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Yeah. I was kinda hoping people actually used Twitter's geolocation service a bit more than they do and it would just be obvious. Austin is pretty decent toda

by secos 17y ago

Yeah. I was kinda hoping people actually used Twitter's geolocation service a bit more than they do and it would just be obvious. Austin is pretty decent today, with the first tweet usually one popping up within a minute. Agree it could be more descriptive. I got to this point and it was working well so I deployed. (Thats a feature, right?) Any thoughts on how to explain whats happening that wouldn't interfere with the page structure too much?

adam-_- 17y ago
Maybe a "first time here? Check the FAQ" flash message like the stackoverflow sites? I had no idea what was going on or meant to happen.
- secos 17y ago
  thats a great idea
- Roridge 17y ago
  An "about" would have been cool... but by the time I had realised there wasn't one, I was about to close and a tweet popped up and it was immediately obvious. Neat site.
rythie 17y ago
I would suggest caching some of the data server side, so there is some previous data on first page load.
- secos 17y ago
  Excellent idea, thanks!
matthijs 17y ago
Perhaps also add an activity gif in there so everybody knows it's busy (e.g. "Looking for tweets in the area")