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by zach 6177 days ago
Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!
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JabavuAdams 6177 days ago
Um, that would be my app: iLightning. http://www.shinyfish.com/ilightning
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jbenz 6176 days ago
I'm surprised you're marketing it as a wizard thing. Maybe the audio should use a gravelly voice to say: "Gooooood" or "Something something something darksiiide. Something something something COMB-plete."

Also... this is a nitpick, but I must ask you to rethink the ComicSans font. Just a suggestion.

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JabavuAdams 6176 days ago
Thanks for the suggestions. The app was originally inspired by the Youtube Ogre battle video, which had a fantasy theme. I didn't want to get into any issues with trademarks or ip, hence no SW theme.

Re: the font. Hmm. Well, there's a few other higher priority graphical updates on my plate right now, but I'll keep that in mind. Can you suggest another free font?

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joepestro 6176 days ago
For your website you'll want to pick something that users will be able to display and have installed by default.

HN primarily uses Verdana. Google primarily uses Arial. 37signals uses a combo of Helvetica (generic sans-serif if not present) and Georgia.

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JabavuAdams 6176 days ago
Ah, you mean the website, not the app options screen. Okay, that's been annoying me too. Priority just got bumped up.
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