One of the features that we’ve debated at great length internally is support for a multi-column view similar to what you see on many Twitter focused clients. For those not familiar (which I suspect will be few who are reading this blog!), multi-column clients allow you to set up a series of vertical columns all viewable simultaneously and displaying things like all your Twitter mentions, Direct Messages, or the results for a particular Twitter search term. The effect is one of a social media “dashboard” that gives you at-a-glace access to a lot of data flowing through your real time social stream.
One of the key reasons we have not implemented this feature sooner is that this multi-column view has in our estimation been largely a “power user” view and we didn’t want it to over-complicate the new user experience for most users. While we still believe there is some truth in that view, we also are not ones to ignore user feedback or the general direction of the market for real time social stream applications. Given this, we’ll shortly be launching multi-column support aka “dashboard view” for both our Firefox add-on and our Yoono Desktop clients. We’ve been playing around with it internally and if you’re a fan of the dashboard view we think you’re going to love it! We’ll get it to you as soon as possible and then listen carefully to your feedback to make it better. Here’s a preview (Desktop version):
A key point is we haven’t changed our integrated single column view, which we believe is the best in the business, to accomodate multi-column. Single column remains the default but multi-column will be an option so that effectively you get the best of both worlds depending on your preference. With unique features like support for multiple Facebook and MySpace accounts (not just Twitter like most clients), support for instant messaging columns, and browser integration on both Yoono for Firefox (obviously!) and Yoono Desktop, we think you’ll find it innovative and more importantly very easy to use.
Stay tuned!
The Yoono Team
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