About a month ago, the Flavors Directory, which Jack had originally jury rigged by hand, completely stopped working…
Way back last November, Demetre Arges, one of our first beta users, declared Flavors “the new WhitePages”; it’s a characterization that has always resonated internally. The difference is, Flavors-powered sites introduce an incredibly rich visual element that is missing offline and elsewhere, but core to the modern web experience.
So less than two weeks ago, we resolved to re-build the directory from scratch. John took on the herculean task of developing an automated snapshot system to generate high-quality images with support for @font-face fonts; few of us believed it was even technically possible. For bonus points, he added Name and About search, plus a basic, but very helpful tagging system. Sean and Jack stayed up way past their bed times with some final nips and tucks like multi-views! And voila, the new Flavors Directory is finally ready for prime time!
All paid accounts can be included in the Directory. And those that shine will be featured prominently. Everything is optional. We hope it will make finding Flavors sites far easier and more enjoyable. Please excuse any hiccups that you encounter over the next few weeks :)
