FriendFeed, the most prolific lifestreaming service, today launched a beta of their updated and greatly simplified user interface. The FriendFeed beta UI is obviously inspired by Twitter, which also was the motivation for the recent design changes to Facebook. Where Twitter and Facebook fail, FriendFeed excels, offering free flowing real-time updates and the ability to filter the data stream for only the information you desire. The main change – the interface – is exactly what I envisioned when I wrote about FriendFeed being in need of dumbing down!
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FriendFeed Launches Beta, Leaves Twitter and Facebook In The Dust
Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles
Is FriendFeed In Need Of Dumbing Down?
Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles
FriendFeed has been the talk of the town ever since it’s launch, mostly thanks to the founders’ pedigree but also due to the wonderful service FriendFeed turned out to be. After all, the same team who created the simple yet highly effective FriendFeed was also responsible for producing arguably one of the best web-based email services ever created – Gmail.
FriendFeed has found a number of high profile people using the service rather consistently since inception, but even more so in the aftermath of the speed problems Twitter faced mid to late last year. A number of early adopters gravitated to FriendFeed and decided to make the service their second home.
But the early adopter crowd is generally comprised of the uber geeks who will try any service once or twice. It appears FriendFeed is exactly what the geek squad ordered, although the service is seemingly finding it more difficult to attract the less savvy mainstream audience. Why might that be?
FriendFeed Launches New Search Features – The Tap Of User Data Flows
Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Articles
They nailed it. FriendFeed just made available massive amounts of micro-blog information ready for mass consumption and — promiscuous correlation. No stone left unturned.
Recent upgrades on their advanced search now provide Google-istic operators that make sifting through millions of mini-articles a walk in the park — ultimately getting users closer to the data they’re really after. Continue
Twitter, FriendFeed or Both?
Posted by Scott Jarkoff in Articles
Twitter, the highly popular micro-blogging site, is decidedly not a niche service. It has general purpose usability with far reaching appeal. Twitter might as well be considered mainstream – Israel and Hamas have coordinated their propaganda campaigns using Twitter as a centerpiece for broadcasting their views to the world. Contrast that to FriendFeed, a social aggregation facility which has only truly found love from the technologically savvy early adopter crowd. But the question most people find themselves asking is this – should I use Twitter, Friendfeed or both? My time is valuable and both services compete for that time, so which service should I spend it on?
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