Sidebar Improvements
Claiming that we’re eating our own dog food would be an understatement, we breath by it.
While we’re finalizing stuff for the big launch (read: papers and bank fun) we’re trying to make Talker easier and more pleasant to use, yet effective for power-users.
We noticed the sidebar was starting to feel like a dumpster, aggregating unrelated things together. Many people had trouble finding how to upload a file.
Before

The upload link is hard to find and there’s no clear distinction between admin tools and current user settings.
So we’ve split all this in three zones of focus separated by concern:
1) Sending messages or files at bottom:

2) Current user settings on top
and …
3) Managing room in the sidebar box:

Feed notification
Also, some extra eye candy for feed notifications:

And Youtube videos now display without the ugly gray default:

We hope you like those changes and speed enhancements, we’d love to have your feedback!
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