If you’re interested in trying out the Ping.fm service, which allows you to update multiple microblog-type sites in one fell swoop, you may want to visit the Ping.fm sign up page, and use the code “tastyping”.
I’m not sure yet if I will be using this much; I rarely want to post the same thing to every site I use… and FriendFeed’s aggregation of other sites also makes this a great way to have a lot of duplicates in some areas. But for some, it may be useful.
What do you think of this sort of thing?
The implementation of Plurk’s side-scrolling UI is certainly nothing to scoff at. It works perfectly, and I imagine represents the product of hours of coding and testing.
That said, it’s probably also one of the more polarizing features of Plurk. People seem to love it or hate it. Strangely, people don’t always stop using Plurk simply because they dislike it, so clearly Plurk is already offering something compelling.
I’m one who wishes there were at least an alternative to the main UI… there is the mobile view but at the moment, it is lacking some of the other features of the web view: alerts, ability to see your list of friends or your karma… It would be nice to have a vertical list view which still keeps all the other features of the main web view. The mobile explore page seems to indicate that more features will be added, so maybe it will turn into a little better alternative.
I also realized that my experience with plurk’s UI does depend on the computer I’m using. Using a computer with plenty of RAM and other resources, it doesn’t bother me as much as when I’m using one with a little less overhead. So a vertical view might be a nice friendly gesture to those with slower computers, as well.
