Posts Tagged user experience

Facebook: why can’t apps give more information before you hit ‘allow’?

Posted by Julie Delaforce in social games, social networks, user experience on 15 December, 2009

The answer is: they can! I haven’t seen it on many apps, only one in fact, Treasure Madness.

Treasure_MadnessI’m sure many of you, like me, are reluctant to click through on the ‘allow’ button before knowing what a Facebook application is all about. There is rarely enough information on the application page to let you know exactly what the game /application involves, if you need friends using the app to make it effective and the many other factors you might consider.

Treasure Madness addresses this issue by showing the user a simple introduction to the game and what’s involved in two well-laid-out pages. After viewing these pages, the user then has the option to ‘play now’. It’s at this point the user sees the ‘allow’ screen. In my book, this gets the app a big thumbs up in terms of user experience as it greatly decreases the barrier to entry other Facebook app I’ve seen has.

Well done, Treasure Madness!

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The reign of The Green Eyed Monster begins!

Posted by Julie Delaforce in Uncategorized on 1 October, 2009

This is the beginning of a very exciting journey for me. My very own social media blog. I do feel as though there are too many people out there who are self-espoused social media experts and too many businesses put too much trust in those who speak loudest, rather than those who speak the truth. I do not proclaim myself as a social media expert, rather a social media enthusiast, or proably even a fanatic. This blog will have a heavy focus on social media and online communities which are my greatest passion, there’ll also be the occasional blog about design and user experience as well as many other things to do with the wonderful world wide web.

I hope you’ll excuse my blog design & layout for the moment, I will be updating it over the next few months, but I just couldn’t wait to start blogging again!

If you’re interested to find out a bit more about me read my Who Am I? section or find out how to get in touch with me on my Contact page.

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