Comments on: Social Media Platform Fatigue http://blog.smallboxweb.com/2009/11/16/social-media-platform-fatigue/ a blog by Small Box bloggers blogging about Internets and such Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:31:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Travis Faas http://blog.smallboxweb.com/2009/11/16/social-media-platform-fatigue/comment-page-1/#comment-5216 Travis Faas Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:26:36 +0000 http://blog.smallboxweb.com/2009/11/16/social-media-platform-fatigue/#comment-5216 Google seems to be heading into a sketchy feature area, if their strategy of "web as OS" is to fly. Their homepage has a javascript timed navigation intro now that begins to clutter the homepage, and it only gets worse once set to iGoogle. Still, the call for a focus on the core of the UX is a good one. 37signals refuses to add in every bell and whistle a user may need to their suite of business apps, and they both open up a huge realm for other developers while keeping things simple for themselves. Google seems to be heading into a sketchy feature area, if their strategy of “web as OS” is to fly. Their homepage has a javascript timed navigation intro now that begins to clutter the homepage, and it only gets worse once set to iGoogle.

Still, the call for a focus on the core of the UX is a good one. 37signals refuses to add in every bell and whistle a user may need to their suite of business apps, and they both open up a huge realm for other developers while keeping things simple for themselves.

]]> By: Chris Tomlinson http://blog.smallboxweb.com/2009/11/16/social-media-platform-fatigue/comment-page-1/#comment-3565 Chris Tomlinson Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:59:20 +0000 http://blog.smallboxweb.com/2009/11/16/social-media-platform-fatigue/#comment-3565 On one hand I agree, but on the other I disagree. In today's world it's hard to imagine a company having such a narrow focus a la Google, but it works great for them. But is Facebook really alienating their users with the features? I personally think their focus on user experience (games in particular) is what is attracting more frequent users to their site. Interesting post, lots of things to think about... On one hand I agree, but on the other I disagree.

In today’s world it’s hard to imagine a company having such a narrow focus a la Google, but it works great for them.

But is Facebook really alienating their users with the features? I personally think their focus on user experience (games in particular) is what is attracting more frequent users to their site.

Interesting post, lots of things to think about…

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