Friday, May 11, 2012

[WD&D] Digest for sitedesign@googlegroups.com - 18 Messages in 3 Topics

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    Stuart Moules <stu.moules@googlemail.com> May 11 01:25AM +0100  

    Hi Doug,
    If you are looking are looking for 1 more search criteria for your list
    just to be even, then maybe you should put a search for 'gothic' in. Which
    is is a type of oldschool typeface for calligrapher's and also a style of
    typeface, much seen in type sites from what I remember, and may just be the
    same as searching for 'calligraphy', which itself is a broad subject. Maybe
    design your own gothic typeface, and copperplate too, seeing as they are
    probably public domain by now anyway. Unless you want to leave the odd
    space for future additions of course.
     
    Stu.
     

     

    Deb * Digital Mouse Designs <listmember@digitalmousedesigns.com> May 10 10:47PM -0500  

    On 5/10/2012 2:55 AM, Artist wrote:
     
    > You can select your own custom text and color to preview the fonts, and
    > if you click on them you will be presented with a character map of the
    > rendered characters available.
     
    They, that's pretty cool, Doug. You might want to either change the word
    "Settings" to something that is more descriptive of it's function or
    make it visible without clicking the word. For me it's just not obvious
    enough.
     
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    Deb * Digital Mouse Designs

     

    Binaek Sarkar <binaek89@gmail.com> May 10 03:46PM +0530  

    The idea is good. Sorry to be a critic, but I think there's a bug.
     
    When I try to fetch some word with a lot of meanings, then it is
    overlapping the footer links. This is because of the *height *style of
    the *result
    div. *If you change it to *min-height* then its working perfectly. You
    might want to look into it.
     
    Also, it would be nice to have an image or something which shows that the
    data is being fetched.
     
    One more thing. Is it necessary to have it lookup the dictionary after
    every keypress? Like, if I am typing in a 45 letter word, then it makes 45
    requests. For every request, my browser send 223 bytes. So, we are talking
    about more than 9KB, just to get one word.
     
    Maybe, you could check the field after a specified interval, check it
    against the previous value and then send the request. That should bring
    down the number of requests.
     
    Also, it would be nice, if you had an API to couple with this, which people
    could access. That would lead to a better hit ratio for your system
     
    Regards
    Binaek Sarkar
    Foundation
    http://www.foundation.net.in/
     

     

    Binaek Sarkar <binaek89@gmail.com> May 10 03:56PM +0530  

    One more thing. The input box has an *onKeyUp* event listener. What if I *PASTE
    *a word into it? It won't work then...
     
    Regards
    Binaek Sarkar
    Foundation
    http://www.foundation.net.in/

     

    Binaek Sarkar <binaek89@gmail.com> May 10 04:37PM +0530  

    No problem... Anytime...
     
    Sorry for the multiple mails... :)

     

    Tyler Byrd <tylerbyrd@gmail.com> May 10 06:36AM -0700  

    I personally am not a super big fan of the design. However the functionality
    is pretty cool. I like that you have the predictive intent in there and I
    can see words/definitions as I type. I did find this problem occurring with
    larger definitions tho: http://screencast.com/t/fFbYr1O6cO
     
     
    Looks like you need to have a push footer so that this doesn¹t happen.
    Either that or clearfix would probably work too.
     
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    From: Binaek Sarkar <binaek89@gmail.com>
    Reply-To: <sitedesign@googlegroups.com>
    Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:16 AM
    To: <sitedesign@googlegroups.com>
    Subject: Re: [WD&D] GlossaryIndex.com
     
    The idea is good. Sorry to be a critic, but I think there's a bug.
     
    When I try to fetch some word with a lot of meanings, then it is overlapping
    the footer links. This is because of the height style of the result div. If
    you change it to min-height then its working perfectly. You might want to
    look into it.
     
    Also, it would be nice to have an image or something which shows that the
    data is being fetched.
     
    One more thing. Is it necessary to have it lookup the dictionary after every
    keypress? Like, if I am typing in a 45 letter word, then it makes 45
    requests. For every request, my browser send 223 bytes. So, we are talking
    about more than 9KB, just to get one word.
     
    Maybe, you could check the field after a specified interval, check it
    against the previous value and then send the request. That should bring down
    the number of requests.
     
    Also, it would be nice, if you had an API to couple with this, which people
    could access. That would lead to a better hit ratio for your system
     
    Regards
    Binaek Sarkar
    Foundation
    http://www.foundation.net.in/
     
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    Joni Mueller <joni@jonimueller.com> May 10 09:13AM -0500  

    It functions beautifully. I am not too keen on the banner myself. The background graphic is great. I just don't care for the font effects. I dislike drop shadow (it seems so 90-ish), and the other effects on the light font color makes it difficult to read, IMHO.
     
    I've been using this on footers with great success:
    http://www.cssstickyfooter.com/using-sticky-footer-code.html
     
    Just my two for the day.
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    Pixelita Designs
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    Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:36 AM
    To: sitedesign@googlegroups.com
    Subject: Re: [WD&D] GlossaryIndex.com
     
    I personally am not a super big fan of the design. However the functionality is pretty cool. I like that you have the predictive intent in there and I can see words/definitions as I type. I did find this problem occurring with larger definitions tho: http://screencast.com/t/fFbYr1O6cO
     
     
    Looks like you need to have a push footer so that this doesn't happen. Either that or clearfix would probably work too.
     
    Tyler Byrd | President
    Red Rokk Interactive, Inc
     
    [snipped]
     
    On 10 May 2012 13:32, Artist <sitepro@gmail.com<mailto:sitepro@gmail.com>> wrote:
    I setup a dictionary site on Sunday....
     
    http://www.GlossaryIndex.com
     
    It is an extremely simple site that allows you to look-up dictionary words. There are some 150,000 words indexed. Like it?
     
    I want to expand this site later, make a more browse-able index of words and terminology, but that will take much more time. But if you have any ideas or suggestions what I can do with it, I would be more than willing to let you bend my ear.
     
    Doug Peters
    (605) 331-0808
    http://www.Doug-Peters.com http://www.twitter.com/Domainating
     
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    Stuart Moules <stu.moules@googlemail.com> May 10 10:39PM +0100  

    Lovin' it... considering it takes more time than an average lifespan to
    type the English dictionary. I will definitely use it for spell checking in
    future. I think the word 'work' takes up the most space with 34 definitions
    and I have to scroll down, which got me thinking maybe you may want to
    paginate the results over multi pages.
     
    Stu.
     

     

    Stuart Moules <stu.moules@googlemail.com> May 11 12:38AM +0100  

    my bad!
    I recon each search result per correct spelling of a word are from 1 cell
    in 1 column in 1 table and unless you can access the sql database in php,
    and, use the ceil() function to calculate CHARS it wont be possible.
     
    Stu.
     
    On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Stuart Moules

     

    Liam Kenneth <liam.kenneth89@gmail.com> May 10 09:10AM -0700  

    Hi all, who here has a digg account?
     
    we should digg each others content, what do you think?

     

    Jae Lee <furimedia@gmail.com> May 10 10:09AM -0700  

    Good idea I was looking for something like this for a while.
     
    Sent from my iPhone
     

     

    Sammy Noorani <snoorani109@gmail.com> May 10 01:12PM -0400  

    This was be GREAT for SEO.
     
     
     
    Sammy
     

     

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