samgro

Joined 15 years ago

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iOS Engineer @ Foursquare
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Comment · 13 years ago
I used to play video games a ton growing up (most of the ones mentioned in the article). I have tried picking up modern games as an adult, but don't get quite the same thrill/zone as I did as a kid. I haven't felt immersed. I get that feeling now from rock climbing, cycling and skiing. I think it's because after spending all day working on programming, staring at a screen and working through challenges seems too much like work.
Comment · 13 years ago
This will be very useful if it makes it into GitHub Enterprise - our IT won't let us use Gravatar, so comment threads/issues are harder to follow.
Comment · 14 years ago
I would whitelist the hosts, stackoverflow.com, google.com, and dev* - should cover 90% of productivity related websites :)
Comment · 14 years ago
I agree with this. Mobile first doesn't necessarily mean native first. From both design and engineering perspectives, it is much easier to build a website that looks good on both mobile and desktop and then add components to the desktop site than it is to start with a desktop site and pare it down to work well on mobile.
Comment · 14 years ago
Beautiful service - I've wanted this for a while. My bookmarks all show up, but when I search for anything I get no results. Looks like you guys still have a few kinks to work out...
Comment · 14 years ago
Any "CSS Best Practices" guide should start with "1. Use a preprocessor."

Also, don't use IDs? Really? The article referenced as a source for this claim ends with "Don’t stop using IDs, just be aware of where they can cause you headaches and know where to sensibly circumvent them. Anyone telling you not to use them at all is not wrong, but they’re definitely not right…"

That's good advice. Understanding how specificity works will make you realize, when designing your Twitter widget, relying on a selector ".tweet a" is unreliable, and use "a.tweet-link" instead.

Comment · 14 years ago
Also missing long swipe up to go up a level.

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