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FriendFeed beta adds real-time updates
But the new user interface is both prettier and more functional than the old school UI (If you can call anything about a service that launched just over a year ago old school).
First of all, FriendFeed beta features real-time updates from your contacts. No need to hit the refresh button. There's also a new "My discussions" link that takes you to a page with every entry you've participated in, whether it's a conversation you started or a comment you've left on another person's entry. You can also create custom filters by using the advanced search tools and saving your searches. FriendFeed has also added the ability to send direct messages to other users.
The new design also makes more liberal use of user avatars, so you get a better sense of who's leaving messages instead of just indications letting you know which service they used to post the message.
[via Thomas Hawk]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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randall bennett said 2:42PM on 4-06-2009
I'm famouz!
But seriously, I rarely use friend feed and this new interface doesn't do it for me. It's still a hyper web2.0-scenester app and doesn't have a shot at breaking out.
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