Comments on: Yahoo! needs to stop rolling out services that are not ready for prime time http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/ social commentary, gadgets, art, travel and whatever else comes to mind Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eszter http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13806 eszter Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:55:43 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/#comment-13806 For the record, TechCrunch <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/03/yahoo-gets-trashed-by-users/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">posted</a> about this the day <i>after</i> I blogged about it. Thanks for the information about the other services, I'll have to try them out. AOL TV is okay, but since I'm usually already logged in to my Yahoo! account anyway, Yahoo! TV had been super convenient. For the record, TechCrunch posted about this the day after I blogged about it.

Thanks for the information about the other services, I’ll have to try them out. AOL TV is okay, but since I’m usually already logged in to my Yahoo! account anyway, Yahoo! TV had been super convenient.

]]> By: andy carvin http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13805 andy carvin Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:15:30 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/#comment-13805 Tell me about it! I couldn't believe it when I went to my long-bookmarked Yahoo TV page and instead found total nonsense. It was one of handful of reference pages I'm pretty much guaranteed to visit every evening. Now they've lost me and countless other former fans of the service. TechCrunch posted something about it a few days ago and dozens of people chimed in with similar complaints. I tried using TVGuide.com but found it to be an even worse user experience. Right now I'm playing with <a href="http://www.zap2it.com/" rel="nofollow">Zap2It</a>. It's not too bad, but they cram so much info into each listing that it takes a long time to work your way through all the channels. I've also found that its controls for setting favorites don't seem to stick for very long. There's also <a href="meevee.com/" rel="nofollow">MeeVee</a>, but I haven't used it long enough to form an opinion. (Not that this usually stops me, of course.) -andy btw, mazel tov on the MacA grant. That's wonderful news! Tell me about it! I couldn’t believe it when I went to my long-bookmarked Yahoo TV page and instead found total nonsense. It was one of handful of reference pages I’m pretty much guaranteed to visit every evening. Now they’ve lost me and countless other former fans of the service. TechCrunch posted something about it a few days ago and dozens of people chimed in with similar complaints.

I tried using TVGuide.com but found it to be an even worse user experience. Right now I’m playing with Zap2It. It’s not too bad, but they cram so much info into each listing that it takes a long time to work your way through all the channels. I’ve also found that its controls for setting favorites don’t seem to stick for very long. There’s also MeeVee, but I haven’t used it long enough to form an opinion. (Not that this usually stops me, of course.) -andy

btw, mazel tov on the MacA grant. That’s wonderful news!

]]> By: Jason Pettus http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13794 Jason Pettus Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:33:42 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/#comment-13794 I use the listings at TVGuide.com; they take a few seconds to load up as well, but also have pop-up "balloons" associated with each show, so that all one has to do to see the synopsis is roll one's mouse over the title. I consider a five-second delay to be worth having this function, especially when I have yet to find a free service that loads any faster. I use the listings at TVGuide.com; they take a few seconds to load up as well, but also have pop-up “balloons” associated with each show, so that all one has to do to see the synopsis is roll one’s mouse over the title. I consider a five-second delay to be worth having this function, especially when I have yet to find a free service that loads any faster.

]]> By: Will http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13793 Will Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:53:46 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/02/yahoo-needs-to-stop-rolling-out-services-that-are-not-ready-for-prime-time/#comment-13793 If it aint broken, why fix it? I don't use Yahoo TV listings, but I do use their email quite a lot, and I don't like their Beta Mail. I tried it a couple of times, and each time changed back. Like you said I found it slow, and also it did not fit properly on my computer screen. ( I like 800x600 screen resolutuin) Best Regards, Will. If it aint broken, why fix it? I don’t use Yahoo TV listings, but I do use their email quite a lot, and I don’t like their Beta Mail. I tried it a couple of times, and each time changed back. Like you said I found it slow, and also it did not fit properly on my computer screen. ( I like 800×600 screen resolutuin)

Best Regards, Will.

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