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Quite true. As mentioned in the article, the Boxes tab from Facebook obscures most of the "fun" stuff added to profiles. I've returned to Facebook many times
by makecheck 18y ago
Quite true. As mentioned in the article, the Boxes tab from Facebook obscures most of the "fun" stuff added to profiles. I've returned to Facebook many times in recent weeks, and I can't recall a single time I clicked the Boxes tab (on my profile, or anyone else's). Those apps were interesting when they were "in my face", but now I forget they even exist.
- kirse 18y agoYea, I like how they encouraged people to develop all these profile widgets, and then effectively created an "All the Extra Crap Here" tab and stuck every single application into it. I'm so glad I chose to sell off my apps before these changes came into play. The purpose of the initial system was to allow people to spice up their profiles for others to see. Sticking them into another tab just wipes out that purpose and makes Applications an individual user focus. And seriously, "Boxes"??? Even the name of the tab sounds like it's just a dump-bin.
- unalone 18y agoI think they encourages people to develop USEFUL profile widgets. The biggest and best applications get to put their widgets in the sidebar of the profile on every page. And, of course, now you can make a full TAB for your app, so if you have a big idea you can give it a lot of space.
- mmilo 18y agoExactly right, the way I see it, they have given the power to users to decide how and where to display their apps and widgets.