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Hey guess what? Hypertext can link.

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Here's some news for everyone: the neat thing about http is that you can link to other stuff... from just about anywhere and and anything!

The "Start Here" link pictured above later changes in the app to be some next/prev links- so they are trying to keep navigation consistent I guess, but it's very confusing the first time around. Why can't I click on the first "start here" to proceed?

This is a web based app screenshot. On my original resolution/screen setup (resized for screen cap), it took me awhile to even find the link. The link was a lot further away from the rest of the content. I scrolled down looking for it instead of to the right.

Riffs.com is a secret society of Templar Knights (for all I know*)

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Update- Riffs.com has worked for some time with Opera. This post is old, but I'll keep it around 'cause I like it :smile:

Nice job Riffs!

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Charter Comm password input is broken

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This would go to http://thisisbroken.com if they didn't already have this. Using the guidelines for entering password (19 characters or less...) I entered mine and hit submit and recieved this:

For those slow on the uptake- it tells me "19 characters or less" and I put in.. oh, lets say 5 characters.. that falls into the "or less" category right? But evidently there is a 8 Character minimum that they didn't tell me upfront: