Comments on: Take A Ride – A Wild FileRide http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:39:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Klokie http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-896409 Klokie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:44:40 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-896409 Hi Phil, thanks for the great article. I just wanted to clarify a couple of things - <a href="#comment-886038" rel="nofollow">@secoif</a>, FileRide has used the current logo, with a view of Earth inside an an "open box" that is also similar to but actually predates the W3C Semantic Web logo, since May 2007. You could say the colors are similar to Google Chrome's, but so are those for Microsoft Windows and many others. I tried to dig up the FileRide logo on the Archive.org WayBack Machine but unfortunately they haven't cached the image. <a href="#comment-886250" rel="nofollow">@adimauro</a>, that weird layout bug is fixed. Thanks for pointing it out. <a href="#comment-886751" rel="nofollow">@essexboyracer</a>, we're working on refining and clarifying the FileRide message while simultaneously rolling out new features. cheers everyone / Klokie at FileRide dot com Hi Phil, thanks for the great article. I just wanted to clarify a couple of things -
@secoif, FileRide has used the current logo, with a view of Earth inside an an “open box” that is also similar to but actually predates the W3C Semantic Web logo, since May 2007. You could say the colors are similar to Google Chrome’s, but so are those for Microsoft Windows and many others. I tried to dig up the FileRide logo on the Archive.org WayBack Machine but unfortunately they haven’t cached the image.

@adimauro, that weird layout bug is fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.

@essexboyracer, we’re working on refining and clarifying the FileRide message while simultaneously rolling out new features.

cheers everyone / Klokie at FileRide dot com

]]> By: Phil Butler http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-886819 Phil Butler Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:47:29 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-886819 Hi guys, Good Points, I have not seen the glitch but a few other small ones have popped up. To expect I suppose? As Essex points out, the homepage does not go far into explaining the depth of the platform. From my working with it and talking to their CEO, it has become quite apparent that FileRide is alot more powerful than I even described. As a sharing device alone it has great merit, but as a personal internal browser, it can be quite superior. As for content, I tested it doing some rather interesting filtering and consolidations - I will have to do an update to explain some of that. The thing actually had the capacity to be a very refined recommendation engine if meta search is employed ala Worio. Lots of potential if still nebulous. Thanks alot for the input really. As you guys know , input on these innovations is the best cure for what ails them, and often leads to even better innovative ideas. This is what the SitePoint community is best at and aptly so. Always, Phil Hi guys, Good Points, I have not seen the glitch but a few other small ones have popped up. To expect I suppose? As Essex points out, the homepage does not go far into explaining the depth of the platform. From my working with it and talking to their CEO, it has become quite apparent that FileRide is alot more powerful than I even described. As a sharing device alone it has great merit, but as a personal internal browser, it can be quite superior. As for content, I tested it doing some rather interesting filtering and consolidations – I will have to do an update to explain some of that. The thing actually had the capacity to be a very refined recommendation engine if meta search is employed ala Worio. Lots of potential if still nebulous.
Thanks alot for the input really. As you guys know , input on these innovations is the best cure for what ails them, and often leads to even better innovative ideas. This is what the SitePoint community is best at and aptly so.

Always,
Phil

]]> By: essexboyracer http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-886751 essexboyracer Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:00:32 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-886751 I looked at their homepage and thought it was a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and the message of what it was all about very unclear. I didnt get adimauro's weird 'quirk' but the homepage just didn't sell it to me. Perhaps sell it as a Method for Enriching the Data Yield from their's and others social networks I looked at their homepage and thought it was a bit of a mish-mash of fonts and the message of what it was all about very unclear. I didnt get adimauro’s weird ‘quirk’ but the homepage just didn’t sell it to me. Perhaps sell it as a Method for Enriching the Data Yield from their’s and others social networks

]]> By: adimauro http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-886250 adimauro Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:46:08 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-886250 The layout of the webpage is nice, but I'm getting a weird 'quirk'. If you shrink your browser small enough so the bottom scroll bar appears, then grab the bar and scroll to the right...that whole side of the webpage is gone! It happened in FF, Chrome, Opera...but in IE, only the gray footer disappears. Anyone else seeing this? What's causing that? The layout of the webpage is nice, but I’m getting a weird ‘quirk’. If you shrink your browser small enough so the bottom scroll bar appears, then grab the bar and scroll to the right…that whole side of the webpage is gone! It happened in FF, Chrome, Opera…but in IE, only the gray footer disappears.

Anyone else seeing this? What’s causing that?

]]> By: Phil Butler http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-886064 Phil Butler Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:12:20 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-886064 Hi SEO, Yes, besides a couple extra colors, a different shape, the elements being inverted in upon one another..it is just like it :) Actually, you are very observant, it is very similar in that the colors are almost exactly the same shade and tone. The inner world thingy conveys the same way, but FileRide give the impression it is walled in ironically, while Google's is open. Always, Phil Hi SEO, Yes, besides a couple extra colors, a different shape, the elements being inverted in upon one another..it is just like it :) Actually, you are very observant, it is very similar in that the colors are almost exactly the same shade and tone. The inner world thingy conveys the same way, but FileRide give the impression it is walled in ironically, while Google’s is open.

Always,
Phil

]]> By: secoif http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-886038 secoif Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:17:52 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-886038 Is it just me or does the fileride logo look *remarkably* similar to the google chrome logo? http://www.insideria.com/upload/2008/09/Google_Chrome_Logo.jpg Even the blue dot in the middle... Is it just me or does the fileride logo look *remarkably* similar to the google chrome logo?

http://www.insideria.com/upload/2008/09/Google_Chrome_Logo.jpg

Even the blue dot in the middle…

]]> By: Phil Butler http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-885906 Phil Butler Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:40:20 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-885906 Yang, They are integrating this as we speak, I just talked to the CEO. Everyone needs to look a little deeper into what these guys are doing, it is multi faceted and requires some in depth use. Always, Phil Yang, They are integrating this as we speak, I just talked to the CEO. Everyone needs to look a little deeper into what these guys are doing, it is multi faceted and requires some in depth use.

Always,
Phil

]]> By: yangyang http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-885888 yangyang Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:08:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-885888 Only if all these can happen in browser that's truly portable. The requirement of local program installation is a major usability drawback. Only if all these can happen in browser that’s truly portable. The requirement of local program installation is a major usability drawback.

]]> By: Phil Butler http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-884542 Phil Butler Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:32:40 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-884542 Thanks Maggie, It is refreshing that you noticed. The fact is, it simply takes too long to really test these things. I could tell stories of how other A list bloggers do these, but I will keep that for the book when I write it. Suffice it to say, it has always been a "press release" reiteration business - this beta testing thing. Always, Phil Thanks Maggie, It is refreshing that you noticed. The fact is, it simply takes too long to really test these things. I could tell stories of how other A list bloggers do these, but I will keep that for the book when I write it. Suffice it to say, it has always been a “press release” reiteration business – this beta testing thing.

Always,
Phil

]]> By: Maggie http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/02/27/take-a-ride-a-wild-fileride/comment-page-1/#comment-884533 Maggie Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:20:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=6520#comment-884533 Looks quite interesting. You don't see this kind of thoughtful coverage very often now. Thanks Phil for sharing! Looks quite interesting. You don’t see this kind of thoughtful coverage very often now. Thanks Phil for sharing!

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