Comments on: Who’s Online http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/ Reviews and profiles of social applications for Facebook, MySpace, and more. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Adam Tønsberg http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-127 Adam Tønsberg Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:28:54 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-127 EDIT POST NOT POSSIBLE SO HERE IS AN UPDATE 2 issues; A) Aim of the application B) Actual online "live" updated info About A) I guess the aim of the application NOT that you can see your OWN friends online status (FB as that ability allready), but it allows OTHER people to go to your profile and see witch of your friends that are online. That ofc also means that if a person you visit has the application installed, you can see witch of THAT PERSONS friends who are online - and I dont think FB has that option available - so if im right - the application is ok. About B) Sadly the updating is not really "online" or "live". I entered an offline friend, and went to his WhosOnline application. There i could see my own picture as gray ;p - like I was offline.. Even worse; I entered an online friend, who have the application installed, and i couldnt see him online.. so.. the updates suck.. EDIT POST NOT POSSIBLE SO HERE IS AN UPDATE

2 issues;

A) Aim of the application
B) Actual online “live” updated info

About A)
I guess the aim of the application NOT that you can see your OWN friends online status (FB as that ability allready), but it allows OTHER people to go to your profile and see witch of your friends that are online.

That ofc also means that if a person you visit has the application installed, you can see witch of THAT PERSONS friends who are online - and I dont think FB has that option available - so if im right - the application is ok.

About B)
Sadly the updating is not really “online” or “live”. I entered an offline friend, and went to his WhosOnline application. There i could see my own picture as gray ;p - like I was offline..

Even worse; I entered an online friend, who have the application installed, and i couldnt see him online.. so.. the updates suck..

]]> By: Adam Tønsberg http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-126 Adam Tønsberg Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:05:31 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-126 That ofc requires that the peron you visit has this application installed - which - i guess - is why they included the "invite friends" feature :) That ofc requires that the peron you visit has this application installed - which - i guess - is why they included the “invite friends” feature :)

]]> By: Adam Tønsberg http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-125 Adam Tønsberg Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:04:24 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-125 I guess the aim of this application is NOT just that you can see your own friends online status (FB can do that allready), but that you can visit a friend, and see witch of THAT PERSONS friends that are online. And I dont think FB has that option available - so if im right - the application is ok. I guess the aim of this application is NOT just that you can see your own friends online status (FB can do that allready), but that you can visit a friend, and see witch of THAT PERSONS friends that are online.

And I dont think FB has that option available - so if im right - the application is ok.

]]> By: Tara MacDonald http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-123 Tara MacDonald Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:41:03 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-123 I have specifically set my facebook to private when it comes to online status. I don't want anyone to know when or how long I am online. How is it that this site is able to post when I'm online? I have not signed up for it and have specifically set my privacy settings against such an invasion. This seems very much against my rights and against the law. I have specifically set my facebook to private when it comes to online status. I don’t want anyone to know when or how long I am online. How is it that this site is able to post when I’m online? I have not signed up for it and have specifically set my privacy settings against such an invasion. This seems very much against my rights and against the law.

]]> By: meee http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-119 meee Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:24:16 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-119 This application is in violation of facebook's privacy policy. Display of a user's online status is up to them. If they choose to hide their online status through the privacy settings, this application illegally displays it. This application is in violation of facebook’s privacy policy. Display of a user’s online status is up to them. If they choose to hide their online status through the privacy settings, this application illegally displays it.

]]> By: jacky http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-107 jacky Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:18:38 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-107 Well, I just found out that even though I've changed my privacy settings so as NOT to show whether I'm online or not I show up as being online in this app. I just visited a friends site. She's added the app and - lo and behold - there I was in full colour showing up as online and recently active! I haven't added the app myself which means I have in no way given my consent to this! Now seeing as how I regard this as a violation of privacy (and rightfully so, I believe) I would very much like to have the creators do something about this. Now! Well, I just found out that even though I’ve changed my privacy settings so as NOT to show whether I’m online or not I show up as being online in this app.

I just visited a friends site. She’s added the app and - lo and behold - there I was in full colour showing up as online and recently active!

I haven’t added the app myself which means I have in no way given my consent to this!

Now seeing as how I regard this as a violation of privacy (and rightfully so, I believe) I would very much like to have the creators do something about this.

Now!

]]> By: Chad Boyda http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-73 Chad Boyda Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:07:11 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-73 I was thinking the same thing about all of these who's online apps just the other day. Granted there are several apps that are re-implementations of Facebook apps, like SuperPoke, SuperWall, etc. But they at least add a lot in features to stand on their own and convince users they are worth the upgrade. I haven't seen such a leap in functionality from these online apps yet. Who knows? Maybe someday. I was thinking the same thing about all of these who’s online apps just the other day. Granted there are several apps that are re-implementations of Facebook apps, like SuperPoke, SuperWall, etc. But they at least add a lot in features to stand on their own and convince users they are worth the upgrade. I haven’t seen such a leap in functionality from these online apps yet. Who knows? Maybe someday.

]]> By: billie http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-68 billie Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:26:13 +0000 http://www.whatapps.com/2007/12/03/whos-online/#comment-68 I think this app is pretty useless considering facebook has an in-built "who's online" feature! I think this app is pretty useless considering facebook has an in-built “who’s online” feature!

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