Comments on: Gmail on Facebook… Sort of http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:13:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tiffany http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-62025 Tiffany Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:10:12 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-62025 Is the public allowed to freely use the facebook logo when talking about facebook? Is the public allowed to freely use the facebook logo when talking about facebook?

]]> By: Riaan http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-11008 Riaan Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:54:09 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-11008 Hey guys, I also made a Facebook app that you can access your Gmail with, and Google search and and and .. http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18877767768 or http://apps.facebook.com/gfbmail Brand Hijacking, very interesting point Teresa, although I don't think Google would take it that way, they seem to be pretty cool and focused on the end result more that the nitty gritty of the brand. Well done to Courtland Allen, very impressive! Looking forward to December holidays :) Riaan Hey guys, I also made a Facebook app that you can access your Gmail with, and Google search and and and ..

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18877767768
or
http://apps.facebook.com/gfbmail

Brand Hijacking, very interesting point Teresa, although I don’t think Google would take it that way, they seem to be pretty cool and focused on the end result more that the nitty gritty of the brand.

Well done to Courtland Allen, very impressive!

Looking forward to December holidays :)
Riaan

]]> By: Tom Colvin http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8247 Tom Colvin Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:40:10 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8247 It would be interesting to have Gmail right within Facebook, BUT I'd want to be sure no one else would see it, only me. Is this possible? It would be interesting to have Gmail right within Facebook, BUT I’d want to be sure no one else would see it, only me. Is this possible?

]]> By: Rodney Rumford http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8113 Rodney Rumford Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:58:48 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8113 Courtland, Thanks for responding here. Glad to hear you are going to change the images. ;) Auto-complete will make it much more useful. Great to hear you are adding this. Interacting with the social graph will really make the app much more engaging and potentially useful. Smart. Keep Creating and Good Luck with this app. We all look forward to the changes. Courtland,
Thanks for responding here. Glad to hear you are going to change the images. ;)

Auto-complete will make it much more useful. Great to hear you are adding this.

Interacting with the social graph will really make the app much more engaging and potentially useful. Smart.

Keep Creating and Good Luck with this app. We all look forward to the changes.

]]> By: Courtland Allen http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8112 Courtland Allen Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:48:22 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8112 Thanks for the review! I've got to run very soon, but I wanted to comment on a few things: - the similarity between our images and those of Google/Facebook isn't permament; they'll be updated in another day or so - autocomplete is coming for the compose page, along with many, many other features and improvements - Fmail is going to start interacting with the social graph a little bit down the road We realize this app isn't for everyone. Some people don't use Gmail, some people don't trust 3rd parties, and some people just find it more convenient to use the real thing. That's fine. However, this is very much an ongoing project, so everyone can expect a lot of changes upgrades in the future. Thanks for the review! I’ve got to run very soon, but I wanted to comment on a few things:

- the similarity between our images and those of Google/Facebook isn’t permament; they’ll be updated in another day or so
- autocomplete is coming for the compose page, along with many, many other features and improvements
- Fmail is going to start interacting with the social graph a little bit down the road

We realize this app isn’t for everyone. Some people don’t use Gmail, some people don’t trust 3rd parties, and some people just find it more convenient to use the real thing. That’s fine. However, this is very much an ongoing project, so everyone can expect a lot of changes upgrades in the future.

]]> By: Moksh Juneja http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8104 Moksh Juneja Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:09:26 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8104 This is like the coolest thing, minus the in-built chat as of now!! Hopefully, Google should not bother them, we wil be using the same email service, but spending more time on Facebook.. leading to more and more cyberslacking!! This is like the coolest thing, minus the in-built chat as of now!! Hopefully, Google should not bother them, we wil be using the same email service, but spending more time on Facebook.. leading to more and more cyberslacking!!

]]> By: Rodney Rumford http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8102 Rodney Rumford Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:50:43 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8102 Teresa, Great point! I do not know what is in the developers heads. However; this is very short sighted if that is their intention. Many developers are leveraging existing brands; which may or may not be OK with the original brand owner. My point here is that if you are serous about building applications in a legal and above board way; this might not be the best path to follow. Follow this path at your own risk. ;) Not all brands want their brand hijacked; some do. Facebook applications sometimes have a wild west feel and that is not always a good thing. My main point is that the greater developer community has an opportunity to create great products, services and user experiences. Developers that build an application and hijack a brand do so at their own risk. I would not be surprised if facebook ends up in the middle of this issue. Much in the same way that YouTube must pull down copyright infringing material; facebook might be in this position at some point also. The difference is facebook has 1 choke point to turn of content: the application itself. ;) So don't misinterpret my comments here to say that these guys should not have built this fmail application. Rather; I am merely questioning the long term issues surrounding these types of applications. Teresa,
Great point!

I do not know what is in the developers heads. However; this is very short sighted if that is their intention.

Many developers are leveraging existing brands; which may or may not be OK with the original brand owner.

My point here is that if you are serous about building applications in a legal and above board way; this might not be the best path to follow. Follow this path at your own risk. ;)

Not all brands want their brand hijacked; some do. Facebook applications sometimes have a wild west feel and that is not always a good thing. My main point is that the greater developer community has an opportunity to create great products, services and user experiences.

Developers that build an application and hijack a brand do so at their own risk. I would not be surprised if facebook ends up in the middle of this issue. Much in the same way that YouTube must pull down copyright infringing material; facebook might be in this position at some point also. The difference is facebook has 1 choke point to turn of content: the application itself. ;)

So don’t misinterpret my comments here to say that these guys should not have built this fmail application. Rather; I am merely questioning the long term issues surrounding these types of applications.

]]> By: Teresa Valdez Klein http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8100 Teresa Valdez Klein Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:22:09 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/10/03/gmail-on-facebook-sort-of/#comment-8100 <blockquote>Trust me when I say that over half of the people that use this application will believe it to be a google product.</blockquote> How do you know that's not exactly what these developers want?

Trust me when I say that over half of the people that use this application will believe it to be a google product.

How do you know that’s not exactly what these developers want?

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