Hey, it’s Nik with the first in a series of posts. I’m the lead programmer for Shuffletime, and every month I’ll write about all of the new features on the site. This is my first time blogging, so go easy on me.

shuffle-by-typeShuffle by the type of card (i.e. Video)

First up is a commonly-requested UserVoice suggestion: the ability to see only one type of card, or to exclude a type of card. This could also be called “work mode” for those of you who play at work and want to avoid Games/Videos because they make too much noise.

Basically, you can select any of the types. You can also combine them with the guides, so for example select “Gordon” with “no games” to see all of Gordon’s cards that are not games. (Warning: he doesn’t have very many.)

 

Windowshade

This was a great suggestion from UserVoice. Sometimes, the top bar can get in the way, especially after you’ve finished playing a card. There is now a double-arrow that you can click. This will “roll-up” the bar so it takes up only a tiny amount of room. Click anywhere on the rolled-up bar to roll it back down.

windowshade

You can click on this little icon to roll-up the top bar.

 

More lenient answers

This was by far the most requested item on UserVoice. (See here and here.)  It’s frustrating if you type in “three” and then are told you are wrong because you should have typed in “3”. This is now fixed.

If you encounter an answer that you think should be listed as an alternate, just report the card and the guide will credit your points and add that as an alternative answer.

leaderboardsSuper-duper leaderboards

You can now see the top 100 leaders, and you can sort by the following categories:

  • Coins
  • Cards
  • Batting Average
  • Playtime
  • Joined

Which reminds me… kudos to apple for a redonkulous batting average: 0.973 at the time this post was written!

Other little things

In no particular order, here are some other features that were recently completed:

  • New login system. We originally used a third-party service called RPX that many of you had problems with. Now, if you signup or login with Google, Yahoo, OpenID, or Facebook, it’s using our own code that works 100% of the time.
  • Update your email. You can add additional email address on the preferences tab.
  • Add an OpenID. Okay, this is a little geeky, but if you signed up with a username or password, you can now add your OpenID so that you don’t need to signin with a password anymore. It’s all on the preferences tab.
  • Short delay. You’ll notice that when you start a card, the timer now blinks for five seconds while the page is loading.
  • Off the wall. Really doesn’t need much of an explanation. Checkout the last row of the prizes page.
  • Customize your profile. You can add your real name, a short bio, a larger picture, and your favorite guides. More coming soon.

Suggestions?

So, this was my first “updates” post. Is this interesting and/or helpful? What else would you like to see in these posts? Let me know in the comments. And, as always, if you have any suggestions for the site, use the Feedback Tab.