Hey guys, sorry if I missed any of your emails or forgot to reply back, I've been away traveling for the past two weeks. Please poke me again if I forgot to get back to you for any matter.
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Today I entered my all-new measurements and I'm looking forward to see how the extended measurements will help us users find better-fitting bras. Just wanted to put that out there
Jj, I was wondering if there are any plans for additional boxes to tick when it comes to setting the fit of a bra.
One ... of the issues I run into constantly is that the armholes of a bra, not the wires, are uncomfortably tall. This usually goes hand in hand with the straps being too wide-set (which you can already tick a box for) for me, or the cups being too tall.
An extreme example for this was the Parfait By Affinitas Charlotte (6901), which was unwearable for me because the armholes cut into my armpits uncomfortably and the cups covered a lot of my chest even where I don't have any breast tissue, but at the same time I was spilling out of the cups in the middle/front.
I don't know how common these issues (armholes and cup height) are, but I wish I could add this information when I set my bra fit.
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I second this. The cup height is a big issue for me, but necessarily the arm holes.
I agree that the height of the cup needs to be added to the measurement or as a check mark for fit. For me the Freya Deco (4234) looks great by measurements but the cups are to tall.
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Whoa.
So I must be silly distracted 'cuz I just realized there are other measurements we can enter now.
Vertical? Base height?
AWESOME and THANK YOU Jj and anyone else that had something to do with that!
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Yup, it happened last month, it was announced here:
http://www.bratabase.com/blog/2013/nov/06/extended-body-measurements-232/
Nesoa was a big part of this with deciding which are the measurements that should be taken.
I have been pondering about listed bras. I don´t know if anyone else has problems with this thing, and I am NOT saying that Jj is not doing great work, I think he is... but but, still I have an issue:
I think there should be a way to update my listings, if I changed ... something about my listings, for example lowered the price. I have noticed that once I list a bra, there might be many interested people in the beginning, but if the listing continues, no one will notice any more. For example I wanted to swap my Panache sports bras to a different size and the listing was under "Exchange" ( I also stated in the text that I might sell). Many people contacted me but they didn´t have such colours I could wear comfortably, so I didn´t swap. After a while I changed the listing to "for sale" and lowered the price (it is quite low now!), but no one has contacted me. Okay it just might be that no one really is interested
I also realise that if there was an option to push an update button for your listings so that they would appear first in the listings-section, it could lead to people updating their listings all the time, and that would not be cool either (I´ve seen this in other sites).
Also, there is the option to search for bras, so one technically CAN do a search of the interesting bras every now and then, but do people do that... Also it has happened some times that when I search, the engine does not find some of my listed bras at all! So I don´t really trust the search command 100%.
This happened about a year ago, but one of my bras was listed, then I took the listing away for a while, but decided to list that bra again. I was totally amazed that the listing didn´t appear in the front page, but it got the original, first listing date and was buried in the pile again! I wondered that is it really supposed to work this way but didn´t say anything then. Would the answer to this whole problem be, that if you took your listing away, and create a new listing, that listing would be shown first?
Anyone else having a "problem" with this?
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I wouldn't necessarily say that it's a problem with the way the listings are[but I'm biased because I praise just about everything Jj does cause he's my Jj.] I think it more has to do with the people using the site. If I'm looking for a bra or a specific size, I take the time to look through things, just as I do on any site. If I have the desire for something, I will go in search. I think it's more about the laziness of people who would need things in flashing neon lights to point them in the right direction.
I do see your point about having the listings buried beneath the newer ones and I agree that changing it could both be hazardous or helpful and I'm not sure that there would be any middle ground.
I always search by size and then go through all the pages and look at all the listings. What size is your Panache sport?
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If anybody is interested on the technical stuff that goes one as the site grows, I keep another Bratabase Dev blog on the dev's site.
This last one is about the change we made from 2 to 3 servers now to run the site.
http://developers.bratabase.com/blog/2013/dec/08/now-we-run-on-3-servers-237/
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Wow! As a programmer I have to thank you several times! Don't know yet what I'd use the API for, but awesome awesome- I didn't know about it previously.
The API was announced here:
http://www.bratabase.com/blog/2013/sep/25/introducing-the-bratabase-api-226/
You could use it in case you need a comprehensive list of bra brands, models, and size ranges. Also to check for similar models programatically in case you want to make another app with the site's information.
Another great use for the API is so you can carry your bra information with you to other sites http://bratabase-connect.herokuapp.com/
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As every December, the site is wearing is festivities decoration. As always you will see them somewhere on the right of the screen.
For those enjoying the April's fools logo (wtf?!) I updated it so it works on the new menu.
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I received an email about a listing. I can't find my inbox now to respond. What happened? There's not even a link in the notifications for it. Where can I find it now?
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Nevermind. I just found it. Big envelope. Duh. Change is hard for some of us. LOL
I am not happy with that circle icon that doesn't say anything... still thinking of what to change it to.
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Now everybody will see the new menu, this is the default from now on. There are some other small changes on the site too.
The login and registration screen have also been cleaned up. Please keep reporting problems.
The log out link is at the bottom of the screen now.
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Wow! This is sharp looking and it will thoroughly resolve the problem I had selecting the wrong menu item by accident on my tablet.
Sweeeeeet!
So nice! I had been getting frustrated in not having the site function well from my phone. Thanks!
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Hey guys, I'm sorry about the problems today, I am not quite sure yet what triggered these issues, but it took me a bit to control because I'm away from a computer these days visiting NY.
Most of the issues are gone, I temporarily disabled the recommendations, as they seemed to be part of the problem and I don't have time today to sit and fix
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Good to know it wasn't me! Thanks for getting things working again long distance. Happy Thanksgiving!
thank you nownow I know what's wrong with the recommendations that I've had problems with. have fun in New York.. ? I've always wanted to go there just to visit. be blessed!
I knowww!!! BUT not anymore!!
I made some changes this week, so it might be much better!
For those that care about the details, I've written about the changes done to improve the speed.
http://developers.bratabase.com/blog/2013/nov/24/faster-mentions-autocomplete...
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I'm creating a blog with a friend. It will mostly be bra reviews and possibly the odd makeup and clothing review.
I'm looking for some nice blogs to add to our blog roll, so if someone checks out my blog they can go on and check out lots of other nice blogs too.
You don't have to add our blog ... to your blog roll/links, unless you want to, I just would like to add yours
So please leave some links, in the comments, for your blog. Ours isn't up and running yet, so I won't share the link (since there's nothing on it).
(I hope this post is alright)
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Take a look here:
http://www.bratabase.com/bloggers/list/
There's an "Embed in your blog" which gives you HTML to add an insta-blogroll with all the bloggers signed up on Bratabase, you can edit this list to have only those that you want.
Ah that's very cool. THANK You!
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I'm going to start doing the Facebook thing, and once everybody is used to how the site works, I will change it ok?
So, the top menu is changing (the rest is coming in pieces), and you can test drive it by clicking here:
http://www.bratabase.com/?new_menu=yes <- this enables it only on this computer
If you ... hate change, you can kick the problem a few days by clicking here to deactivate it:
http://www.bratabase.com/?new_menu=no
But.. it will happen anyway, sorry I'm not sorry
Oh yes, and use it from your phone!
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http://www.bratabase.com/?new_menu=yes
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Whew. For a minute I thought you meant you were moving all this to FB. I like the new menu.
Just an FYI: This doesn't seem to scale well on my phone
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Next time you go to edit or add new measurements you might see a section "Extended measurements" where you can keep track of a few extra body and body measurements.
The goal of these is to use some to improve bra recommendations and others to make them available via the API and for you to keep track of.
All these new fields are optional, some might prefer them and those who don't can just keep doing the old numbers.
More information on the blog post and the profile measurements help page http://www.bratabase.com/help/profilemeasurements/#Extended-measurements
http://www.bratabase.com/blog/2013/nov/06/extended-body-measurements-232/
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Ok thanks! I've always found it hard to measure my breast perimeter because I don't know where the outer end is. Lying down I get an exact measurement that matches the cup depth on my favourite bras :)
Thanks for all the work you and others put in to make this site better and better! This is exciting news.
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Yesterday brajunkie told me that she had not been receiving listings notifications for a couple of weeks.
Turns out I introduced a bug on that part of the site a couple of weeks ago when making a big overhaul on how bra sizes are indexed.
I did not notice that part being broke :-/ but it is now fixed. Sorry for any bras you might have missed
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Oh,so that's what happened...I was wondering why I wasn't being notified,I started checking listings daily.
Thanks for fixing it!
I still get 28FF bras when searching for 28F. Or even 70E when looking for 30E.
Is there a way to fix this?
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I'd really like the option of specifying the colorway of a bra, or other distinguishing characteristics (for instance the manufacture date for instances when the bra has been remodeled but retained the same name/number) because otherwise I think my measurements are likely to be rejected when the bra has a different fit than previous bras. There can be so ... much variation caused by dye!
I recently bought the Panache Sienna (4471) in spice, and the fit for me is quite different from the lagoon or purple versions of the bra. Of course I said in my review which bra I was talking about, but I don't think my review is linked to a specific set of measurements, is it?
I think when the project was started many of us filling in data were naive about how much variation there can be between different versions of the same model, and the current data structure reflects that. I don't know how possible it is to change that, or if it is easier to make a quick hack of treating them as different bras.
Another thing I've found is that my idea on wire width seems subject to a lot of fluctuation. Sometimes I say the wires are too wide if they aren't against my breast root but do fit my tails well. Other times I say they're fine, even though there's space by the breast root, so long as they encompass my tails. I'd really like the option of not specifying how it fits me there, because it just isn't something I can reliably answer.
Oh, and some defaults for the fit would be nice, as it is quite rare for me to say that the straps are anything other than okay for me, so I'd rather change it in the rare instance that it is different than set it every time.
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These are really good points. I've found that I do the same thing regarding wire width (though I think you mean the width of the cup? Wording variations confuse me easily). I would also like to throw in a suggestion of adding a "cup height" measurement. Often times a bra will have the same measurements as another bra that works perfectly for me except it'll be too tall, resulting in gapping!
For measuring the usual difference is that the cup is slightly smaller. It could be smaller in a lot of ways, although I expect depth is the most common one.
It's unfortunately hard to measure things that everyone wants. I'm not sure how you would be able to get height in some bra styles where there is a lot of lace at the top. For me, the immediate depth in the bottom is the difference between fitting (Sienna, Jasmine) and wrinkles (Andorra, Clara). But I don't know how to measure that so I just look at reviews.
I did mean the wire width (narrow, wide) which of course determines the width of the cup. Here I'm not talking about bra variation but about my perception varying. My breasts are narrow on the bottom, but I have very pronounced tails which mean that as they reach my armpits, they are suddenly in my armpits. The result of this is that I'm likely to mark short and narrow wires as fitting fine, and tall and wide wires as also fitting fine, or sometimes as having extra space in the side, depending on how I'm feeling about my chances of getting the "perfect fit" at the time that I'm filling it in. I recognize that I don't give a consistent answer to this fit question, and that it's also quite possible that there is no bra which fits me perfectly in this regard (it couldn't be U shaped and fit me). Having to fill in the fit for wire width I think reduces the value of the information I may be able to provide to someone who has some similarities to me, but who doesn't have this especially tricky issue. I think there are other women who have discovered similar things about themselves. Consider, for instance, a woman with pectus excavatum: she will never be able to say that the gore lies flat, so a bra will never be shown as fitting her, when in fact it might be the best fit she can get. My data would be of higher quality and more useful if I could just say that this 'fit' criteria isn't so relevant to me.
This makes me think of something else. It would be great if I could find my breast twin, perhaps as a % similar to me. Among people who have tried a lot of bras, many of which I've also tried, how similar are we in our fit of those bras we've both tried? If we've both not fit a bra for the same reason, that's a similarity, and if we've both fit a bra, that's also a similarity. If someone is 95% similar to me, her experience is going to be much more valuable to me than the experience of someone who may only be about 80% similar, but whom I happen to have gotten to know as being similar to me.
Is there a way to link your breast shapes (short, high, low, FoT/FoB etc.) to your profile? I remember having searched bras by shape once, ticking the applicable ones, but I have not seen that you can save these.
I thought it might be valuable if those can be shown next to a review, so that others can judge by their own shapes whether the bra would be a wise purchase.
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That is a good idea and be would a great help.
The shapes you pick are linked to each of your measurements, there is room to have different shapes (having surgery at some point, or major breast change). The shapes you want to link to would be bound to the moment in time you write a review.
There is a long pending feature I have not gotten to about how to make public and share your measurements and control over them (you may want to share your shapes and measurements but not your weight or age?, maybe only the latest and not the past ones).
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Do you know anybody who's said any of the followings:
* I don't understand Bratabase
* The design is horrible, makes it impossible to use
* I don't see the benefit of Bratabase
* I see it, but it is confusing
I would ask you, but since you're here you probably have a grasp on the site.
I am interested on talking ... with deliberate not-users to collect a list of the problems that need to be addressed. I will be asking "why" like a little kid.
Please let me know, or let them know I'd be interested on chatting, probably Skype, or Google hangout or phone in the next two days. Get in touch with me on contact@bratabase.com
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Hmm,it was confusing at first for me,but I got the hang of it.For some reason I had the hardest time adding my measurements and didn't bother for months with it cause of that.My friend is also having that issue.I recommended bratabase to someone today,if she has any problems I'll have her email you.
What was difficult about the measurements? Too much work? Or unclear?
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I have sold 17 bras through bratabase and one Urkye T-shirt!
I only have 5 bras left for sale! I'm so pleased that Bratabase exists so that we can relax a little about buying bras to try, because someone else will always want them, even if we don't ourselves!
It's going to be strange when all my bras are sold, ... no more P.office trips for me! Speaking of which, bras still for sale:
30E Fantasie Smoothing. / 30GG Curvy Kate Angel with UK 12 thong. / 28HH Curvy Kate Tease Me / Ewa Micklak 34G (fits like 32GG) / Freya bikini 32GG and L bottoms.
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You have a url to your listings to pimp everywhere ;) (as long as your profile publicly accessible)
http://www.bratabase.com/profile/3gx/listings/
I wish that Ewa was my size!
I'll try showing it to my friend,I need to remeasure her,but I think she would be around that size in Ewa bras.
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Time for some new bras! My three bras are starting to get a little worn, and they all are just a liiiiittle too small in the cup now that my tissue has shifted. Going up from F to FF.
I'm glad that so far Freya three part cup bras fit me well and give me exactly the shape that I want, so I'm sticking with the three part while looking for new ones. I love the listing section on Bratabase!
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I was wondering,when I look at someones profile page, and click on their "Bras added" tab and it shows the list of all the bras the user has added to Bratabase's database, why the color of some entries are nice and bright and others are kind of faded? I know it has nothing to do with ... if the bra fitted the user or not. Nor does it have to do with if the user wrote a review for the bra or not. And I don't think it has to do if the user added any photos to the entry or not either. Do any of you know something I don't know??
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When I look at my own list, the faded ones are the ones I haven't added measurements for (quickly tried them on in store).
Is it because at some point Jj asked us to measure bras in a different way? The old measurements were not accurate. Only guessing.
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Did you have fun?? :D
Too much fun! it was an amazing trip! I went to a lot of places! learned so much!
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