grahamr
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Comment · 15 years ago
I think it was Adobe that forgot it was a company that makes tools. They did make it Flash versus HTML5, and are now realizing that they should have been agnostic as a toolmaker.
Comment · 15 years ago
I believe they use Amazon S3 for all storage.
Comment · 16 years ago
I use the paperclip gem and store files on S3 with my Heroku apps and it works great. I believe this approach is very common.
Comment · 16 years ago
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Comment · 16 years ago
I tend to think no. For a small site with few users, no one will care. Once a site has become large enough, downtime with press coverage seems to create a virtuous cycle of social proof, e.g. Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Comment · 16 years ago
Is this accurate that paypal express and google checkout are the only legitimate ways to accept payments while deployed on Heroku?
Comment · 16 years ago
Can anyone suggest an alternative high-quality contact importer?
Comment · 17 years ago
Free: http://openinviter.com/
Paid: http://www.octazen.com/ http://addressbookimport.com http://www.improsys.com/importer.htm
Most of these have the best support for PHP which may or may not work for your needs. Various free libraries have been released for other languages but 1) generally support only a few email providers and 2) may not be actively maintained. Octazen has a fee-based API which sounds great but I haven't used it.
Comment · 17 years ago
I think the subtle point here is that users don't want bloated applications but
1) They will vocally advocate for additional features that meet their specific needs
2) They will buy upgrades (particularly of boxed software) based primarily on new/additional features
Comment · 17 years ago
I highly recommend O'Reilly's Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML.
It's written for learning instead of reference, and focuses on modern best practices. It anticipates and answers most questions a beginner might have.
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