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Alex Black replied on March 14, 2010 13:59 to the question "Comparison should include the software performance, and not just hardware comparison" in Snapsort:

We might consider including features like that in the future, thanks for pointing that out.

The "High Speed Lighting" feature sounds similar to Nikon's Active D-Lighting, see: http://imaging.nikon.com/products/ima....

I think both are forms of HDR photography, would you agree? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dyn...

The ability to do that in camera without any effort does sound powerful. How well does it work?

- Alex

Alex Black started following the idea "Heavy Widgets." in Get Satisfaction.

A comment on the idea "Minify the JavaScript (save time and money)" in Get Satisfaction:

Hi Scott, why not just minify and gz your js today, and put it up beside the regular one? Any customers facing issues can stick with the regular one - people who want to save their customers some bandwidth and time can use the minified/gz one. – Alex Black, on March 12, 2010 02:08

Alex Black replied on March 12, 2010 02:05 to the idea "Minify the JavaScript (save time and money)" in Get Satisfaction:

I third this.

Alex Black started following the idea "Minify the JavaScript (save time and money)" in Get Satisfaction.

Alex Black replied on March 12, 2010 02:04 to the idea "Please gzip/minify the widget javascript." in Get Satisfaction:

Would love to see this too.

And/or an option to host the stuff locally to avoid the issue altogether.

Alex Black replied on March 11, 2010 22:28 to the problem "Canon 50D ISO information incorrect" in Snapsort:

Thanks for pointing that out Matt, we've updated it to reflect that the 50D will do up to 3200 ISO.

However, Snapsort still prefers the D90 because of its video capability! Sorry :)

Alex Black posted an update in Snapsort on March 04, 2010 16:15:

New: discussions, improved pricing and comparisons and more!

We've recently updated Snapsort.com with discussions, more pricing improvements and more, see our blog for full details:

http://blog.snapsort.com/2010/03/snap...

Alex Black replied on March 04, 2010 16:12 to the idea "Include frame rates when comparing Video resolution." in Snapsort:

Hi JPicard,

Snapsort now includes FPS when comparing the video differences of cameras!

See: http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_EOS...

Alex Black set one of Alex Black's replies as an official response to "incorrect information about canon s90" in Snapsort

Alex Black replied on March 04, 2010 16:10 to the problem "incorrect information about canon s90" in Snapsort:

Hi Puszka,

I think we've got the RAW support and ISO support corrected for the S90, thanks!

See: http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_Pow...

Alex Black replied on March 03, 2010 18:21 to the idea "Canadian Pricing" in Snapsort:

Hi Dave, we'd love to hear more about what you find most useful about the site, thanks!

Canadian pricing - we're working on this, we're Canadian :)

We've got a list of retailers we'd like to get prices from, any in particular you trust (or don't trust) or would like to see on the site?

Alex Black replied on February 25, 2010 13:41 to the problem "incorrect information about canon s90" in Snapsort:

Hi Puszka,

Thanks for pointing out those issues. I'll make sure we correct the RAW and ISO values.

As far as both cameras getting a con for "low light capability", I see what you mean. We'll have to work on that.

They're receiving a con because our system is comparing them to much better SLR cameras.

What we're going to do in the future is base the pros/cons on the class of camera, so if you're looking at two point and shoot cameras (say the s90 and LX3), then the pros/cons would be compared to other point and shoot cameras, perhaps even other small point and shoot cameras!

- Alex

Alex Black replied on February 22, 2010 23:58 to the question "Unable to start Balsamiq Desktop on Ubuntu" in Balsamiq:

I later had problems with TweetDeck which is also an Adobe Air app.

see this thread: http://support.tweetdeck.com/forums/6...

There are lots of resources there on getting adobe air aps working. If I had to guess I think the gnome-keyring stuff was what I was missing, see here:

http://technologycrowd.com/2009/10/22...

Alex Black replied on February 19, 2010 01:30 to the praise "Amazing!" in Snapsort:

You're very welcome, glad you like the site!

Alex Black replied on February 17, 2010 23:33 to the problem "Nikon D3000 and D90 both carry wrong pictures." in Snapsort:

All fixed up, thx.

Alex Black replied on February 16, 2010 13:57 to the problem "Nikon D3000 and D90 both carry wrong pictures." in Snapsort:

We just use the picture of the Nikon D300 for all the other nikon cameras... kidding. :)

thx again for pointing that out!

Alex Black replied on February 16, 2010 13:50 to the problem "Nikon D3000 and D90 both carry wrong pictures." in Snapsort:

Thanks for reporting that, we'll get that fixed in a future update.

A comment on the idea "Need some attention to cost/price" in Snapsort:

Can you explain a bit more how you'd see it working?

What about something like: Camera A looks better, but costs $200 more, so you should buy Camera A if these features (X,Y,Z) are worth $200 to you? – Alex Black, on February 12, 2010 20:50

Alex Black replied on February 12, 2010 19:59 to the idea "Need some attention to cost/price" in Snapsort:

Hi, I see what you mean.

I think we've got a tiny bit of what you mean, on this comparison:

http://snapsort.com/compare/Canon_EOS...

It lets you know: "The best price we've seen for the Nikon D5000 is $220 less", but what you're saying is that price should be taken into account in the overall score.

I wonder what you think about this idea: what if we calculated a score independent of price, then divided it by price to get a value, and could then recommend which camera appeared to be better overall value?

Also, we're working on something to let people prioritize which features (e.g. price) are important to them, and then recommend products based on what they're looking for.

The current method of comparing cameras absolutely without any regard for what *you* as a user might want has its limitations.