Tweetwhatyoueat has just launched version 1.5!
June 16th, 2008
After nearly two months of development and testing, TWYE has just released version 1.5 which includes a host of great new features that we hope you’ll love! Here’s a breakdown of the new functionality:
CrowdCal calorie look-ups – activate the CrowdCal setting under Edit Settings in My Diary, and TWYE will attempt to auto-fill uncaloried entries in your diary with calorie profiles submitted by other members of the community. With CrowdCal active, you can also click on any calorie value in your diary, even the ones you’ve submitted yourself, to see how other users in the community have caloried that same food. You can also see how many other users are using the various profiles. The popularity of a calorie profile is indicated by the number of users using it, allowing you to make informed decisions about which profile to use yourself for foods where you don’t know the calorie amount.
Sticky Food Profiles – when you enter a calorie value for a food you’ve eaten, TWYE will now remember that value and apply it to your next entry. If you say a “Coke” is 140 calories, we’ll take your word for it, and the next time you drink one, you can leave off the calorie value and we’ll plug the calories you previously assigned to that food automatically.
New privacy setting!– One feature we haven’t otherwise announced is a new privacy setting which allows you to opt-out from having your diary entries appear on the homepage. This is a feature a handful of users have requested, and one we were able to sneak into this release. The setting can be found in My Diary under Edit Settings.
Many thanks to TWYE’s beta test team, specifically Wirble, ivndtrrble, and ma1825. Thanks for all your help and valuable feedback! Please post your impressions of the new release here in the comments or shoot off an email to info@tweetwhatyoueat.com.
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June 16th, 2008 at 08:56 PM This is fantastic! I may actually enter calories now! One little note, when an item with a lot of profiles is in the top of the list and you click the calories the pop gets cut off and you can't see all the entries.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:30 PM Hi Kitzzy, thanks for the positive feedback! Do you have an example of a food with a lot of profiles where the pop-up was getting cut-off? In the meantime, we've changed the max number of matches that will show in the dialogue from 100 to 20 which should help.
June 17th, 2008 at 11:36 AM Has the user profile URL changed? It used to be /diary/user/[username] and now appears to be /diary/[username]. Frankly I prefer the latter, but I wanted to ask before I update all my bookmarks and links. Thanks.
June 17th, 2008 at 01:02 PM This is a great feature for seekers of convenience (aka lazy bums)! Effective immediately: I end my twye hiatus and continue tracking my calorie consumption diligently.
June 17th, 2008 at 02:45 PM JK, great catch! I fixed the routes so both /diary/user/[username] and /diary/[username] should both now work. let me know if you have any trouble with you old bookmarks. Berimbauone, thanks for coming back to TWYE - great comment by the way! That will definitely make the quote board, possibly even our marketing materials :)
July 4th, 2008 at 01:28 PM I'm in love with TWYE! I'm on Weight Watchers and was constantly misplacing my little booklet where I track my foods. But I'm *always* near a computer or my BlackBerry. :o) Special wish list: Would you consider creating a mode to track Weight Watchers points instead of calories? I just found another site that calculates WW points online (http://www.webmilhouse.com/pointcalc.php) and the two of you together would be a dreamy diet combo. In any case -- thanks for setting up TWYE!