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The Status Bar Evolved

In the current version of Sifter, the status bar does a great job of communicating and reminding you of the status, but it overwhelms the other significant attributes. Continued…

Sifter, Postmark, and Bounce Handling

We recently made the switch from our previous email provider to Postmark, and we couldn't be happier with the results. However, we have had to make some minor adjustments. Continued…

Personalizing Support

One of the most frustrating things about software development is receiving condescending or otherwise rude emails about your software. I suppose that It comes with the territory, but I felt like there had to be a way to minimize it. Continued…

Our Way of Doing Things

There are a handful of "features" that we have strong philosophical objections to. We receive a not insignificant amount of questions about some of these, and I think it helps to explain our thoughts on the decisions that we've made.... Continued…

Lists vs. Tables

Tables are great for purely numerical data. However, when records are a mix of numeric and text data where each column has varying length, significance, and relationships with the other columns, it doesn't make as much sense. Continued…

The Status of Email Replies

After some reliability issues with a service provider, we're temporarily disabling email replies until we can be confident that your replies will work without any problems. We wanted to explain what went wrong and what we're doing to improve. Continued…

Unity, Color, and Meaning

Now that we've been using Sifter in the wild for well over a year in addition to receiving tons of feedback during that time, we've really been able to develop a clearer vision for what Sifter should look like and how it should work. As a result, we've been able to be much more thoughtful about how it all fits together. Continued…

Designing Row Groups

The devil is in the details. It's a bit overused and certainly clichéd, but it summarizes a valuable truth when designing. Now that we've sorted through some of our information architecture challenges, I wanted to really look at our new designs and question the value of every pixel to edit the interface down to it's simplest necessary elements. Continued…

Status Update for July 2010

It's time to return to our regularly scheduled status updates. We're multitasking pretty heavily, but most importantly, we're catching up and beginning to have tangible things to share. Naturally, not all of this is exciting, but we feel it's important to share what we're up to. Continued…

Long Overdue

It's been almost exactly a year since we shared any information about Sifter here on the blog. It's time we returned to our roots and brought everyone back in the loop. Also, I'll be full-time on Sifter from here on out. Continued…

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