisons because of false confessions.
This is exactly what concerns me–so much effort and attention went into these few cases that achieved a high profile, but I'm certain that many just like it–with inconclusive or completely unmatched DNA and police hasty to close an investigation–exist, and it worries and saddens me to think how many other people are innocently sitting in prison or on death row as a result.
Essentially, the story involves these sailors individually confessing to a crime (and allegedly tailoring their confessions to the investigator's words) when they were implicated by someone already being interrogated. With each additional person being interrogated, more people were implicated (who were previously unnamed), and previous confessions were amended accordingly.
Quite saddening indeed.
Not stating my position on this entire debate with this comment; but, to be fair, he was simply monitoring an API that Jonathan himself provided to see the balance, so there was no wiretapping or illegal card accessing to determine balance going on.
What really frustrates me is that there are some places in which options exist but simply aren't documented, and in other cases the various call options are listed but with no explanation, so you have no clue what each option actually does for you.
So, in this case, a smaller link with a nice yellow box around it is likely a better call to action as it's different from the rest of the content.
Note: I have accounts on these sites and actively use them, just my guess as to other peoples' rationale behind not getting an account.
For those unaware, Twitter's platform/API guy @episod changes profile pictures very frequently, so I decided to index his profile pictures to see how they get cycled out or change over time.
The balance is really neat to see and it keeps people engaged and thinking about this project, even if they're not actively partaking (like myself, at the moment).
The smaller installments of cash also help others realize that it's okay to submit small amounts and increase the likelihood that more than just one person with a large purchase will benefit.
To the other points: how would you go about mandating a photo or any other form of interaction from the purchaser? Jonathan has his card picture posted on the website–Starbucks simply accepts that photo as payment, there's no authorization process in the middle where Jonathan could selectively let some use it while disallowing others.
The page on Rawr includes a basic usage example as well as links to my implementation on GitHub and Hackage.
For me, I'm in the terminal and MacVim for a good portion of my day hacking around; so, while I enjoy portions of the Google Docs(or whatever editor) interface, if I stop my usual coding activities to write a blog post, I'd like to stay in my natural environment of vim and terminal. This is particularly true if my blog post contains code–it feels much more natural for me to paste code samples between vim windows than it does to copy code from vim and paste it into some external editor.
(So, basically, it's not just the syntax, it's also the environment in which I get to write that syntax.)
In addition to G+ reminding users when resharing a limited post that it was intended for a smaller audience and to be mindful of that, the original poster can also disable resharing entirely.