Comments on: The ‘Cities Visited’ Facebook Application

By: 100,000 Views « UK Web Focus

100,000 Views « UK Web Focus — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:48:11 +0000

[...] UK Universities On Facebook. This has been the third most popular post, following the post on The ‘Cities Visited’ Facebook Application and, in second place, one on TokBox – A Useful Video-Conferencing Tool Or [...]

By: Review of this Blog’s Usage in 2010 « UK Web Focus

Review of this Blog’s Usage in 2010 « UK Web Focus — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:26:10 +0000

[...] The ‘Cities Visited’ Facebook Application June 2007 2 comments [...]

By: Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus)

Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:51:34 +0000

Hi Paul
The term “embracing constraints” seems to have been coined to describe an approach which can be taken by a developer. I am suggesting that the user needs to be a part of the process. Perhaps a better way of describing this would be to develop the grammatical structure i.e. I, as a user, am an embracee of the contraints you, the developer, have embraced. However this is a fairly ugly sentence, so I suspect it won’t ctach on.

By: Paul Walk

Paul Walk — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:49:09 +0000

I’m not sure I agree with:

“Users may be prepared to embrace the constraints of an application, provided they are aware of such constraints and the implications.”

Isn’t this just an example of “Users may be prepared to *put up* with the constraints….”

Doesn’t “embracing constraints” suggest something more proactive on the part of the user? Otherwise, in this example, wouldn’t the implication be that if the missing data export functionality was subsequently added, my experience of this software would be somehow diminished….