I have to admit I've given up on following the Twitter feed already, although I am hanging around in the #ixd IRC channel. I'm not a Twitter hater at all, but turning it into a group chat application is a real stretch.
Here are my concerns --if the Twitter fans can offer workarounds or suggestions to alleviate these problems, please do so! 1) The five-minute lag time between updates (at least using Twitterific) is just too long for any meaningful back-and-forth, and I can't see clicking "Refresh" like a subject in a Psych 101 variable-ratio conditioning experiment. 2) The 140 character limit is a clever and appropriate restriction for the "what are you doing" kinds of micro-posts, but awkward for well-considered discussion. 3) On my stream, the IXDA traffic gets interspersed with all of the other tweets, making it hard to read and leading people to ask for a Twitter client with threading (!). 4) The "via @fred: @george blah blah" stuff doesn't make it clear (to me, at least) who's saying what. 5) Chatzilla (for those using Firefox) and Web-based IRC clients can mitigate the "one more app" problem. Given its limitations and awkwardnesses, would we, as interaction designers, recommend this use of Twitter to our clients? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28908 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
