.. beautiful words ! I signed up just for that :)
Hello from Orkut
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#162Why oh why limit it from being available in countries like India? You want users, we got users. Can never comprehend behind a geo wall for things like this (and can totally understand why Netflix wasn't earlier). PS: I wonder how much hello.com cost, and how did he have control over the orkut.com domain?
I wouldn't surprised if this is an attempt to get it established in the states / Europe before it gets popular in India / Brazil. One of the reasons a lot of people left Orkut is because it got too popular in Brazil and the default language on a lot of user groups / communities became Portuguese.
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#163I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…
Why would a web version be better than an app if you're using it on a phone? (Honest question, I'm just curious.) Most people say they dislike app clutter, but then they have to keep a browser bookmark (or bookmark icon) anyway, which is the same amount of clutter. The only reason I can see is that you'd have one less app annoying you with updates, but a browser version has its own set of problems--e.g. unreliable maintenance of state, inconsistencies between browsers, random breakages due to ad blockers kicking in, etc...
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#164It feels like a college project. Some of the stuff seems ironic: Comic sans in onboarding, burger icon for menu, the weird character (I imagine one artsy person in the group probably made that character in their free time and they insisted "Oh! I've got a mascot we can use...").
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#165I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…
I've had this sentiment for a couple years now. I'm so sick of having to download an app for everything. I want a slick web version that isn't half-assed, and is responsive to all devices. This is my number one priority building any new application.
I haven't a smart phone, but I did try Win 10, and have a Win 8.1 machine kicking about. I don't use either much. But what I do struggle with, is finding apps. Under Linux, my Applications Menu at least groups by category, and makes it a bit easier for me to find something even if I have forgotten the name. On Win 10 I'm totally lost.
I'd fear I'd have a whole heap of apps, and have no idea what they are or how to get to them.
In some ways it's the same with websites! I guess I could tag them or add them to a bookmark folder or something.
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#166I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…
Why would a web version be better than an app if you're using it on a phone? (Honest question, I'm just curious.) Most people say they dislike app clutter, but then they have to keep a browser bookmark (or bookmark icon) anyway, which is the same amount of clutter. The only reason I can see is that you'd have one less app annoying you with updates, but a browser version has its own set of problems--e.g. unreliable ma…
Those issues (unreliable maintenance of state, inconsistencies between browsers) are for the developers to worry about, not the end user.
Desktop versions should be as equally important as mobile, especially when you are talking about generating and sharing content.
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've had this sentiment for a couple years now. I'm so sick of having to download an app for everything. I want a slick web version that isn't half-assed, and is responsive to all devices. This is my number one priority building any new application.
I haven't a smart phone, but I did try Win 10, and have a Win 8.1 machine kicking about. I don't use either much. But what I do struggle with, is finding apps. Under Linux, my Applications Menu at least groups by category, and makes it a bit easier for me to find something even if I have forgotten the name. On Win 10 I'm totally lost. I'd fear I'd have a whole heap of apps, and have no idea what they are or how to ge…
Exactly. You know what works for me to find "apps", the ubiquitous search engine. That should bring me to the web version of whatever you're selling me. If I feel it warrants enough to install another silly app, then maybe I will. But for now, the web version better be easily found, and full featured.
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#168got the app, signed up (which takes about 10 minutes), turns out it's a pile of dog turd. shame.
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#169I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…
Why would a web version be better than an app if you're using it on a phone? (Honest question, I'm just curious.) Most people say they dislike app clutter, but then they have to keep a browser bookmark (or bookmark icon) anyway, which is the same amount of clutter. The only reason I can see is that you'd have one less app annoying you with updates, but a browser version has its own set of problems--e.g. unreliable ma…
Apps have access to things on your phone that web pages do not. Like he mentioned, web pages can't send push notifications. To the best of my knowledge, web pages can't run in the background. Web pages will also work on any device, even Windows Phone or Firefox OS or WebOS or Blackberry, etc.
I don't have the Facebook app installed on my phone. Not for privacy reasons, not because the web page is better, but because the Facebook app was taking up over 300mb of my 16gb phone, and the only way I knew to get that space back was deleting the app. With a web page, I can get rid of all of its stored data and still be able to access the site.
Steve Jobs was right, even if he was a bit early in his predictions. Web pages are better than apps in a lot of situations. Facebook doesn't need to be an app. Hello doesn't need to be an app. They just need good responsive web pages.
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#170I'm echoing what others are saying: no web version means I won't bother at all. My phone has access to multiple great browsers. Building a good lightweight web app means I can access the content from anywhere without having to deal with annoyances of push notifications or (as much) creepy tracking. My favorite example of a mobile web app is currently Twitter Mobile [0]. I even like using it from my desktop. It's very…
I've had this sentiment for a couple years now. I'm so sick of having to download an app for everything. I want a slick web version that isn't half-assed, and is responsive to all devices. This is my number one priority building any new application.
This seems relevant here: https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/03/with-apologies-to-theodor-...