So yesterday i finally got into the Google+ Beta i suppose it is, i sent out a few invitations to try and get people into my “Circles”, these are basically groups of people, you can make your own specific Circles or use the default ones with headings like Family, Friends and Acquaintances. Circles iis just a away of organising friends so that later on when it comes to sharing information you can choose which updates you share with which people. So my advice think very carefully about who you put in which Circles. After getting the invites out and the various people sorted into those “Circles” it was time to explore.
Firstly i looked at the Desktop site and above all else its defiantly a Google product. Its clean, simple and above all else its functional but with a splash of Google pizazz. The colours are bright is some places and there’s lots of white. So far I’ve found very little to complain about this although at first i seemed to be having a few issues sorting my stream into a more timeline oriented fashion as it was all jumbled up when it was posted wise. Obviously all of us who are aware of Google+ is that its suppose to be the rival of Facebook and personally its got the credentials. When the project becomes public and more and more people sign up and share the ease and the raw beauty of the site will entice people. It has to be said here that in this bloggers opinion Facebook as gripped millions of people and refused to stop jamming adverts or stupid groups down our throats. I’m sure with the nasty Google Ad-sense, that Google+ in time will go the way of Facebook but only time will tell.
The next thing to note is the Google+ on the go, any Facebook assassin worth its salt needs to be able to compete against the various different ways to update your Facebook status anywhere in the world. So firstly there is the Desktop site obviously and there there is a mobile version, for mobile web browsers, now for those of you who don’t know i love Android and currently am running 2.2 on my Desire HD, the reason this is important mention is because of the buggyness of the mobile web app of Google+, due to its small data requirements to increase speed when using a Mobile data connection it was very low resolution and upon reflection didn’t adhere to the, once again, beautiful Desktop site, It could of course be my connection or my particular phone, so if its ok for everyone else please let me know.
The Web App is available across all mobile platforms. Now as I’m sure you’ve guess smartphone apps are coming and of course Android being Google, guess where the preference came? That’s right the Google+ app is already available on the Android market for Android 2.1 onwards, (free of charge of course). With an iPhone app to follow, so far no news on a Blackberry or Windows Phone app as yet, but who knows.
So as an avid Android user I’ll talk you through the app, firstly the UI is incredible i can quite clearly say that with the Web App as a bit of an exception Google is the God of consistency the app is very similar in style to Facebook with your simple category view when first opened with the nice bold icons linking you to the “Stream” ,the equivalent to your newsfeed on Facebook, “Huddle”, a group chat feature that you can include, individuals from Google+, Circles or emails, I’m assuming here that people who aren’t even on Google+ can be included with some form of email version of the chat. Also a link for “Photos”, pretty self explanatory but the categorising is pretty neat, “Profile”, again obvious what that is, and finally “Circles”, Which i talked about in the first paragraph. All in all the app is simple, sleek and well, functional. As an avid hater of Facebook it pains me to say that with Facebook’s constant updates the Facebook App wins, HOWEVER and this is a big however, Google+ is in a private beta right now so once the reviews are in, the bugs are debugged, you can expect (i hope) marvellous things from Google+.
Anyways this is enough for today get your head round that stuff, I’m off out to a school fete so enjoy and I’ll update more about the wonders of Google+ and its other features as i come across them. Toodle loo
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
Suzie Wagner, 1998
. I found it good but with all the hype i was expecting a little more than an hour and a half long battle. I know, i know how could i say this but i stick to my guns about J.K.Rowlings writing and its summed up in the last book/film. She was all like “oh noes what do i do with all these characters, i cant make them all meet up at the train station at the end, ummmmm oh i know, i’ll kill 50 odd % of the characters, i wanted you to love. Ahhh thats better loose ends sorted” Plus the final criticism is that after all that shit, what did Harry actually get ? Fuck all, yep thats right not even a medal or something. I’m sure its one of those movies that Mark Komode faps over and says how amazing it is. 
Wow holy ship when i look at it like that i have a seriously busy next few months.
