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I started slant.co for this. Closed question: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/2254/what-are-good-keyboards-for-programming http://programmers.st

by StuieK 12y ago

I started slant.co for this. Closed question: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/2254/what-are-good-keyboards-for-programming http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/2254/what-are... Open Question: http://www.slant.co/topics/1150/~what-are-the-best-keyboards-for-programming http://www.slant.co/topics/1150/~what-are-the-best-keyboards...

stinos 12y ago
Yeah slant is ok, but still needs more users/moderation to be as useful as SO (even despite questions getting closed). Eg I browse to http://www.slant.co/topics/799/~what-are-the-best-continuous-integration-tools http://www.slant.co/topics/799/~what-are-the-best-continuous... and it lists 'Visual Studio default theme' as an option with one recommendation. So I signed in but I see no way to tell a mod that it doesn't belong there? (I could add a con saying 'This is not a CI' though)
- StuieK 12y ago
  I'm honestly really sorry about that, we're in the middle of building a flagging system at the moment. Up until now we typically have been using the comment to moderate but this is obviously really inefficient. I removed that option, thanks for pointing that out. We have a long way to go on the moderation side of things. Anything else you don't like/wish we had?
  - stinos 12y ago
    Only some minor points, for the rest I really like the interface and functionality: - it's a tad confusing that in a list with questions every question has 3 links. Two of them are the same (queston title itself 'See All Options') so I'd remove the latter as it doesn't really add anything useful imo. - it's not clear to me what the 'Best' sorting option means - a built-in way to link questions wouldn't be bad. For example there's a 'What are the best over-ear headphones under $200?' but also a 'What are the best over/on ear headphones around $300?' and in the latter the Sennheiser HD598 wins while it doesn't in the former. Something like a 'This is Related To' button which then pops up something similar to SO's duplicate question window. - which reminds me: not sure if it can be done but eventually you'll probably need a way to remove or rather merge duplicates - just figured that after adding a pro, I still have to vote for it. It would make sense to do this automatically?
- StuieK 12y ago
  (couldn't reply to the child comment) >Only some minor points, for the rest I really like the interface and functionality: Thanks :) Do you like what we did with the sources? (example: http://bit.ly/1va9Aj6 http://bit.ly/1va9Aj6. The favicons act like tabs if you didn't notice) - it's a tad confusing that in a list with questions every question has 3 links. Two of them are the same (queston title itself 'See All Options') so I'd remove the latter as it doesn't really add anything useful imo. Good point. I'll double check with the analytics in the morning and see if we can simplify. - it's not clear to me what the 'Best' sorting option means It's very opaque at the moment as I'm experimenting with various sorting algorithms almost weekly. Once I nail something down I'll work on the UI transparency. - a built-in way to link questions wouldn't be bad. For example there's a 'What are the best over-ear headphones under $200?' but also a 'What are the best over/on ear headphones around $300?' and in the latter the Sennheiser HD598 wins while it doesn't in the former. Something like a 'This is Related To' button which then pops up something similar to SO's duplicate question window. We're building this! Not only "this is related to" but the ability to easily sync/add pro's from one occurrence of an option to another. (Yep, I'm aware of the potential issues with changing context, it's not going to be an auto sync, more like "suggested pros/cons/sources") - which reminds me: not sure if it can be done but eventually you'll probably need a way to remove or rather merge duplicates This is part of the same flagging project I'm in the middle of. - just figured that after adding a pro, I still have to vote for it. It would make sense to do this automatically? I keep going back and forth on this. A lot of people add pros/cons to be good community members, not necessarily due to them personally agreeing with them. I think it will end up being a checkbox that's enabled by default. Thanks so much for taking the time to help us out! I'll keep working away until you describe Slant as "amazing" instead of "ok" :) (btw if you want to help us shape the product even further we have a meta.slant.co)
  - stinos 12y ago
    > Do you like what we did with the sources? oh yes, that's nice. Bug (on FF) though: the favicon disappears after having clicked on a tabs. Your effort/enthusiasm sounds good for the rest :]. I'll check meta.

by StuieK 12y ago

stinos 12y ago

Yeah slant is ok, but still needs more users/moderation to be as useful as SO (even despite questions getting closed). Eg I browse to http://www.slant.co/topics/799/~what-are-the-best-continuous-integration-tools http://www.slant.co/topics/799/~what-are-the-best-continuous... and it lists 'Visual Studio default theme' as an option with one recommendation. So I signed in but I see no way to tell a mod that it doesn't belong there? (I could add a con saying 'This is not a CI' though)

StuieK 12y ago
I'm honestly really sorry about that, we're in the middle of building a flagging system at the moment. Up until now we typically have been using the comment to moderate but this is obviously really inefficient. I removed that option, thanks for pointing that out. We have a long way to go on the moderation side of things. Anything else you don't like/wish we had?
- stinos 12y ago
  Only some minor points, for the rest I really like the interface and functionality: - it's a tad confusing that in a list with questions every question has 3 links. Two of them are the same (queston title itself 'See All Options') so I'd remove the latter as it doesn't really add anything useful imo. - it's not clear to me what the 'Best' sorting option means - a built-in way to link questions wouldn't be bad. For example there's a 'What are the best over-ear headphones under $200?' but also a 'What are the best over/on ear headphones around $300?' and in the latter the Sennheiser HD598 wins while it doesn't in the former. Something like a 'This is Related To' button which then pops up something similar to SO's duplicate question window. - which reminds me: not sure if it can be done but eventually you'll probably need a way to remove or rather merge duplicates - just figured that after adding a pro, I still have to vote for it. It would make sense to do this automatically?
StuieK 12y ago
(couldn't reply to the child comment) >Only some minor points, for the rest I really like the interface and functionality: Thanks :) Do you like what we did with the sources? (example: http://bit.ly/1va9Aj6 http://bit.ly/1va9Aj6. The favicons act like tabs if you didn't notice) - it's a tad confusing that in a list with questions every question has 3 links. Two of them are the same (queston title itself 'See All Options') so I'd remove the latter as it doesn't really add anything useful imo. Good point. I'll double check with the analytics in the morning and see if we can simplify. - it's not clear to me what the 'Best' sorting option means It's very opaque at the moment as I'm experimenting with various sorting algorithms almost weekly. Once I nail something down I'll work on the UI transparency. - a built-in way to link questions wouldn't be bad. For example there's a 'What are the best over-ear headphones under $200?' but also a 'What are the best over/on ear headphones around $300?' and in the latter the Sennheiser HD598 wins while it doesn't in the former. Something like a 'This is Related To' button which then pops up something similar to SO's duplicate question window. We're building this! Not only "this is related to" but the ability to easily sync/add pro's from one occurrence of an option to another. (Yep, I'm aware of the potential issues with changing context, it's not going to be an auto sync, more like "suggested pros/cons/sources") - which reminds me: not sure if it can be done but eventually you'll probably need a way to remove or rather merge duplicates This is part of the same flagging project I'm in the middle of. - just figured that after adding a pro, I still have to vote for it. It would make sense to do this automatically? I keep going back and forth on this. A lot of people add pros/cons to be good community members, not necessarily due to them personally agreeing with them. I think it will end up being a checkbox that's enabled by default. Thanks so much for taking the time to help us out! I'll keep working away until you describe Slant as "amazing" instead of "ok" :) (btw if you want to help us shape the product even further we have a meta.slant.co)
- stinos 12y ago
  > Do you like what we did with the sources? oh yes, that's nice. Bug (on FF) though: the favicon disappears after having clicked on a tabs. Your effort/enthusiasm sounds good for the rest :]. I'll check meta.