Google Profiles just got updated

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Post by jedc » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 12:18 AM UTC

Google Profiles just got updated
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Post by dudurocha » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 12:22 AM UTC

I think this is a bit useless when we see the facebook Api, and you can find yourself in the searches.

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Post by jedc » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 12:28 AM UTC

Not a huge update, but it's much cleaner looking than current profiles.

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Post by ENOTTY » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 12:50 AM UTC

That looks exactly like Facebook, even to the photo timeline thing at the top.

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Post by seancron » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 12:56 AM UTC

ENOTTY wrote: post #4

That looks exactly like Facebook, even to the photo timeline thing at the top.

I think the reason profile pages tend to use the same layout is because it's an established design pattern now. People already know what to expect when they see a page with that layout.

Edit: Also, Google profiles have had that photo timeline for a while. They added it months before Facebook added it.

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Post by seancron » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 1:02 AM UTC

dudurocha wrote: post #2

I think this is a bit useless when we see the facebook Api, and you can find yourself in the searches.

Do you mind explaining more fully how this is useless?

I'm sure there are many people who don't have a Facebook account who have a Google account. Such people could use this to create their own profile page. Also, while you can make your Facebook profile searchable if you wish to, Google profiles will likely be given special priority and placement. Not to mention the social search features Google is working on using profiles.

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Post by Kilimanjaro » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 1:07 AM UTC

Good, now please allow an API to get your avatar using your gmail address. While we're at it, allow me to get some public info via JSON too. ktxby.

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Post by chapel » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 1:48 AM UTC

For some reason the new profiles don't render correctly in Chrome. It just shows a white page with nothing on it that is much longer than the actual profile page is. Not only that if you view source, it is all there.

I am running Chrome 11.0.686.1 dev on OS X 10.6