Shakk.Us Blog

April 19, 2006

Easter Egg in Gmail for Domain

Filed under: google, technology — shakk @ 3:25 pm

Posibly not an easter egg, just a feature for screen reader to read out. These instructions are blended into background color, so not viewable by human eye normally.

Check it out, just highlight the top line beside your login name.

gmail easter egg

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April 17, 2006

New Voting System

Filed under: Development, Shakk.Us, feature — shakk @ 3:35 pm

Finally a new voting system in coherent to our theme 'shakkingthe internet'. We are able to Shakk up (positive voting) or Shakk Down (negative voting) any submission. Along with this new update is the ability to un-shakk (unvote), click the Shakk up/shakk down arrow again will remove the previous vote.

Shakk Up and Shakk Down

New voting system

Shakking up a post if you think it's worth reading and shakking down if you think it's spam. We believe with this new voting system, we can get rid of spams easily as we're growing.

In conjunction to this update, we've also updated the UI a little bit so that it is not so boring. With the new category icons (thanks openclipart for these lovely icons)

Categories Icons

Categories Icons
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April 14, 2006

Getting my Gmail for Domain

Filed under: gmail, google, technology — shakk @ 8:51 pm

*Update* Good things come in pair. I've got my Google Calendar Too! Just sign in your google with your google(gmail) account.

google calendar

Yahoo!! I didn't know this time is sooo much easy to get the Gmail for Domain this time. I've got many domain and applied for it many times before this.

I've always been thinking whether my luck on this one has anything to do with Windows Live for domain or something. Yes, I've managed to get both of them in only 2 days.

Live custom domain

Unfortunately windows live is hosting custom domain with hotmail… which is surprisingly small. With the *generosity* of 2MB for my whole domain? I don't think so.

Feeling insufficient for the space, I managed to boost my hotmail to 25MB.

hotmail, after viagra

25MB… however is still far not sufficient to receive email from my readers which most of them are Videos.

Despite of many saying Gmail is gay and sucks in privacy, it has way more features than his competitor (yahoo, hotmail etc).

for example:

1. Fail safe

hotmail mx
hotmail with only 1 MX record. I'm not sure how foolproof is behind MS offices in Redmond. what if it fails?

gmail mx

GMail.. with plenty of alternative MX servers.

2. Size

Hotmail – 2MB –> 25MB (with some tweaks) –> 2 GB (additional tweaks)

GMail – 2GB by default.

3. User Interface

gmail

Gmail – simple, easy and 'Ajaxified'.

hotmail

hotmail – dense of advertisement and obviously you can't find where to click on your inbox.

customize login

Customized login with your company logo and theme color on login box.

4. Accessibility

pop

Ajax and targeted ads is not for you? POP3 is to rescue.

Setting up your

5. Misc

Other fantastic features on gmail includes.

catchall

Gmail Chat.

There is some tactic taught by 三横一竖王 on how to get your gmail for domain. I think is quite working cause i realized that what I've filled in is more or less same with his since I've got hotmail for domain day before G. So here's the tips on what you should fill up.

tips

Good luck and let me know if you managed to get 1 delicious G4D too!

My next target would be getting a Google Analytics for Shakk.us

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