Friday, January 26, 2007

stop! snacksbytime.

Okay, now for a real post, with much less rah rah gobbleygook. There's actual snacksby news!

First off, maybe you didn't notice, but it doesn't quite look the same. That's a pretty boring topic to me (except for the "3 or 4" kind of deals on the recipe search results page, i think that's super keen), but let me know what you think!

Secondly, i'm going to start talking in the third plural singular ALL OF THE TIME. It's what happens when you get bought, I think.

Thirdly:

Actual improvements! Searching is now killer compared to what it used to be. When you search for a recipe from the boring [not "what's in your pantry?"] searchbox it searches through: ingredients! the user that made it! the description! the name! other things! Whereas before it just checked the title or something else completely useless. SO: you can now find recipes about ninety times more effectively.

Entering recipes! It's now something like 4 steps. Should it all be on one page? Should it be less steps? Do you like it? Lemme know!

Ingredient input box! It's a crazy crazy thing that you'll see on the new recipe page as well as the pantry editing page, and probably other places. I won't explain it because I'd like to know whether you guys* like it or not. It's supposed to make entering your ingredients less painful and more all-in-one-screen. Opinions?

Related snacksonomies! I had to learn mathematics for that one, friends. Set theory and MORE! It's a little bit buggy but hey, I have a liberal arts degree.

Tagged substitutions! That's kinda fine, I guess, right?

Anyway, there's probably some broken stuff on the site, try to toss me an email at snacksby@revolutionhealth.com if you run across any. I'd appreciate it! I'd also appreciate any thoughts on the new site, or suggestions as what you'd like out of it now. I wouldn't have asked a question in just about every paragraph of this entry if i didn't care about what you thought!

* that's gender-neutral 'guys,' ladies!

WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?

Snacksby minded its manners and studied hard in school, and as a result: SNACKSBY GOT BOUGHT. By Revolution Health Group, specifically. If you thought Snacksby was good before, get out your fancy napkin holders because this is going to be great! Revolution Health launched a pretty neat health site which will "empower you and your family with world-class products and services to better manage your health and wellness needs." But don't worry, we didn't get gobbled up by the corporate machine, Snacksby will still be as charming as ever - and since it won't just be a hobby anymore, it should end up being about sixty times more useful!

Thanks a million for helping this happen!