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Interesting. We were thinking about popping up a lightbox for a new user to remind them if they didn't use the keys. Do you think that would be too intrusive?
by dshipper 16y ago
Interesting. We were thinking about popping up a lightbox for a new user to remind them if they didn't use the keys. Do you think that would be too intrusive?
We definitely considered doing that, the biggest question that we ran into was how to select the article. We thought we could get something random from the database, calculate it based on what your friends are interested in, or calculate it based on what's trending overall. Because we have been coding for a long time (it's 7 AM and we've been up all night for the 3rd straight night) we just decided to leave it with some instructions and worry about how to do that later. We'll definitely get on it right now, it's a great suggestion.
- revorad 16y agoI hate lightboxes. I think dialog boxes are the worst part of desktop apps that we have imported to web apps. How to select an article? Just choose one you like. An old one from the best of HN? Or something from here - http://longreads.com http://longreads.com. Don't overengineer.
- dshipper 16y agoAwesome advice. Will keep that in mind thanks.