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Waferbaby 3!?!

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:19 am
by nigma
Anyone else waiting for the new version of Waferbaby?

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:22 am
by method_man
what is waferbaby?

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:28 am
by nigma
method_man wrote:what is waferbaby?
phpScott wrote:I'll ask agian, what is waferbaby about.
semi-personal website of alistapart author waferbaby that's currently being rewritten in python. It's got the best profile system i've ever seen. For example, for making a list of your favorite things you'd do an amazon search from the site, pick the item you wanted, and from then on when someone viewed your profile it'd show a little thumbnail of the item with a link to amazon. I'll post a link if the guy ever finishes the redesign.

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:33 am
by phpScott
I'll ask agian, what is waferbaby about.

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:45 pm
by nigma
I've revised my explanation.

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:43 pm
by JayBird
still dont geddit :?

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:25 pm
by method_man
me either

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:33 pm
by nigma
8O
What don't you get? It's a website that's currently being redesigned; and i'm waiting for the new version to come out; and i'm wondering if some of the guys from this board are too.

Where'd I go wrong!?!

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:35 pm
by method_man
3 more posts and you have 1000!!! :D yay!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:36 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Well, it's just odd to post about a non-popular site and not give a clear explanation on why it's such a good site.
I mean, if I were to say I was waiting for google's new revision, people would be able to put in a word or two about it, but no one really knows about Waferboy, so.. yea. :)

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:59 pm
by nigma
LiLpunkSkateR wrote:Well, it's just odd to post about a non-popular site and not give a clear explanation on why it's such a good site.
I was hoping to get feedback from people who may have known about the site, therefore explaining what it was wasn't necessary.
LiLpunkSkateR wrote:... but no one really knows about Waferboy ...
I probably should've been a little clearer in the original post about my intentions, because they were exactly what you just said: to find out if anyone knew about waferbaby and was waiting for the new version.

Edit:
method_man wrote:3 more posts and you have 1000!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!
And if you continue posting like you've been you'll be up quite a bit too. Whether this means anything ... :roll:

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:34 am
by Chris Corbyn
Actually waferbaby is a very popular website... I knew of it before nigma mentioned it all though I had never really checked it out so I'm not 100% what sort of content it has... the author himself is pretty well known throughout the web development community... "a list apart". I'm quite surprised that so many people haven't heard of it even :?

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:27 am
by JayBird
i just didnt get all the Amazon talk?

Sound interesting, but still dont geddit...you mean you can put your favourite books in your profile or something?

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:46 am
by Chris Corbyn
Pimptastic wrote:i just didnt get all the Amazon talk?
Yeah like I say... I never visited the site so I don't know what all this was baaout niether

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:48 am
by nigma
Pimptastic: sorry for not being clear. Waferbaby's got a profile system *kinda* like that of hotmail or myspace (i hate making this analogy because myspace and hotmail suck both absolutely and in comparison). In this profile system users can specify their favorite books, movies, games, etc. Most of these lists make use of the web services that amazon provides. For example, if I add "Fight Club" to my list of favorite movies waferbaby gets info about that movie from amazon and places a small thumbnail of the movie in my profile. In addition to that, he's got a chart system setup so that you can see which items are most popular among the members; which, for example, will allow you to see what the "most favorite" movie is of waferbaby members.

Maybe this in and of itself isn't that cool, but when accompanied by the great UI and standards compliant design it kicks ass.