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adudley
14y ago
Site's back up. But please, be gentle.
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adudley
14y ago
Hey gang - Andrew here, author of the article. Yes, apparently this news.yc post has brought our little site down. Working to get it restored. Who knew people would get so jazzed about a modified bed?
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adudley
18y ago
Yeah, this is actually an issue we've encountered with Tripeedo. As a UI element, the calendar widget seems clunky and outdated -- yet if you don't know the exact date of your travel, it's nice to have a visual prompt. So there are cases w
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adudley
18y ago
There's actually a lot more to it than that! For some services like Amazon and Yelp, we hook into APIs for quick retrieval/display of data. For others, we pull back data content from RSS feeds. And for others, like BestBuy, we do pass al
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adudley
18y ago
congrats!!
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adudley
18y ago
Thanks! We want ideas for future sites to hook into, so if anybody else has requests, feel free to post them here...
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adudley
18y ago
No, currently we only hook into the US versions of sites, but we hope to let people customize this in future releases.
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adudley
18y ago
sorry you had such a hard time leaving feedback. we've been having sporadic issues with getsatisfaction lately. feel free to email any feedback directly to us at info[at]tripeedo[dot]com. we'll also fix the frankfurt issue. thanks for th
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adudley
18y ago
glad you like it, and thanks for the suggestion. time of day is a parameter we'll definitely be adding soon. (it's actually one of the trickier ones to implement).
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adudley
18y ago
agreed-- but until airlines open up their fare data via APIs, users can only truly get all data by actually searching individual sites. even meta-search sites like Kayak don't have access to all fares, which is why results often vary betwe
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Find the lowest airfare (and have fun doing it) [Tripeedo - YC 08]
(blogs.computerworld.com)
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18y ago
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adudley
18y ago
very true.
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adudley
18y ago
thanks. yeah, we see potential for a lot of compatibility between Wundrbar and Ubiquity. Nick will have a blog post about that soon. but we also think we have distinct advantages in certain areas -- multiple distribution channels, execut
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adudley
18y ago
yeah, pegging means lots of things. to us, it means saving your search results. we don't mind if other people have more... exciting definitions for it. :)
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adudley
18y ago
pretty sure our pegging is better.
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Wundrbar Just Got Way Better: Introducing Live Results and Pegging.
(blog.wundrbar.com)
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18y ago
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adudley
18y ago
You're probably right, although currently a disproportionate number of our visitors ARE using Firefox, in part because of our toolbar. It'll be interesting to see how that trends over time... But from a broader perspective, we want to dist
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adudley
18y ago
We'll be opening Wundrbar up soon. Not quite true open source, but close. Enough to allow a ton of scripting / hacking / mashing up. More news on that real soon...
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Wundrbar launches Tripeedo for faster, easier travel search
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18y ago
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Wundrbar seeking iPhone developer
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adudley
18y ago
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adudley
18y ago
thanks for the feedback -- we'll crank out Flash versions and post them soon.
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adudley
18y ago
All Startup School attendees and YC founders are invited to a Wundrbar shindig at our place in Palo Alto on Sunday afternoon. Come mix, mingle, hack and share with other Startup School survivors. Light drinks and light snacks at the Wundrba
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Startup School Sunday Mixer -- hosted by Wundrbar
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adudley
18y ago
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