JCCC4 Twit-arr post-mortem
... Because the original Twit-arr thread is HUGE.
Four categories that I can think of:
- Network (Samsung disconnect problems are lumped under here)
- Server (i.e. Rails / Redis)
- Client CSS / HTML / Bootstrap interface
- Functionality
Network seemed good / better this year, with the exception of the Samsung issue, and the DHCP fiasco. There were very few times I couldn't check my seamail.
Server rocked. @gbadsen's server was more than equal to the task, and there were no problems with rails or redis. According to the other members of the shadow IT team, it was major win. (Also, "Shadow IT" is an awesome name IMHO)
Client worked well, but there were some issues. iPhones had a couple weird tweaky CSS bugs, and I'm sure there were others. I'd like to switch to a "real" client, with the html as backup, but not sure that's really feasible. Someone on the FB group suggested running it through a HTML5 validator, which I plan to try if I can find one that will deal with Ember.js.
Functionality - seemed like most people were happy with it. Search was requested a few times, which should be doable. Seamail notifications would be awesome, although then we'd definitely have to remind people to silence their phones for shows. I have a few notes of other things to tweak, but I think those were the major ones.
Mobile was not just the primary platform, it was almost the only platform, and I need to make sure that I focus on that for next year. It seems obvious in retrospect, but at the time I just didn't think about it.
Everybody on the cruise provided really positive feedback, and that made my vacation much happier. Feel free to offer criticism now - we've only got like 48 weeks to improve it this time.
>>>>>>>> Nathan
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All kinds of notifications would be nice to have, easier access to replies, etc.
I also suffered the Samsung disconnect problem and had no luck with any advanced settings. I ended up using my Vita for Twitt-arr, which generally worked pretty well (although "Like" never worked for me).
Thanks all for your hard work in making Twitt-arr possible. It's another amazing part of the cruise, and really, it's very much appreciated!
I would like to second the ability to sort by most recent comments, or maybe a way other than leaving a comment to track a thread?
An ability to unlike would be nice, as I once liked a sad post when I meant to click reply.
Would it be possible to upload photo's to our profiles, or even better, next to our user name? That, or maybe just recommend people introduce themselves with a pic? I had a lot of great Twitarr conversations with people I might have been sitting right next too.
Last thing I can think of would have been the ability to 'like' replies.
Thanks again!!
As an aside, boooo to the temperance brigade! I understand not wanting to deal with work email and other external distractions, but cutting (generic you) yourself off from an incredibly useful planning and meetup tool seems pointless.
Not a big deal, and I'm not a code monkey myself, so no idea if this is something that can/should be troubleshot.
@Jenipurr At first, I thought that was difficult as well, but then I found "My Posts" in the top right drop-down menu, and that would bring up all my posts and all my replies. So it was actually easy to find replies to your posts, you just had to know where the menu button was. Not helpful right now, I know. But maybe for the future...?
@ Everyone: I've said it elsewhere, but here goes again: THANK YOU FOR THIS AWESOME THING. And for all the time you invest. Is there a way to throw some money at you? Because I'd like to do that.
I thought it was server capacity but now not so sure.