I didn't notice the browser tool, though I see it in the blog. For Chrome users, perhaps advertise it in a banner on the site which they can close?
Francis On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:12:39AM +0100, Seb Bacon wrote: > One other thing... > > When you're sourcing an article, you get the article with yellow boxes > around things that might be useful in finding the source. However, > it's only clear what these yellow boxes are once you start the "find > source" process. For a while I was trying to click on them or hover > over them to find out what they meant. > > It is a very cool feature but slightly confusing. I think they should > either only be highlighted *after* you've started the "find source" > process, *or* you should get some feedback when you hover or click > them (e.g. "we think these might be useful in finding the source. > [click here to search]" or something like that). > > Thanks, > > Seb > > On 13 September 2012 10:04, Tim Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > Awesome, really rich and featureful, I like the feature extraction to find > > researcher names etc., and how it can then feed those into a google scholar > > search when you try to add a paper reference. > > > > 1) Agree with Seb on Twitter login link not being obvious > > 2) Do you have to mark a paper as being fully sourced for it to appear as > > such in the browser extension? I didn't notice the button straight away and > > quite a few people might miss it > > 3) The browser extension is really cool, will definitely take this site from > > being a curiosity to a routine tool > > 4) I added a source to > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2202434/Taking-Prozac-Don-t-drive-Pills-raise-risk-having-accident-70.html > > really nice and easily. The browser extension does light up the address bar > > icon, but I kinda think that maybe the information it finds should be more > > prominent, maybe actually inserted into the article below the headline. This > > is because most articles aren't going to be appropriate for sourcing > > (sourcable articles some fraction of all articles, sourced articles some > > fraction of that at first), so I'm not going to be checking the icon for > > every article I view but would tolerate some intrusive notice if there is a > > source. > > > > Looking forward to using it regularly, help with the the power of crowd > > sourcing! > > > > Tim > > > > > > On 13/09/2012 07:58, Seb Bacon wrote: > >> > >> It's really great! > >> > >> One small bit of feedback - when I went to log in with twitter, it > >> took me a few moments to understand that the text link "twitter" was > >> the login action. I think that would be better as a "log in with > >> twitter" button (same goes for Facebook, obv) > >> > >> Seb > >> > >> On 13 September 2012 03:55, Ben Campbell<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> I wanted to announce a project I'm working on: http://unsourced.org > >>> > >>> It's a web site for linking news articles to their sources. You know, all > >>> those "Scientists say Red Wine Causes/Cures Cancer!" type of article with > >>> no > >>> link to the actual research. > >>> You can also assign warning labels to news articles, so toxic/hazardous > >>> material can be labelled as such. > >>> > >>> There's also a browser extension (just Chrome, so far, but a Firefox one > >>> will follow), so you can see sources and warning labels as you read > >>> online > >>> news. > >>> > >>> I want to build up a community of people on unsourced.org who collaborate > >>> to > >>> track down missing sources. > >>> > >>> So I'd be really grateful for help in getting the word our, via mentions > >>> on > >>> blog posts, twitter, mailing lists, whatever! > >>> > >>> There's a little more background at: > >>> http://unsourced.posterous.com/ > >>> and I'm happy to answer any questions about it all. > >>> > >>> All feedback most welcome - it's all under development still, so I'd love > >>> to > >>> know what rough edges stand out the most :-) > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Ben. > >>> -- > >>> Ben Campbell > >>> unsourced.org developer > >>> Coder at the Media Standards Trust > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> developers-public mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe: > >>> > >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/seb.bacon%40gmail.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > developers-public mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/seb.bacon%40gmail.com > > > > -- > skype: seb.bacon > mobile: 07790 939224 > land: 01531 671074 > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/francis%40mysociety.org > _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
