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Matt Jacob replied on June 20, 2009 03:29 to the question "Pinged URLs aren't hyperlinks - why not?" in Ping.fm:

You'll have to take it up with the sites you're posting to. They parse the message text and try to pick out URL patterns to turn them into links automatically.

Matt Jacob replied on June 19, 2009 22:45 to the problem "Palm Pre email updates" in Ping.fm:

It seems like this issue isn't just limited to Palm Pres anymore. I attached a picture from my Gmail account a few minutes ago, and it didn't make it through. The file size of that picture was 1.5M.

I was able to send a picture from Gmail earlier today that worked fine, but its file size was only 866K. That seems consistent with my earlier theory that images greater than about 1M aren't getting through. It might just be a fluke, and I haven't done enough testing to confirm it, but it sure seems like it.

This isn't a huge problem, of course, but I'm gonna hold off posting photos until it's fixed. I end up looking stupid when I describe something in a picture that doesn't exist.

Matt Jacob replied on June 18, 2009 20:01 to the question "what benefits I can drive from Ping Fm ? Explain in Brief?" in Ping.fm:

Uhhh... is this for real?

Matt Jacob replied on June 16, 2009 01:03 to the problem "Palm Pre email updates" in Ping.fm:

Hey Sean, you guys should have another 6 messages with image attachments from me.

Matt Jacob replied on June 15, 2009 02:03 to the problem "Palm Pre email updates" in Ping.fm:

I sent 3 pictures today from my phone and only 1 actually made it through. What gives?

Matt Jacob started following the question "Why won't my wordpress "take"?" in Ping.fm.

A comment on the problem "Palm Pre email updates" in Ping.fm:

I just tried sending another photo, and still no dice. The text of the update came through, but no link. – Matt Jacob, on June 08, 2009 21:53

Matt Jacob replied on June 08, 2009 06:46 to the problem "Palm Pre email updates" in Ping.fm:

This isn't entirely true, but I've been having some issues myself. My first picture attachment went through just fine, but I've tried 3 since then that haven't worked.

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Matt Jacob replied on June 02, 2009 00:34 to the question "What important tools are available for blogger from Ping.fm" in Ping.fm:

What important question is available from original poster to make sense of request?

Sorry, couldn't help myself. What do you expect with a question like that?

Matt Jacob replied on May 30, 2009 04:39 to the question "Is it possible to add multiple phone numbers to text a post from?" in Ping.fm:

Can't you just send an SMS to the posting email address? An unlimited number of people can use the same email address.

Matt Jacob replied on May 29, 2009 06:02 to the problem "Spell checking status isn't saved across sessions." in atebits:

I have a similar problem. The spell checking setting stays checked for me, but it doesn't actually do anything until I nudge it with Cmd-;. That is, if I've spelled something wrong, the red squiggles don't actually appear until I force a spell check.

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Matt Jacob replied on May 27, 2009 06:00 to the question "Will you be supporting posting on wordpress blogs that is not hosted in wordpress.com domain?" in Ping.fm:

Hi there,

There's unofficial support for it right now! (And there has been for about a year or so.) This is shameless self-promotion, but since it solves your problem exactly, check out my WordPress plugin:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/p...

And, if you have any suggestions or feature requests, I'm all ears.

Matt

Matt Jacob replied on May 27, 2009 05:56 to the question "why cant i update my blog from ping?" in Ping.fm:

My WordPress plugin will take care of this problem with a swift kick and a karate chop. Feel free to reply to this thread if you have any questions or run into any problems.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/p...

Matt Jacob replied on May 27, 2009 05:54 to the question "How do I create a custom URL ?" in Ping.fm:

You have to add the Custom URL 'network' at Ping.fm, and then you'll be able to plug in your own URL.

https://ping.fm/custom/

Matt Jacob marked one of rosenkrieger's replies in atebits as useful. rosenkrieger replied to the idea "Maybe better and nicer Dock Icon...".

A comment on the idea "Maybe better and nicer Dock Icon..." in atebits:

Thanks for the link. Those icons are very nice. I'm now using the replacements in place of the default icon. Much better on the eyes. ;-) – Matt Jacob, on April 24, 2009 21:25

Matt Jacob replied on April 24, 2009 18:32 to the idea "Maybe better and nicer Dock Icon..." in atebits:

I agree that the icons could use some work. The aesthetic is just off for me. My initial thought about the dock icon was, "What the heck is this boxy purple thing?" The menu bar icon is equally vague and calls too much attention to itself when lit up. Something more subtle (like Apple's Bluetooth icon) would be appreciated.

I'm not sure what exactly needs to change for the dock icon, but it doesn't feel very Mac-like to me. When I Cmd-Tab, I see a bunch of photorealistic icons... and then this purple gradient that feels too small or too disproportionate (the pointer arrow is rather large).

Anyway, don't want to beat a dead horse here, so keep up the good work and think about investing in a better set of icons in the vein of other great Mac apps (Cha-Ching, Transmit, AppShelf's new one, LittleSnapper, Postbox, Transmission, VirtualBox, Espresso, etc.).

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