Comments on: Facebook apps are the new black http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/ Create something every day Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:09:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonny http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5517 Jonny Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:48:24 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=248#comment-5517 When Facebook Applications was launched I was excited about the possibilities and had to take a day out of revising for my finals to have a go at making one myself. The excitement has now worn off as I've yet to see many applications that are actually useful and Facebook have got the tricky challenge of making sure that these applications don't ruin the individual user experience. In the past week or so I've noticed that stories are making it into my news feed about applications I don't have. I don't care if someone took a quiz and found out their personality is equivalent to a mojito cocktail and nor do I care if someone slayed someone else. There's also the fact that profiles are getting messy. It can take a couple of minutes to find someones ordinary wall amongst all their other walls. When Facebook Applications was launched I was excited about the possibilities and had to take a day out of revising for my finals to have a go at making one myself.

The excitement has now worn off as I’ve yet to see many applications that are actually useful and Facebook have got the tricky challenge of making sure that these applications don’t ruin the individual user experience.

In the past week or so I’ve noticed that stories are making it into my news feed about applications I don’t have. I don’t care if someone took a quiz and found out their personality is equivalent to a mojito cocktail and nor do I care if someone slayed someone else.

There’s also the fact that profiles are getting messy. It can take a couple of minutes to find someones ordinary wall amongst all their other walls.

]]> By: stef http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5495 stef Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:39:09 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=248#comment-5495 @Andy - you're right there. That was a screengrab of visits to Created in Birmingham where the referrer was Facebook. I screengrabbed it from Google Analytics as an illustration - looks like I cropped out the figure on the far left. @Andy - you’re right there. That was a screengrab of visits to Created in Birmingham where the referrer was Facebook. I screengrabbed it from Google Analytics as an illustration - looks like I cropped out the figure on the far left.

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Andy Mabbett Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:30:51 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=248#comment-5494 A graph with unlabelled vertical axis is hardly "self explanatory"; such things belong in tabloid newspapers. A graph with unlabelled vertical axis is hardly “self explanatory”; such things belong in tabloid newspapers.

]]> By: Ben http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5323 Ben Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:11:11 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=248#comment-5323 I love your Created in Brum app. It could be a bit more concise though - maybe just headlines and a click to reveal more info rather than loadsa text that you dont wanna see/read. Theres always some you do read & know more on, but I want it to fit in - not take over my overly anal facebook profile. Can you trim it just a little? Maybe 4 lines each for the main articles? I love your Created in Brum app. It could be a bit more concise though - maybe just headlines and a click to reveal more info rather than loadsa text that you dont wanna see/read.

Theres always some you do read & know more on, but I want it to fit in - not take over my overly anal facebook profile. Can you trim it just a little? Maybe 4 lines each for the main articles?

]]> By: Keri Davies http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5064 Keri Davies Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:02:35 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=248#comment-5064 We're even thinking of doing an Archers app for Facebook! We’re even thinking of doing an Archers app for Facebook!

]]> By: garrett http://steflewandowski.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-are-the-new-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4894 garrett Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:08:44 +0000 http://www.steflewandowski.com/?p=248#comment-4894 Forget Facebook, opensocial's where you want your applications to be ;) Forget Facebook, opensocial’s where you want your applications to be ;)

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