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sushi··on Show HN: Type Zebra - Test your fonts in a web browser
You'll have to enable flash for the website in order to use it. Since the flash element is hidden you can't click on it to play.

I'll check the library and see if I can use it. Being a JS noob I just patched up whatever I could find. I know there is lot of scope for improvement in code.

sushi··on Show HN: Type Zebra - Test your fonts in a web browser
Multiple fonts and search for text is something I'd love myself. I just wanted to release the app quickly.

It will be added in the next version. Pinky promise!

sushi··on Show HN: Type Zebra - Test your fonts in a web browser
Yes, there was no way to detect fonts on your computer without using Flash.
sushi··on Show HN: Type Zebra - Test your fonts in a web browser
Multiple font panes will be supported in the next version.
sushi··on Behavioral Targeting for better UX and increased conversions
We are currently in beta and want to gain traction before starting paid plans. We have been accepted to Startup Chile and paid plans will be available once we put a payment gateway in place.
sushi··on Announcing Hipmunk's $15M Series B Funding
I have feature suggestions for hipmunk. I really hope you, or some other flights search site brings these two things:

1. Find cheapest flights between two countries (country->city, city->country, country->country). Some people don't mind traveling a little just to reach the airport from where they can find cheaper flights.

2. Bypass stopovers which levy transit visa. You can easily find my location so you can identify places where I will need to get transit visa even for stopovers and give me option to ignore flights with those stopovers.

sushi··on CSS Hat translates Photoshop layer styles to CSS3
I think getting better at CSS would be my only advice. I got better at it by doing tutorials on https://css-tricks.com/.

One other thing I do is try to make sure I complete my web design without having to use any image or Javascript. When you limit yourself in this way, you find ways to accomplish in CSS/CSS3 and get better at it eventually.

sushi··on CSS Hat translates Photoshop layer styles to CSS3
I wonder how many people still use Photoshop to create mocksups first and then move to HTML/CSS. Ever since CSS3 became popular I create my mockups directly in HTML/CSS3.
sushi··on Why we moved from NodeJS to Ruby on Rails
Thanks. Fixed now.
sushi··on JQuery knobs
I think we will see this being used in lot of 'web infographics'. I personally was never fond of infographics in the image format but it helped spammers derive SEO juice which is how the whole infographic mania started.

Infographics meant for web consumption should be made using HTML, CSS and JS not images and this library will help a great deal.

sushi··on I'm calling this Bubble 2.0, and it's ready to burst
It is temerity to pass this prediction based on extremely small sample data.

Instagram, Colors, Zynga and others like that are still exceptions rather than a rule. Indeed media attention for these social apps/gaming companies tend to be high which might give the illusion that internet industry as a whole is moving towards valuations without any base underneath.

sushi··on Show HN: HackerNew for Chrome
Same suggestion. I like the overall improvements but please don't force the styling. Make it as an option that users can check to disable default styling of HN.
sushi··on Ask HN: How can Non-US founders open a bank account in the US?
This article might help : http://blog.freshdesk.com/how-to-incorporate-a-us-corporatio...
sushi··on Ask HN: Hacker scene in New Delhi?
I helped organize a hacker news meetup sometime back. We might do it again. Join in at http://www.techmeetup.in/ to stay updated.
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We are more keen on getting users for now. Once we find couple of users who are happy with the product, we may start charging some fees.
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Ohh damn! Fixed now.
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It helps you increase online conversions.

1. If you have a shopping website and a visitor regularly visits a certain product page, show him a coupon to boost sales.

2. If you have a blog, target your advertisements based on geography of visitor.

3. Show messages based on user-behavior.

4. Test new features to certain set of users before making it all live for everyone.

Just a couple of them.

sushi··on Html5please
I tried the input tag among others. On a second inspection, I just missed most of the results because they are below the fold.
sushi··on Html5please
Nice work. However I'd suggest you reduce the focus on search box (probably even remove it) . It's not working for most searches and is taking far too much attention. I probably would have left the page, had I not scrolled down by chance.

You might also want to add new input attributes like number, date, time and search etc.

sushi··on Ask HN: Feedback on our new landing page?
> Cool do that. Perhaps even A/B test it ;) [Disclaimer: I work for Visual Website Optimizer]

> I think bad copy exaggerates this. Serif fonts look great, if the rest of the web page design supports it. It doesn't right now. Same thing about that fantasy font.

> The sync button can be used to denote "realtime email reporting". Look at the Pictos font pack for more sauce http://pictos.drewwilson.com/

sushi··on Ask HN: Feedback on our new landing page?
Couple of things:

1. Not too sure about the title "Kiss Your Complicated Help Desk Software Goodbye!" as well as the statement below it. Big words, which can easily be replaced by smaller words and more images of the product.

2. Not a fan of Serif and fantasy fonts either. Try some Sans-Serif fonts instead. Will make the copy more legible.

3. The boxes which show product features look like blobs of text. Use images with text. Keep the feature boxes less and instead give a link to a separate "Features" page.

4. The "play" button image on the video looks odd. Doesn't gel with anything else on the page.

5. Put more testimonials and put shorter ones on homepage. Shorter ones tend to have more punch. Make a separate page for testimonials where you can allocate the bigger ones.

Really dig your product by the way. All the best.

sushi··on Show HN: TouchBase (re-imagining the iPhone calendar)
Minor UX feedback: The image for CTA buttons you are using look weird on hover. See this http://www.touchbasecal.com/images/btn_cta1.png The top image which appears on hover doesn't have the correct n and p letter in "Our normal price is $3.99".
sushi··on Ask HN: Any good Macbook Air alternatives?
I am planning to purchase the same MBA that you have.

Would you say it's good enough for someone who wants to do Django, python dev, Photoshop, Illustrator and some basic video editing?

sushi··on Need Help. Going through late 20 career crisis.
If you don't mind telling, what is the payment gateway you are using on zovi.com?
sushi··on HTML preview for doc, docx, pdf & rtf
UX Suggestion: Please hyperlink the Blog text besides the Recruiterbox logo. It's underlined so users expect it to be a link.
sushi··on Amazon Web Services are down
Easter

Royal Wedding

May Day

sushi··on Ask HN: What are your side projects?
I am starting a UX newsletter at http://www.uxready.com/ . Currently, I am collecting feedback from friends on what kind of news they'd like to receive. Once the subscribed number reaches 100 I will start sending it.
sushi··on I am starting a newsletter about UX
Thanks a lot for the feedback, Peter. I will definitely do the changes you suggested.
sushi··on Disqus: Scaling the World’s Largest Django Application
I think most of it comes from experience, sticking to fundamentals and learning from the mistakes of others but don't listen to me. I'm a noob to all this stuff myself.
sushi··on 50 Scholarships for Developers to Launch next week
Ask Arianna Huffington. Politely.
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