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   by abi 17y ago

   That's similar to what I had in mind. In order for it to become reality, as you point out, more services need to support it (right now, we just have to wait for the website owner to add support but soon, there'll be a way for users to add
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   by abi 17y ago

   Facebook has browser/Growl notifications? Or do you mean their email notifications? Of course, there will always be ways to turn it off or turn it on only for particular sites. See http://abcdefu.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/introducing-yip-an
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   by abi 17y ago

   For the Fluid API, Yip only supports window.fluid.showGrowlNotification() so you don't have to worry about dock menu items. This is a very preliminary release. Rate-limiting messages from a single website is the crucial first step in preven
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   by abi 17y ago

   I like to curse. But I'm sorry if it offended you. I have removed it from the post. (note to self: don't be so fucking immature next time around).
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   by abi 17y ago

   Thanks for pointing that out guys. I've changed the title. P.S. It's sad that we're discussing this rather than Yip.
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   Introducing Yip: A Unified Notification System for the Web(abcdefu.wordpress.com)

   47 points by abi 17y ago|31 comments
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   by abi 17y ago

   Great article! John Gruber makes a very similar point in his talk "Auteur Theory of Design" [1]. His thesis is that "the quality of any piece of work always approaches that of the decider (i.e the autuer)". Also see http://en.wikipedia.org
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   by abi 17y ago

   What do you mean? Growl is not good? Why?
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   by abi 17y ago

   Use jquery for cross-domain xhr.
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    by abi 17y ago

    Yes, but it will eventually become part of the browser once the API is mature. Most Mozilla Labs projects have the goal of integrating with Firefox whenever possible (like Ubiquity).
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    by abi 17y ago

    I'm the author of the blogpost and I feel I didn't write enough about how I differentiate simple and complex. Here's a good but very software-specific example that might illustrate that. Imagine you told a programmer (or team of) to create
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    by abi 17y ago

    It's definitely possible to take the evolution route (I don't quite agree that there's a clear dichotomy between revolution and evolution) and have a goal in mind. I'm sure Steve Jobs had already envisioned the App Store when he was worki
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    The Importance of Simplicity(abcdefu.wordpress.com)

    36 points by abi 17y ago|15 comments
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    by abi 17y ago

    So what if 101 Indians got into GSOC? Why is this on the frontpage of HN (or IN rather)?