Comments on: BiggerPockets In Development. A Real Estate Widget is Born!

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:02:30 +0000

Marco – What are you talking about? The widget automatically takes posts from a feed and shows them. It is kept up with a small delay of a few minutes.

Phoenix – The widget has certainly helped bring interest to the site. I haven’t actually checked to see how many downloads we’ve got so far . . .

By: Phoenix MLS

Phoenix MLS — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:56:24 +0000

Looks good. How many people have downloaded it? Has their been a noticeable increase in your traffic?

By: Marco Gonzalez

Marco Gonzalez — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:44:32 +0000

Very nice widget indeed. Try to keep it up though… Peace! =)

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:58:30 +0000

Thanks Lucy!

Scott –
I’ve considered doing a Vista widget, but I’m hearing so many complaints about the OS that I’m inclined to stay away. We’ll see . . . maybe in the coming months we’ll reconsider.

By: Scott Ficek

Scott Ficek — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:01:55 +0000

Hey Josh-
How about a Windows Vista sidebar gadget?

I am sure the Mac guys will love this request

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:27:47 +0000

Great Widget Joshua. Really appreciate the effort you’re putting in to add new features to the site.

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:27:49 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Beachbum! We are working on several improvements right now, and will certainly look at these (the ones you mention) in the next course of updates.

I’m glad you appreciate the forums and hope we can continue to keep you happy on the site!

By: Beachbum

Beachbum — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:00:38 +0000

Josh, it’s great that you are constantly trying to improve!

The one thing I would like to see, is when I log in and check for new posts, if there were a checkbox I could set or clear to “batch” mark read, save to a folder, watch (or kill), etc. As REI pointed out elsewhere, sometimes when I log in, I don’t have time to review and respond to all the posts that interest me, but if I log out I lose them and have to dig through ALL the topics.

Oh, also, a “Logoff” (and Home) on all pages– I usually check your blog last, and have to backtrack to main page to logoff.

Nonetheless, I much prefer your overall forum style to other popular sites, so don’t go crazy!