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Announcing Google+ Events
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
until the people I know are actually on Plus, G+ events are just going to be something else just for the geeks That should not a problem, as most of the people you know, have a Google account, and implicitly are subscribers of Google+
It's only not a problem if they get alerted via email when people invite them to events. Unlike Facebook, people don't check their G+ every day, so it's more likely that they won't see that event being posted without explicitly being invited by email. And if that's the way G+ events are being promoted, I might as well just set up an email list.
There are opt-out email alerts, and you can also invite people without G+ profiles to the event. The advantages over an email list can be convenience for the sender, the look of the invitation, and additional features for those who have G+ profiles.
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#43Share instantly with Party Mode Snap photos during the event and share them with everyone at the party in real time, right from your phone. Thanks, but no, thanks. Life looks more and more like a Nathan Barley episode.
That might be fun for a lot of people. You might say, "they should be enjoying the moment, not artificially posing for photos, blah, blah, etc, etc..." but it's probably just not your idea of fun. EDIT: Think I'm trying to say that showing off is a lot of fun for many people.
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#44Regarding party mode, every photo that I take is not worth sharing. I'll often snap 2-3 trying to get one that looks halfway decent. I don't want to automatically share the poor quality ones along the way.
Me too. Our usage pattern might not be typical though.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
That was a bug and was fixed a few hours after launch.
There is or was another when inviting people without g+ account, I had a "can't add too many people" warning.
The limits on inviting non G+ users are being tuned. I believe the change should roll out today or tomorrow.
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#46The event search is not very smart. I created an event in Brighton (UK).
Search for: "Events brighton" returns my event plus many other events in other Brightons around the world.
Search for: "Events brighton uk" only returns 1 event (not mine) as they explicitly mentioned 'uk' in the location name.
So the search doesn't really understand that my event is in the UK, it is just doing a string match - even though Google knows the exact longitude and latitude of the event.
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#47I wonder how having photos showing up in real time, in "Party Mode", would effect the dynamics of events/parties (if it would in fact make a difference)?
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#48The Youtube flash video player is displayed on top of the create event form. (On my MBP screen). Looks like they haven't tested it with smaller screens.
Happens to me too on a large screen. While an annoying bug, you can drag the "Create Event" window out from under the flash video.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
until the people I know are actually on Plus, G+ events are just going to be something else just for the geeks That should not a problem, as most of the people you know, have a Google account, and implicitly are subscribers of Google+
Sure. On paper, as a Google account holder, I'm a G+ user. But I'm not.
I haven't used it but I'm guessing that the invites will be tightly integrated with email. The user experience will probably be something like invite users by email. Ones that have gmail/G+ can click through to further integration. Others will simply see an invite page (a la evite).
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#50any info on an API to the events?