Joel Spolsky wrote a famous blog post "Human Task Switches considered harmful".
While I agree with the premise and it seems like common sense, I'm wondering if there are any studies or white papers on this to calculate the overhead on task switches, or is the evidence merely anecdotal?
@LasseVKarlsen OK. I was an iTunes fan. Really. Honestly. Until about 10 seconds ago. Both the Mac and Windows versions looks like it was designed by a 2 year old!!!!!!
@balpha Awww... :-( "We're running a short, private beta right now, just to get things clean, well lit, and warmed up before the whole world arrives". Care to share any gems from that question for those of us underprivileged children of SO? ;-)
> body: "<p>"Commenting your code is like cleaning your bathroom - you never want to do it, but it really does create a more pleasant experience for you and your guests."</p> <ul> <li>Ryan Campbell</li> </ul> "
There have been times when I have edited a post, left no comments, yet I have made mistakes that were pointed out simply as @comments. That's ok, but unless I actually come back to the post, I will never see that comment. Would it be possible to extend the comment reply functionality to also incl...
@PopularDemand From what I gather he or she worked at SEGA in the early years and has some extensive history in the gaming genre. Nothing I could confirm thought
@MichaelMrozek It was a senseless conversation with myself. I do that. At times. Then regret it. Which thankfully means the delete function comes in handy.
I have created a Super User page on Facebook. I need information such as when Super User was founded, our mission, etc...check out the page and provide insights and suggestions...and of course, Like Super User's page!
I also need a high-resolution image of the Super User logo (the existing is l...
@LasseVKarlsen That's called "implementing the SO API" and when I asked that, I was replied chances are sites are checked against a "StackAuth" before question/answer oneboxing happen
Ahhh. I see. Blue made it look like I was flagging it as interesting or w/e
I suggest orange instead of blue, and keep red for when your own message is flagged
and any one of you twits can feel free to flag this blatantly offensive message so I can see what it looks like... (this message is probably a really really really bad idea...)
Hm, and there's two different flags, "flag as spam/offensive" vs "flag for moderator attention". Difference being? (Sorry, just making sure I understand :-)
@SergioTapia Same old same old... talk of fishnipples, random flagging of each others' messages, everyone harassing @PopularDemand for no reason, you know the drill :-)
@balpha This isn't a feature, it's a bug! I keep thinking there's no activity in a room when I'm actually just scrolled up by one imperceptible pixel or so.
Man I'm working on a blackberry app and so far it's pretty wierd for me. I'm used to a visual design like in Visual Studio and in Blackberry you have to design everthing by code! You know, add controls in a very specific order so they appear well.
The other answers and comments cover this in bits and pieces, so here's a comprehensive answer. Maybe too comprehensive... but I'm hoping to use this as a template of sorts for future reports of this issue.
The behavior of the Yearling badge was changed in December 2009. (It's my fault.)
Unti...
Yearling used to require a mere 100 rep, until I raised a massive amount of heck about it. There's a window of four months or so between when Sneakers was around for a year and when Jeff raised the bar.
So, you could say this is by Popular Demand.
ba dum pshhh
(Finally, changing my Meta name ...
I wonder how many Easter egg test accounts are out there.
Apologies if this is a duplicate or belongs elsewhere. I love the "action" command /me in IRC, and think it would be fun to have in the chat. So a message like:
/me loves the new chat system
Would show up as:
Josh loves the new chat system
Rather than:
Josh: loves the new chat sys...
Meme: Changing your display name on a whim.
Originator: Welbog
Cultural Height: TBD
Official Response: Limited to one change every 30 days.
Background: User Welbog likes to change his profile whenever it will make a post of his seem funnier. Other times it seems to just be on a whim. He will also...
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But:
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@Pop I wasn't around for months remember. There is a scholar right behind you. The one behind your screen, the one in charge of typing on the keyboard is also a gentleman.
Joel Spolsky wrote a famous blog post "Human Task Switches considered harmful".
While I agree with the premise and it seems like common sense, I'm wondering if there are any studies or white papers on this to calculate the overhead on task switches, or is the evidence merely anecdotal?
Apologies if this is a duplicate or belongs elsewhere. I love the "action" command /me in IRC, and think it would be fun to have in the chat. So a message like:
/me loves the new chat system
Would show up as:
Josh loves the new chat system
Rather than:
Josh: loves the new chat sys...
To reopen a closed question, five (5) people with at least 3000 reputation must agree that the question is suitable for the site and cast votes to reopen the question.
But:
How does one actually vote to reopen? Is there a reputation level that you must have before you can see this function? ...
