The SlopeTalk project is going precisely as I anticipated, which is that I can’t stop thinking of new ideas. Each day, a somewhat better version comes out. Sorry to be so repetitive, but it’s vital you hit Shift-F5 on your keyboard when you visit SlopeTalk to make sure you’ve got the latest version during this rapid development period. The most recent improvements include:
- Scrolling – – this was driving people bananas. They would be typing away, and the screen would scroll all the way to the bottom. This has been fixed. Just make sure auto-scroll is off in Preferences.
- Paste Image – – instead of having to Upload an image, we’re going to let you just paste (Ctrl-V) directly into the input box. This isn’t quite done yet, but it mostly works now, although not elegantly. Try to paste (with your keyboard) a graphic, and you’ll see a URL show up. Don’t worry, that’s supposed to happen (and it’ll be gone when the feature is complete). Post it, and voila, there’s your graphic.
- Notifications at Top – A number of you asked for this, and I’ll describe it below.
As most of you know, when someone uses the “@” feature to get your attention, the system both emails you and, now, puts a link to their message beneath their name. Some of you pointed out that you won’t want to scroll up and down the list of users to seek out messages. Now what we’re doing it shoving them right to the top of the list so it’s quite obvious.
Pretty cool, eh?
SlopeTalk is getting more popular by the day, and it’s definitely becoming the de facto home page for the site. Many more features forthcoming, so keep the feedback flowing.
