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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 5:29PM
This is a fab writeup. I'm now a new fan. I think your RockMelt slap and my RockMelt spanking should be friends:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/cavegirl-discover-rockmelt-throw-facebook-browser-through-window/14539
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 5:40PM
Why thank you!
I've been a fan of yours since... well, since I read your smart girl's guide :P
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 5:51PM
Good review -- I missed the bit about friends being sorted alphabetically. I noticed them randomly shifting around as friends came and went... but yeah, that's pretty lame!
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 6:03PM
I was astonished when I saw the alpha order! I mean, the standard column is organized by who is online. A drag-and-drop for my *actual* friends would be the ticket.
I think this was designed by people who don't get that the social experience is... well, desired to be more like a social experience IRL. We want to pick who we hang out with, and that is always changing.
They also obviously don't have many women on their team. When your online status is "target" you have to have tools to help you filter who has access to you, your status, and your information.
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 6:22PM
Just imagine how cool it would be, if you could go into 'browsing lolcats mode', and have the friends list shift into a group that you want to share lolcats with.
Then you could shift into 'browsing pictures of hot girls/boys' and have a different set of friends... and 'browsing tech news'... and...
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 6:55PM
Ooooh, did you get a rude email from RockMelt's PR flack yet? I just did!
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 7:00PM
As I just tweeted (and it no doubt fell into the void of your gazillion followers), no -- no rude mail.
Maybe they are looking for my email address...
(Unverified)Nov 10th 2010 7:39PM
Oh no, I only follow a few people so I caught your reply! I am sure RockMelt's efficient and careful PR people will get to you in a timely fashion. Happy to put you in touch if you want to be called 'inaccurate' too!
IMO, what a crap way to do PR. When someone trashes your product, emailing to say they're 'wrong' is not the approach to win anyone over.
(Unverified)Nov 11th 2010 7:26AM
Aye -- if anything, they just guaranteed that any of your future reviews are equally as negative. Don't they know anything about human psychology...?!
If they had just sent an email saying 'Thanks for the input. We'll be sure to send you along the next version when it's ready for testing' they might've squeezed another, more positive review out of you :)