Tubular

Update (2/4/08 11:18 PM ET): It appears that you may have to activate twice if you’ve already tried and failed.

Update (2/4/08 10:26 PM ET): From what I can tell, the problem occurs when the user types in their name and email address, and then clicks the Activate button (as opposed to pressing the Return key). This causes whichever text field you last typed in, typically the email address, to not get recorded by the program. This isn’t a problem with the algorithm, and it’s something I didn’t pick up on in testing because, well, I’m primarily a keyboard user. I have a fix for this issue, but I’ll need to gather some information from people affected to make sure this is the actual cause before I put this one to bed. To work around, simply type in your email address and press the Return key instead of clicking on the Activate button, and it should work. If it continues to fail, please contact me by email or in the comments.

Registration with the beta released last night seems to be broken for many people. I’m aware of the issue and am looking into it. If you’re concerned about the app not working without being registered, don’t worry. The app is 100% functional without registration for 2 weeks from the first day you opened the Tubular public beta. During testing of registration, I did test every single actual registration, and they all worked, so this was an unexpected issue.