We have rolled out a few small changes in the last couple of days, and I decided to include them all together in one update:
1. 'Dark' is the new default style for Hubski. The other three styles are still available. People seem to enjoy it, and IMHO it gives Hubski the most unique feel.
2. I have added 'html' to the 'share this' links on each post. Clicking 'html' will give you html code for embedding a link for that post on a website. There are two options: the first is for a direct link, and the second is for a link that opens in a new browser tab. If you have a website or blog, and want to link directly to a Hubski post, this a shortcut.
3. In your controls, you can now find a 'follow me on hubski' button. Feel free to put it wherever you like to put such things.
As always, feedback and suggestions are much appreciated.
p.s. You might have gathered that we <span><a title="http://hubski.com/pub?id=48823" href="http://hubski.com/pub?id=48823>launched (and lost) a Hubski weather balloon</a>~ yesterday. I'll be writing a post that details the whole experience soon. We haven't given up all hope of recovery, yet!
Darkski! For some, this may take some getting used to, but I promise once you go dark you never go back to the other styles, or so I hear. I still like "snow" too but I always creep back to Dark.
Ok, it's been added! The percentages are determined from the last 500 active users, as taking from the entire userbase would probably be less representative. I don't think that people that sign up and disappear should weigh into the results. So atm, it seems that 2 active users like 'ugly'. I know that forwardslash is one of them. :)
Btw, looks like there's some floating point precision issues going on with the stats:
Ugly for life! Apparently there's a stubbornness that runs in my family. My dad had all brothers and all their wives (including my mom) say that they can be very stubborn about even silly things. I think my wife will attest that I have this same attribute.
Yeah, for me it has always been a battle between snow and dark. It's funny how the two change my user experience. I think that images look way better against the dark backdrop. See what I mean: That photo is from last night. I rehearsed with my band from High School. It's been 18 years since we've all played together. It was surprising how much we remembered and how tight we were. We think we may play a show in Wixom, MI on the 29th. Crazy. You should come on out and hear my 1995 hard rock band "Welly".
Come to the ugly side, we have monospaced fonts!
I noticed that we can no longer view a hub while logged-out. For instance: http://hubski.com/hub?id=NotPhil only shows the sidebar while I'm logged out. Hubski without the hubs just doesn't seem right to me, somehow.
I just noticed this yesterday as well. I agree with you. What do you think mk?
Hi lil. It's been a while since I used blogger. Can you edit the html directly? If so, you might want to paste the code under the button that starts with <a href="http... on your controls page (http://hubski.com/pref?id=lil) just above: <div class='widget BlogArchive' id='BlogArchive1'> That would put it right under your 'follow by email' form. Does that help? Is there a different place in the page that you'd like to put it?
On blogger, I go to Layout. I click "add a gadget"; then there are choices and I clic "add your own". It says "Enter the URL for a gadget that you want to add to your blog." A space appears beginning with http:// I tried adding the link beginning with <a href etc I tried right clicking the icon and copying that etc I'm getting unkind messages back....
I definitely feel like dark Hubski is more unique. Also, thanks for the two options on the direct link!