Wednesday, October 19, 2005

State of the Union

We uploaded a number of small changes today:



This blog!

We'll use this blog to keep our users up to date with updates and the like.

Persistent Arrows.

We debated for quite a while what to do with the arrows. It turns out the solution was quite simple. We leave the arrows on the page after clicking them to allow users to change their votes after a mis-click. The score should update immediately after clicking the arrows now. It used to be delayed to get the new score information from the server. We're going to add a profile option soon to automatically mod up links after the are clicked.

Clicks

We are setting the color of visited links now rather than relying on the browser to do it. This should keep the links consistent for users who use multiple browsers.

Caching

Fixed the issue where a site would be modded or hidden, but after clicking a link and returning using the back button the article's state was forgotten.

Safari still caches aggresively, but we have an upcoming fix that should help the back-button issues.

What's Upcoming



Recommendations

The submit/recommend chain is going to get some attention. We'd like to make is easier to share links with other users on reddit, as well as with friends who are not members.

We're also working to make it easier to avoid submitting duplicate stories.
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