Peter Cashmore has a round-up of memetrackers, who want to compete with Memeorandum. (TailRank should be in there!). He points to Two new sites, Megite and Chuquet. They are good first attempts, but lack what Memeorandum’s has – a simple, easy to comprehend, user experience. They are too complicated and well, not easy on the eye. Bonus link: An Interview with Memeorandum creator Gabe Rivera.
I agree; as I’ve commented on Pete’s blog I think I’ve spent around 90% of my effort on chuquet.com since November 2004 on the engine and about 10% on the UI.
The UI is the next focus: a simpler initial impression with less ‘fuss’, but allowing the user to drill into interesting stuff as needed.
Mind you, I have had some very positive feedback about the Chuquet way of presenting things…
laurence, clearly you got the whole game right. make the UI so friendly that you shut me up forever. good luck, and keep us posted about all the progress you make
I personally don’t find Memeorandum that pleasing, prefer digg or Blogniscient for looks/design.
Shutting you up for ever is item #1347 on my game plan – I just checked. That’s due Q3 2007, although there may be slippage…
I have cunning plans for the UI, and I will keep you posted. Cheers.
Laurence
Try Megite again. A new interface just released. Also it can create personalized version if you have an OPML file.
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