amix shares Jul 09, 2008 01:13PM a little secret: we have added smart @ nickname detection when you respond to people
amix Jul 09, 2008 11:14AM for example to complete my name you can write "@ AM" (without the space) -> @AM
gh3 says Jul 09, 2008 11:19AM it seems not work as well with "@ Roc" it has just detected it as "stfoo"
amix Jul 09, 2008 11:22AM it can be made better, so when you type "@ roc" it will be set to "Rocket Red" and point to his profile
webRat says Jul 09, 2008 11:22AM It's shorthand basically. You need to explain that it's the same as typing @ webRat, but you just type webRat instead.
webRat says Jul 09, 2008 11:25AM @am, what happens when there's a thread with more than one "@ web" for example? If webRat and webDude existed?
clickykbd Jul 09, 2008 11:26AM a similar shorthand method for sending private plurks via the normal textbox post would be fun.
webRat says Jul 09, 2008 11:34AM She had to have typed something here before you can shorthand. Not sure why @LB didn't work for LBinVA
amix Jul 09, 2008 11:36AM webRat: yes, it's always nice with some testing and ideas. anyway, i have now improved the version, but can't push out now...
shaf Jul 09, 2008 11:36AM Requirements : As as I start typing @ I'd like a list of users built dynamically as I type
clickykbd Jul 09, 2008 11:37AM haha, that's a fun quirk. Someone did me and it displayed my url/account name rather than active screen name.
shaf Jul 09, 2008 11:38AM webRat I'm a user how am I supposed to know that ? All I see is "Steve Crane"
webRat says Jul 09, 2008 11:39AM Display names are confusing on plurk, but you can hover your mouse over his name and see what his username is.
amix Jul 09, 2008 11:39AM shaf: like i explained in the beging the current implementation has some bugs which are now fixed and will be avail on the next update.
clickykbd Jul 09, 2008 11:40AM i've only plurkitized my display name when I hit the karma to do so. All my friends were doin it.
amix Jul 09, 2008 11:42AM in the new version typing "@ steve" will resolve to "Steve Crane" and a link to his profile
bunneh says Jul 09, 2008 11:43AM (steve is a good test in here since his display name is different from his username )
clickykbd Jul 09, 2008 11:44AM no, what's the point of a shorthand with gui. i'd vote tab complete and toggle through multiple matches.
clickykbd Jul 09, 2008 11:50AM okay not bai yet. nix the tab complete request in light of mobile apps.
shaf Jul 09, 2008 11:52AM yeh but it looks like a client side hack so it's not going to work through the mobile api.
shaf Jul 09, 2008 11:52AM Love the way these guys push the work out to the client rather than loading up the server
Schwarz says Jul 09, 2008 11:52AM a GUI could be extremely simple with tab complete and showing possible completions...
mandel says Jul 09, 2008 11:59AM you might have a bug with some people, check it at www.plurk.com/p/16jzs
Nethead says Jul 09, 2008 12:11PM there we go; so the plurk search needs a bit more info sometimes to figure your nick out
bunneh says Jul 09, 2008 01:00PM stfoo , looks like most of those 4640 comments are "artificial", ie. nonsense with #s
MikePoz90 says Jul 09, 2008 02:04PM I assume you have to keep going until it is unique and it doesn't have to guess
Madame Maracas Jul 09, 2008 02:09PM Love this! Might it be expanded to pick up anyone on our friendslist in the future? That would be nifty too!
shaf is Jul 09, 2008 02:10PM testing feature number : www.plurk.com/p/16nrt ... Annoyingly when your block a user they can STILL post to your timeline.
shaf Jul 09, 2008 02:11PM worse still ... you get to see the blocking party's plurks too. Any chance you could fix that amix ?
LindaZ Jul 09, 2008 02:25PM I love it since now when people put my nick in a thread lindaz they should be sent to my profile
LindaZ Jul 09, 2008 02:27PM no it did not work this time it send me last time to lindazimmer which is my real profile
Madame Maracas Jul 09, 2008 02:49PM getting that in a parallel thread sometimes it "goes" and sometimes it won't
amix Jul 09, 2008 04:17PM a new version of this is out, writing "@ steve" will resolve to strandloper
aBihas says Jul 09, 2008 07:15PM wel for rocket red u have to at least type rocket and fr rockerjenn u least have to type roc
Mr Sir BigPapa says Jul 09, 2008 07:16PM have not played this morning... but we did have some issues with this last night
kaffee Jul 10, 2008 02:17AM @am, seems buggy when entering 2 shorthand names in 1 plurk, or when in *itals* mode (?)
kaffee Jul 10, 2008 03:31AM chelseagirl (I just used it to shorthand your name)> I think the nick has to appear beforehand to use it...
mojaam says Jul 10, 2008 04:56AM neat. Hmmm, how will it handle typos @am? Or people with similar names like oyu said?
RogueTess says Jul 10, 2008 05:02AM kewl! It seems a little selective right now, but it's a great feature. THx!
rosswald asks Jul 10, 2008 09:57AM can you add some kind of notification, when someone mentions your nick like that?