App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Deepika — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:57:14 GMT

I created some onsite applications .

but today while creating onsite application it shows error

that missing punctuation

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re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:22:39 GMT

Hi - We haven't heard anything about app notification alerts/counters on the homepage, etc in a while. Has this been dropped?

Obviously, notifs are entirely useless without this and it seems this was supposed to be rolled out a few weeks ago. It seemed that the goal was to make notifs a valuable engagement tool for apps, but the lack of a counter and the inability to notify friends who don't have the app have really made them useless and it doesn't make much sense.

Just want to get an idea of if we should continue spending time developing these new features or not.

Thanks,

Cliff

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:14:46 GMT

There still is no way for users to realize they have new notifications unless they stumble upon their notification inbox. We've put a lot of time into building out notifs that are really useless at the moment. Are there any plans to have an indicator?

The lack of any visual indicator that a user has a new notification combined with the discussions above regarding the poor decision to not allow notifs to be sent to friends who don't have the app, really have us scratching our heads here wondering what is going on as it seemed like building out notifs the right way on myspace was the plan, but not anymore.

Please let us know either way so we don't waste our time on notifs anymore.

Thanks,

Cliff

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:08:56 GMT

Any updates on the app notification counter? Thanks.

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

KushApps — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:16:30 GMT

I agree with Cliff. The dual mechanism of app invite+notif is not going to work very well in many instances. I can think of one already - what if a friend wants to ask or comment something about another anonymously? Sending an invite first to a friend who doesn't have the app and then immediately following it up with a notif if the other friend installs the app, will make it very obvious who the comment is coming from.

The app notif system will work best if notifications can be sent out to non-app users who are friends as well as app users who are friends or not. I think the latter is true but the former is much more important.

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Ryan — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:53:00 GMT

Thanks, CJ, for responding to the messages. Hope DevJam is going well.

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:41 GMT

Sweet - thanks for the response. Very much appreciated.

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Test User — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:43:05 GMT

@Ryan, we're actually currently looking at adding this counter functionality. We'll keep you posted.

@Cliff, at the latest next week, if all goes smoothly this week!

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:08:11 GMT

Any idea when the for homepage indicator for notifs will be turned on?

We've implemented notifs in various places on our apps but it's clear they won't have any impact without the homepage indicator and we don't want to spend more development time until we have an idea how and when this will be implemented to make sure it's worth the time building out the notifs.

Thanks,

Cliff

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Ryan — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:19:31 GMT

i'm excited to have the app notifications implemented, but am wondering how any user will know to look at the notifications tab if it doesn't have a (#) next to it. is the bold text enough to signal something new once they've gone to their inbox? will a (#) be added in the future at any point to the drop down menu or any menu for that point?

thanks.

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:38:38 GMT

Thanks for the response. That would be a great feature as there are numerous instances where invites themselves aren't appropriate to engage friends who don't have the app.

Any idea when the homepage indicator will be turned on? Thanks,

Cliff

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Test User — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:42:50 GMT

@Cliff Ultimately we take user privacy and spam issues very seriously at MySpace. With any feature of the platform, especially communication features, we have to weigh in the user experience for non-app users. Again, the philosophy behind notifications is that they are communications from an App that you have installed to yourself. Invites, as the name implies, are the communication channel for inviting friends that don't have an app installed. Would we consider allowing notifications to non-app users? Perhaps, but not a week after launch ;)

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE

Cliff — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:27:57 GMT

My CJ Chaney: Thanks for the suggestion and the feedback, we really appreciate it. What is the reason though for blocking notifs to friends who don't have the app? Is this going to change?

We are just very baffled at this implementation. It really makes no sense and is inconsistent and confusing to the user that some notifs will be sent and others won't depending on if the friend has the app.

To present the inviter disrupts the flow and isn't in anybody's interest and really isn't appropriate in many instances when friends are engaging each other via notifs.

Furthermore, friends will think they're always being ignored since notifs are being sent out to non-app users (to constantly present inviter pop-up just isn't realistic and an awful experience)......this really just makes no sense any way you look at it.

Just wondering why it was done this way and if there are plans to change this.

Thanks,

Cliff

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE!!!

Test User — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:15:00 GMT

@Mike If I was doing the app I would keep track of the users that didn't have the app installed, then at the end of the process use the Multiple app invite system to batch them all at once.

re: App Notifications for OpenSocial Container now LIVE!!!

Mike — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:30:06 GMT

The issue at hand here seems to be the fact that certain user interfaces are better for engagement. In the case of Are You Interested?, it's show you each friend one at a time, and ask if you like each person. If you click yes, the application wants to "make contact" with the friend you clicked yes on.

Now, imagine clicking yes on 3 or 4 friend. If they don't have the app, the end user is presented with an inviter each time to invite this friend. This becomes cumbersome.

In this case, notifications have the advantage of not warranting a popup, allowing for an easier user experience.

Notifications to non app users would be critical to helping applications spread.