Comments on: Afrigator 1-TH1NG submission

By: stii.za.net » Blog Archive » Afrigator Beta 2 - Tons of new stuff…

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:26:25 +0000

[...] want to give a special thanks to Charl Norman, Saul Kropman, Nic Haralambous and Charl van Niekerk for their support! If you see any bugs, please let us know [...]

By: Results Of The Afrigator.com 1TH1NG Competition | Mike Stopforth

Results Of The Afrigator.com 1TH1NG Competition | Mike Stopforth — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:13:15 +0000

[...] believes Afrigator is too political and would like more balanced content on the front page. My biggest issue with Afrigator is that whenever I go there the newest blog post or podcast are [...]

By: SaulK

SaulK — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:29:51 +0000

I definitely think doing the segmentation via IP could cause the troubles you speak about alleman. I reckon a better option would be to give users the choice.

By: alleman

alleman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:27:10 +0000

@South African: It is very disconcerting when a web site makes assumptions about who you are based on your IP address.
If you are in a different country, you would not like your usual websites to behave as if you are from that country. For example, just because you are in Kenya doesn’t mean you are Swahili and have only a marginal interest in SA.
Websites can adapt what they present based on user preferences.

By: SaulK

SaulK — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:16:47 +0000

Thanks guys!

By: blackstone

blackstone — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:31:14 +0000

I think these are really good suggestions. Gonna vote for you on muti

By: South African

South African — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:51:43 +0000

I especially like your first suggestion. What Afrigator could do, is look at the IP address and figure out what country the user is from, and then configure them automatically to have that country’s posts at the top.