Since Microsoft isn't shooting for a 100% result in the ACID3 test, don't expect much from IE9.

The editor appears to be a WYSIWYG editor, but appears to edit markup instead. Why is this?

stackoverflow.com — Stack Overflow, which inspired Braintapper Exchange, is a good site for asking technical questions. Unlike Braintapper Exchange, which is focused on Business Intelligence, Stack Overflow is targeted to all technologies.

Braintapper Exchange is a bit of a mashup of several different things. The Q&A portion, which is the primary part of the site, is inspired by sites like Stack Overflow and Yahoo Answers. The social bookmarking part of the site is inspired by Slashdot, Delicio.us, Reddit and Digg. The Job Board wasn't really inspired by simple job boards like the…

Why do I need an OpenId to join? How do I know if I even have an OpenId?

OpenId is an open standard for authenticating people to web sites. More simply, OpenId is a widely used way of logging into a site with an already existing user id and password. The reason why OpenId was selected was that most people have an OpenId, whether they know it or not. There's a good probability that you've got a Google,…

I only see that there is one additional level of commenting. Why isn't it more hierarchical like on other sites?

This is a controversial design choice. We know that plenty of people will not be happy about this, but we intentionally limit the depth of threads to keep conversations on topic. This is not a free-for-all discussion board, it's primarily for questions and answers. As you branch a discussion off into further threads, the signal to noise ratio rapidly shrinks…

I notice that some questions have an answered badge, yet others don't. What's the logic behind this?

For a question to receive the "answered" badge, the creator of the question must select an answer that solves his/her problem. Moderators can mark a question as answered also. Having answered status doesn't mean the question thread is locked, it just means there's at least one working answer. People can still contribute answers as well.

blog.braintapper.com — A quick review of Dona Wong's new visualization book.

After some further testing, it appears that when using Internet Explorer 8, it is best to view this site in Compatibility Mode so that the navigation tabs appear properly. Testing in Internet Explorer 7 yielded satistfactory results.

If I see a bug, or have a suggestion, how do I leave feedback?

We treat feedback as though it's a question to the administrators. So all you need to do is ask a new question, with a self-explanatory question title. In the Tag area, make sure that you include "feedback" as a tag.

smartdatacollective.com — SmartData has a nice little article on decision making, once you get past the Teradata plug at the end of the article.