I cant stop saying enough of this; why waste something that has so much potential? I am referring to the social networking website affiliated to Google - Orkut. Recently i mentioned that some visible changes were seen on Orkut, well some of them were better but it has also resulted in a few bugs. They have used more of AJAX and improved the server so you don't see the “No Donut for you” message anymore.As if we were craving for donuts while surfing. But a lot of other bugs have popped up.
For instance, the Messaging System, which was never up to the mark, has now degraded further. Multiple messages cannot me either marked read or deleted. Now for people like me who just cannot tolerate crap..it is a real waste of time to keep selecting individual messages and deleting them..Why cant there be a provision for deleting all the messages in one's inbox??..And once you click on a message to read it, it automatically does not get marked as read. So every time you have to manually select read messages and mark them as read. The main page has been shrunk and the link displaying number of scraps has been pushed up in the top line.
The scrapping system has always been complicated to users. Most of them don't know how to scrap others. Once you receive a scrap from someone, you have to first visit his profile , click on Scraps and then scrap him. Well with the new "REPLY" system of course..things get easier but still messenger rocks in terms of chatting or communication.The use of AJAX can be well implemented here and an easier way to scrap the sender should be employed. New scraps can only be viewed on refreshing the browser. Real time updating of scraps would be really awesome and would give it an edge over every other contemporary website of its kind.
Another bug noticed by my friend is the empty professional tab under the users profile. If you don't fill up the details in the Professional area, and just enter stuff in the Personal tab, the tab does appear but has no content except for testimonials.After the recent update(if you call it so .. ) scraps can also not be edited. So you either delete the whole thing and type it again or just let it be. I sincerely hope that the Guys from Google read this and improve upon Orkut.
For instance, the Messaging System, which was never up to the mark, has now degraded further. Multiple messages cannot me either marked read or deleted. Now for people like me who just cannot tolerate crap..it is a real waste of time to keep selecting individual messages and deleting them..Why cant there be a provision for deleting all the messages in one's inbox??..And once you click on a message to read it, it automatically does not get marked as read. So every time you have to manually select read messages and mark them as read. The main page has been shrunk and the link displaying number of scraps has been pushed up in the top line.
The scrapping system has always been complicated to users. Most of them don't know how to scrap others. Once you receive a scrap from someone, you have to first visit his profile , click on Scraps and then scrap him. Well with the new "REPLY" system of course..things get easier but still messenger rocks in terms of chatting or communication.The use of AJAX can be well implemented here and an easier way to scrap the sender should be employed. New scraps can only be viewed on refreshing the browser. Real time updating of scraps would be really awesome and would give it an edge over every other contemporary website of its kind.
Another bug noticed by my friend is the empty professional tab under the users profile. If you don't fill up the details in the Professional area, and just enter stuff in the Personal tab, the tab does appear but has no content except for testimonials.After the recent update(if you call it so .. ) scraps can also not be edited. So you either delete the whole thing and type it again or just let it be. I sincerely hope that the Guys from Google read this and improve upon Orkut.
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