Now that we have many items on the dashboard, it was getting harder to find who has what...

So we've added a select box with the type of layout you want for the items - sorted alphabetically, grouped by owner/borrower, or by category (books, CDs etc).

more layouts will be added as necessary - we've already got some ideas.

have fun!

we just submitted Traxtuff to the above European web 2.0 sites competition:

StartUp2.0 is a competition of European web 2.0 sites whose objectives are to promote and reward the European startups (either created or willing to do so in the future) that work in the field of 2.0 technologies.

did you happen to wish Traxtuff had wishlists?
well, lucky you, because wishlists have just been released to the wild.

the wishlists feature attempts to tackle two things:
1) let you mark stuff you want to borrow in the future, by adding it to your wishlist - just click on the "add to wishlist" button on any item.
2) let your friends know that you are looking for something -
just click on the "add item" on your wishlist, and make a good plea. for instance "scanner - I'm looking to borrow a scanner for a couple of days for a one time need. thanks!".

I'm proud to present the new Traxtuff clothing line.
this summer's going to be all about 70's cuts with bright orange all over,
as demonstrated in this shirt:

you thought the old design was pretty, but too baby-ish. we listened.

after days of testing on different browsers, swearing at IE6, sweating when changing to right-to-left languages (aka Hebrew and Arabic),
and generally obsessing with the new design, I'm happy to announce the new design is here.

I'd like to take the opportunity to thank Dana (danalonama, d3="Dana the Design Diva"), for her excellent work. I'm sure we'll make some small changes in the next days, upon receiving more user feedback.

I'm proud to announce that someone bought the domain name www [dot] traxstuff [dot] com!
notice the extra S?
trax--S--tuff
apparently it's not just anybody - but an evil organization.
I can tell they are evil for two reasons:
1) they bought this domain name and put a silly mock site with commercials there instead of my site.
2) their domain name is evlservers.net, which CLEARLY stands for "evil servers".

Respect!
keep on traxing!

as part of my pre-declared attempts to make the site more social (after all, lending and borrowing are social activities :) ), I've added more visible contact lists. that means you can see your contacts on your dashboard, and see other users' contacts too. (although you won't see their items if they are not your approved contacts).
should've done that a while ago,
alas, deciding on the next feature is an art.

I've decided to take a risk and release some code fresh from the oven, it didn't even cool down yet. I hope this will help get some feedback.
as I've promised, I've got some changes planned, and a part of this is making the site more social - so I've added general messaging between users, and quick browsing your contacts / finding friends that aren't in your contacts yet.

as usual, the best way for you to get an impression is by going to the site and trying it out.
I hope this will help me understand the users' needs and plan the next steps...
enjoy!