Michael Hart - Latest Comments

Re: Realtime Hacker News

Davepmichael — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:05:24 -0000

Thanks! I find this the best way to keep up with HN ;)

Re: Realtime Hacker News

Michael Hart — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:09:59 -0000

Sorry, sorry, sorry! Didn't realize I made a change that broke it. I really need to remake it so that it is more modular and efficient. Anyway, thanks for letting me know :) It's probably been not working for quite some time now though, unfortunately :[

Re: Realtime Hacker News

Davepmichael — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:56:05 -0000

broken?

Re: New Tab Page in Chrome 15: A Step Backwards

Michael Hart — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:02:39 -0000

Just found this: http://code.google.com/p/chrom...

Re: New Tab Page in Chrome 15: A Step Backwards

Michael Hart — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:45:37 -0000

Are you sure? It just went to beta yesterday. If so, that's extremely unfortunate.

Re: New Tab Page in Chrome 15: A Step Backwards

Whatever — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:37:39 -0000

+1 but chrome 15 went stable today - horror, disbelief and outright anger for simply fu*king us over... everything that "old" new tab page was good for and we got used to - bookmarks bar, apps/most visited/recently closed i ONE place - hidden behind additional clicks and 0 useful features on the "improved" separate pages.

Re: Thanks, Google!

Chris Brown — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:43:49 -0000

Sorry, I'd +1 this but Google Apps won't let me have a Profile.

Re: Natalie Tran’s Trip Around the World

Michael Hart — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:16:58 -0000

Why am I not surprised? :P Thanks!

Re: Natalie Tran’s Trip Around the World

Ishali — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:58:21 -0000

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that you left out a word in the last sentence :)
"If you want to __ them, you can find them all (and her normal YouTube videos) at natalietran.me."

:)

Re: Thank You, Linode. Goodbye Media Temple

Thomas Asaro — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:15:39 -0000

Hey Michael, thanks for the write up and we're glad you are enjoying the service!

Re: Thank You, Linode. Goodbye Media Temple

Stan — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:09:44 -0000

Thanks for the kind words! Welcome to Linode :)!

Re: Instant Maps & Images – v0.3 – Lazy Predictions

Adesh — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:18:46 -0000

I really like your effort. Don't know if you will get job with Google or not but best of luck.

Re: Instant Maps & Images – v0.3 – Lazy Predictions

Adesh — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:16:40 -0000

I really like what you have

Re: Instant Maps & Images – v0.3 – Lazy Predictions

ss — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:49:50 -0000

Thats pretty amazing... the instant maps were especially pretty interesting to play with. Really nice efforts in this direction.... :)
However, to catch google's attention i guess you might need to do something a little different which might catch media attention. You got the talent no doubt... just need the hype to get it out there i guess. :)

Re: Google Instant: Images

Michael Hart — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:14:19 -0000

I have plans to make all of the searching better. No exact details yet, but hope to make it where you don't have to finish typing a word :) And sadly, I can't make the images larger, really, because the images are Google's thumbnails. Unless they make them bigger, that's just the size they are :)

Re: Google Instant: Images

QOT — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:37:56 -0000

Its a wonderful tool and superfast too. We blogged about it here.
http://www.quickonlinetips.com...

Re: Google Instant: Images

David Hollander — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:08:07 -0000

I posted this on Hacker News, but in case you don't see it:

I think it would be a lot better if it only displayed, say, 4-5 images max by default and of larger size.

Since default google image search is slow, they need to return a ton of results. However here, since the user can refine results rapidly without their hands leaving the keyboard, I think you should only display 4, MAX 7 so they can scan all the results in a single isntant rather than performing multiple scans.

Maybe have JavaScript to cycle next 5 images binded to arrow key without leaving keyboard.

The human mind really only has visual memory for 5-7 objects at once, you should design it with this in mind if you want it to be truely instant.

edit: another idea easier to implement. If the user types an exclamation mark as the next character, you instantly remove this from the query box. Treat it as a "Show Next 5" Indicator and load the next 5.

Re: Run startup programs prior to user login

Michael Hart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:09:22 -0000

It should be noted that this also works for Windows 7, as well as Windows Vista. Support for Windows XP is assumed, but not guaranteed.

Re: Confirmed: Windows 7 RTM out by July 13th

Michael Hart — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:32:26 -0000

I've just recently started using the RC license that Microsoft sent me a few weeks ago. I must say, I'm vastly impressed over the performance improvements that have been made. The new task bar is also very effective at saving space and keeping common programs in the same place (by pinning them there, open or not, allowing it to act as a shortcut for the program if it's not open already). I think that Windows 7 at least deserves a chance. You can download the Release Candidate for free which expires sometime in mid 2010, install it on a virtual machine (VMWare or something similar) and have a complete go at it without risking your current Windows installation.

Re: Confirmed: Windows 7 RTM out by July 13th

bodydetox — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:20:21 -0000

the interface of Windows 7 is great but in my opinion Windows XP is still a very solid and stable operating system. Right now, I would never give up XP for Windows 7.