I don't really have anything major update on at the moment, but wanted to update nonetheless.
Bloop version 3 is slowly progressing towards something usable.
I'm pretty certain at this point that I'm going to abolish the side bar in favor of navigation at the top of the page. This will probably sound scary to many of you, but rest assured that the navigation will be much more clearly outlined at the top of the page.
One of advantage of no sidebar is a more versatile canvas for those of you that create layouts. Part of the system that I'm working on is a CSS module isolates CSS to a canvas, so that layouts don't affect system components such as the taskbar. You may have noticed on some pages that the taskbar looks a bit funky, this won't be an issue any longer.
Other things I've been contemplating: How will we present Bloop to mobile devices? How can we make the main page more interactive? How we will support members of Bloop with disabilities?
Bloop Bugs
As always, there are currently many bugs with the existing Bloop system. I'm looking towards halting the development of v3 at the moment and fixing problems with the existing system. I'd like to get some input from you everyone about bugs they think need the most attention.
What's The Poll About?
Some of you may have noticed the poll on the main page regarding choice of laptops. This is interesting to me because the choice of laptops seems to have no correlation to reported reliability of laptops.
Take a look at this report: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9938550-1.html
In my experience, HP and Toshiba are the worst laptops. DELL have awful powerjack problems. And to be frank, I hate Apple. *prepares to be flamed*
Well, I think that's about it.
Have a good day Bloopers.
Steve.
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Don't you dare say anytihng bad about Dell! I KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! jk lol I hate crapple too!
As long as you keep me up and running you can do whatever you think is best for me as a bloop user. No I may not be here as much as I would like to be or have been in the past but I think that will change as my job lightens a bit.
My Dell sucks.
I hate my dell, its the biggest piece of shit I have ever owned. I had a toshiba and nothing ever went wrong with it, so I obviously loved it. My Acer was pretty amazing too. My dell though, seriously, I will never own another dell for as long as I live.
HP are the shittiest laptops I've seen, my roommate has had his repaired several times and replaced once already in the past few years. I've never seen a problem with Toshi though, and my other roommate has one. Dell is kinda cool, I guess. 
i have a dell and it's a piece! it randomly overheats on me alll the time. i bought a laptop cooler to sit it on and it STILL overheats. i can't figure the damn thing out.
I pretty much used my old Dell laptop for the past 6 years straight and never had a problem with it that wasn't made by me. I blew out the dial-up modem cos stupid me had left it on during a storm, but other than that, besides the specs not being up-to-date with the computer/internet world, it works great, and I gave it to my dad.
I think that HP/Toshiba are aimed to be more user-friendly for the non-tech savvy people. 
Sony's are a pain in the ass.
My toshiba laptop sucks! We spent a decent amount of money on it and it broke down within the first few months of buying. It took forever to get it fixed and when I got it back the sound no longer worked. I should have sent it back at that point but I was being stubborn and didn't want to be without it again.
for the record, YES, Dell sucks when it comes to power jack problems. I have gotten two replacement cords in addition the cord the computer came with, and my laptop still randomly goes from battery power to charging because there is not a good connection. I have never known anyone else to have these issues with anything other than a Dell.
