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  Neophile

  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:09 p.m.

  Wow, this is great stuff.

  The stats page is incredible. A future addition for the API that would be nice is Netscape stats badges that we can put on our blogs/websites/myspace pages (eg. http://www.diggsig.com/ )

  I'm also loving the friends recent activity page as a non-firefox alternative to the extension as well as the "Made it to Homepage!" notices on stories.

  Thanks guys!

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    MikeWesner

    Dec. 13, 2006, 6:12 p.m.

    The stats badge is a great idea, im writing that one down.

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      cfinke

      Dec. 13, 2006, 8:21 p.m.

      He's referring to a Netscape equivalent of what they offer at http://diggsig.com/
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  TimALoftis

  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:16 p.m.

  Great Job Guys...You Listened and best Of all, You Delivered!

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    ekklesiawarrior

    Dec. 14, 2006, 6:17 a.m.

    Recovered from the Old English STRONG Ale ,

    risking neck with limb to com back on Netscape...

    HEY what was wrong with Netscape browser version 1.1 , as not the problems we had here.

    Will tip toe in, the Newer Netscape
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    takeitorleaveit

    Dec. 14, 2006, 10:13 a.m.

    I agree. I am impressed that they really listened. Good job guys.
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  PinkyPie

  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:29 p.m.

  Now THAT'S more like it! Avatars I can see again, a cool stats page, friends activity & submitted stories (is there a way to tell which friends are online?)

  My heart palpitations are going away now....THANKS :)

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    cfinke

    Dec. 13, 2006, 6:33 p.m.

    Your friends that are online are listed first and have a bold orange border around their box on your friends page.

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      PinkyPie

      Dec. 13, 2006, 6:38 p.m.

      Aha! That works for me. Thanks:)

      I've been playing around on the friends activity page and it's not keeping pace with the Firefox stalker, er..activity bar. It's not showing any activity even while I'm getting notices on the FF sidebar.

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        cfinke

        Dec. 13, 2006, 6:40 p.m.

        Once you view the activity in the Firefox sidebar, it won't show up on that page. If you view the activity on that page, those stories won't show in the sidebar. In other words, once you view some activity in either place, you shouldn't see it again.

        It's something we're working on tweaking so that you can reload the page and still see recent activity, but for now, that is how it works.

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          PinkyPie

          Dec. 13, 2006, 7:04 p.m.

          That's good to know, makes sense. I'm used to the sidebar now so will probably stick with that.
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    mozzer

    Dec. 13, 2006, 6:39 p.m.

    The avatars are relevent again. Thanks.

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      PinkyPie

      Dec. 13, 2006, 6:45 p.m.

      So when are you putting yours back moz?

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        mozzer

        Dec. 13, 2006, 10:18 p.m.

        When I get over the shock of having my whereabouts revealed to world yesterday (via ip address).

        Mr Pink WILL return, I assure you. ;)
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  mozzer

  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:34 p.m.

  I'm ranked 8th on the commnets, cool.

  Luvmyprez is ranked a distant 98502nd !!! LMAO! There are definitely some haters out there.

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    cfinke

    Dec. 13, 2006, 6:38 p.m.

    And guess who is the highest ranked commenter... http://www.netscape.com/member/STONERS/stats

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      Neophile

      Dec. 13, 2006, 6:41 p.m.

      Wow, and also the top-ranked voter. Way to go, Stoners! You must be a walking tome of current events.

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        STONERS

        Dec. 14, 2006, 12:11 a.m.

        LMAO!!! Good one...Im a people person--:}:}:}
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    PinkyPie

    Dec. 13, 2006, 6:41 p.m.

    I'm 60th, but what does that mean?

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      cfinke

      Dec. 13, 2006, 8:23 p.m.

      That means that, as a commenter, your comments have the 60th best rating (either average or total) of all commenters on the site. Congratulations! Apparently, people like what you have to say.
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    cfinke

    Dec. 13, 2006, 8:25 p.m.

    It refers to either the average rating of all your comments or the total score (Goods Bads) of all your comments (I can't recall off the top of my head).

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      cfinke

      Dec. 13, 2006, 9:04 p.m.

      http://www.netscape.com/member/gordonbjoy/stats

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        cfinke

        Dec. 13, 2006, 9:23 p.m.

        One of the other developers could probably give a more exact answer, but the total site ranking is a combination of your commenting, voting, and story submission ranks. I'm not sure of the exact formula, but you could look at it as a "popularity/top users" ranking.
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      ind06

      Dec. 14, 2006, 12:46 a.m.

      luv: "Okay, my total site ranking is 16th. What does that mean?"

      It means, once again, you're better than me. *sigh*

      Except now you have official stats to prove it.
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  charbarred

  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:52 p.m.

  Very nice...looks good
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  JasonCalacanis

  Dec. 13, 2006, 7:03 p.m.

  can we get all the stats on a leaderboard page?

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    Neophile

    Dec. 13, 2006, 7:10 p.m.

    That would be awesome.

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      coreyspring

      Dec. 13, 2006, 8:55 p.m.

      I loves me some stats.
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  pagey

  Dec. 13, 2006, 7:13 p.m.

  awesome work guys, in record time.
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  MikeWesner

  Dec. 13, 2006, 7:40 p.m.

  Add friend should show if you are logged in and they are not already your friend.

  Send message should show when you are logged in.

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    PinkyPie

    Dec. 13, 2006, 8:03 p.m.

    I don't see the send message button either.
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    MikeWesner

    Dec. 13, 2006, 8:10 p.m.

    I will check it out. Thanks for the feedback.
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  hemphill81

  Dec. 13, 2006, 7:42 p.m.

  Now this is more like it :) Thank you guys very much this is very nice.
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  cfinke

  Dec. 13, 2006, 8:52 p.m.

  There are two options for this:

  1. You can find all of the anchors, navigators, and developers on the About page: http://www.netscape.com/about/ (linked at the bottom of every Netscape page). Any staff member that is currently online will have a "Send Message" link next to their avatar.

  2. On the home page, in the bottom of the right column, there is an "On Shift" section that lists all of the Anchors and Navigators that are online at Netscape in an official capacity, as opposed to just casually browsing around.

  Hope this helps!
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  MikeWesner

  Dec. 13, 2006, 8:57 p.m.

  We thought having just the on shift anchors and navs on the homepage was more effective. You can always add anchors and navigators as friends. :)

  What did you use the anchor links for?

  Also, What other odds and ends do you think are hanging loose?

  Thanks for the feedback.

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    MikeWesner

    Dec. 13, 2006, 11:21 p.m.

    They are all listed on the "About Netscape" page linked at the bottom. I will bring this up with the team later also.

    Thanks
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    ck

    Dec. 13, 2006, 11:49 p.m.

    Everyone has my permission to befriend the entire Netscape team. :-)

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      STONERS

      Dec. 14, 2006, 12:15 a.m.

      lol-ck-I like the change now that everything is working ok.Great job.:}:}:}
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      PinkyPie

      Dec. 14, 2006, 1:42 a.m.

      Hot dawg! You'll all just love to receive my story submissions, lol! Think I'll wait to be on the receiving end of the friend thing ;)

      Seriously C.K., you have all done a fantastic job today. What started out as a freak-out by all of us was handled beautifully and I'm so appreciative that our concerns & complaints were listened to. Hats off!

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        PinkyPie

        Dec. 14, 2006, 1:53 a.m.

        Hey wait, did that me sound like a suck-up?

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          The18Zulu

          Dec. 14, 2006, 2:42 p.m.

          yes my little pony, it did... lol

          but well stated... :)
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    nikolina

    Sept. 6, 2007, 4:10 a.m.

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    MikeWesner

    Dec. 13, 2006, 11:12 p.m.

    The send message button bug has been fixed. It will show up on the live site next time we push out code.

    The 40 friends are just for display. When others view your public page they will see an "add" link. I guess I dont have a good explanation for why they are there, other than to let members see who your friends are.

    The post note feature is new. You can add notes to any story on your participation/activity pages. When other member go to your profile (participation/activity) pages they will see your notes. For example, If you vote for a story you can add a note saying why. It is a way to mini-blog about items in your participation.

    A side note: I will be adding a "remove note" feature soon. Right now you cant really delete or blank out a note.

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      tehranchik

      Dec. 13, 2006, 11:32 p.m.

      I don't have invite or send buttons yet!:(
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  capn_caveman

  Dec. 13, 2006, 10:14 p.m.

  I will agree again. Perhaps set a maximum limit to the tiered reply system. Most of the comments that are replies, to replies, to replies, etc... are often 2 or sometimes 3 users having a conversation. The drift to the right on certain comment threads makes it difficult to read (i.e. we have to scroll down comments that are really scrunched far to the right and take up a lot of vertical space) and they can be difficult to understand in terms of the structure (especially when people reply to older comments in a long comment thread).
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  pagey

  Dec. 13, 2006, 9 p.m.

  I agree, I would like to see the stats page the default

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    TimALoftis

    Dec. 13, 2006, 9:05 p.m.

    I 'Third' that motion. Thanks for suggesting it David

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      pagey

      Dec. 13, 2006, 10:08 p.m.

      yes
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  Trey

  Dec. 13, 2006, 9:09 p.m.

  The stats page is more of a power user page, I would expect all of you to want that one over any other. We are worried that the members not commenting in this thread may prefer a more uniform and simplistic overview.

  It's good to hear your opinions though, because that's what influences our decision making process.

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    mozzer

    Dec. 13, 2006, 10:22 p.m.

    With all this talk of stats, and "power users" it's real easy to lose sight of why people come here.

    I fear that more people will now become fixated soley on rankings and start trying "game the system" a la Digg.

    There's more to this site than just numbers.

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      TimALoftis

      Dec. 14, 2006, 7:21 a.m.

      excellent point, mozzer

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        ekklesiawarrior

        Dec. 14, 2006, 9:14 a.m.

        here here
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      ck

      Dec. 14, 2006, 8:38 a.m.

      Power user doesn't mean more powerful than everyone else. It just means someone who is fully engaged with the site. You all who submit stories, comment on stories, and vote on stories are power users. There are a lot of members who simply vote and that's it.

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        mozzer

        Dec. 14, 2006, 10:48 a.m.

        I am familiar with the term "power user", CK. Perhaps I was unclear...

        I forsee that within the next couple of months, the users that visit netscape out of pure enjoyment will be eclipsed by those that are in it to be "#1" at something.

        Here are two scenarios to help illustrate my point:

        An existing user may feel inadequate being ranked #1,943 in whatever category, and will participate solely to boost their numbers. Thus, the enjoyment is gone.

        Stoners will lose his #1 voting rank to some lonely geek with a homebrewed voting macro. The geek will have thousands of "friends" and will vote on every single story.

        It is inevitable. The gamers will come. The stats will serve to validate their lonely existence on this planet.

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          tehranchik

          Dec. 14, 2006, 11:22 a.m.

          Mozz---I wish you wouldn't let the stats get to you. The only stats we should see are the positive and negative votes we receive. We didn't care about stats before, lets not care now either. We use the site cause we like to read, argue and check up one each other. God knows---I love to read your posts:)

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            mozzer

            Dec. 14, 2006, 11:27 a.m.

            Ah Tehranchik. Flattery will get you EVERYWHERE with me. lol!

            Right now, you're ranked #1 in the Coolest Chick Category! :D

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              tehranchik

              Dec. 14, 2006, 11:32 a.m.

              :)
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          ck

          Dec. 14, 2006, 12:45 p.m.

          Mozz, I hear you. I think the key to avoid this is to make sure that we avoid becoming all about the homepage. Ideally, we'd like the channels--and all of the of the tags for that matter--to grow into thriving communities within the larger community.
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        hemphill81

        Dec. 14, 2006, noon

        I think the stats are great. They will increase user activity on the site. Now we have many people that comment regularly, but do not vote on stories. I think this will encourage more users to vote on stories if they have some type of attainable goal in mind.
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      ind06

      Dec. 14, 2006, 11 p.m.

      Mozzer! The avatar! I'm gonna be LMAOing all day long!
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  RealTalk

  Dec. 13, 2006, 9:30 p.m.

  aaahhhh there is a GOD,nothing like taking a nice along nap and waking up to friends and a fixed and improved netscape...AHHHH
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  abntv

  Dec. 13, 2006, 10:09 p.m.

  Not fair..If there is a God then why is there no Santa?

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    PaganGodess

    Dec. 13, 2006, 10:18 p.m.

    Hey ab! how are ya?
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  PaganGodess

  Dec. 13, 2006, 10:18 p.m.

  Hmmmm . . . .

  Netscape is becoming more like a box of chocolates every day! You just never know what you're gonna get!

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    PaganGodess

    Dec. 13, 2006, 10:33 p.m.

    (hehehehehe) How are ya luv?

    I'm almost scared to log on anymore! Then again, what fun would that be? Who doesn't love surprises every day?
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  MikeWesner

  Dec. 13, 2006, 11:26 p.m.

  Which browser and operating system do you use? (you can site mail me if you wish)

  It should display a box right below the post that allows you to send a message without leaving the permalink page. Have you tried the standard clearing of the cache?
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  abntv

  Dec. 13, 2006, 11:26 p.m.

  Hi PG,,,luv did you get my messages?
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  abntv

  Dec. 13, 2006, 11:28 p.m.

  I am beginning to wonder again
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  avpd85

  Dec. 13, 2006, 11:40 p.m.

  I like the stats page. But my "achievement" sucks. *lol*
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  ekklesiawarrior

  Dec. 14, 2006, 7:30 a.m.

  WHY TREBLE??

  Our votes and comments under profile appear 3 times!

  %-[
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  ck

  Dec. 14, 2006, 12:48 p.m.

  We may consider adding a mutual friends only preference, although I'd prefer to leave it the way it is, which is much more like how Flickr handles friends. It's friendlier.
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  stratton

  Dec. 14, 2006, 11:42 a.m.

  Is the "Mutual Friends" list still available somewhere?

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    hemphill81

    Dec. 14, 2006, 12:44 p.m.

    I have just been using the friends page now that it has the icon that show if a user is a mutual friend to determine. Their might be a better way though.
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    nikolina

    Sept. 6, 2007, 4:22 a.m.

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      Nov. 30, 2007, 2:46 p.m.

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  deathray

  Dec. 14, 2006, 1:22 p.m.

  I was wondering the converse. I was wondering how many people had blocked me?

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    mozzer

    Dec. 14, 2006, 1:38 p.m.

    That's under the cawk block section.

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