Leadership Starts With A Dream
… and it’s getting closer to reality. Shark, our dream project, is progressing and we couldn’t be happier - a major update is released! Go to 4ppl to look at what’s been done to date.
First, the layout changed to a more up-to-date 1000px canvas, and this change gives a huge number of opportunities, which we’re trying to exploit fully.
In 4ppl (Shark), the navigation is designed as a classic example of usability perfection - simple, intuitive and 100% conventional horizontal double-row menu. On top of it - you get Yahoo-like utility block and BoonEx-first-designed live notifications, which make the site feel like a real walk to a public place :).
The content part is designed with extreme flexibility in mind. In Shark you’ll be able to build pages with different block proportions - 50/50, 100, 30/60, 30/30/30, 60/30, 80/20, etc. The one-size-fits-it-all approach simply doesn’t make it anymore - you can’t have an 80/20 site layout on all pages and be efficient.
Shark is flexible in terms of what you’re going to show on your site pages, and on 4ppl we’re pulling live streams of member profiles and a blogline.
Blogs were redesigned and improved. Blogs work as classic multiuser blogging systems, but with a built-in live comments, comments rating, “reply to comments” and WISIWYG editor.
Mailbox has also received an update - now it retrieves new messages dynamically, without reload, the inbox is integrated with user images and the text snippet now shows two lines of text.
A cool new feature is the member Account with an all new “Live Alerts” tracker, which effectively pumps site stickiness and features integration. With Alerts, members are continuously notified about any activity associated with their profile, their mail or even actions made by their friends.
So, 4ppl updated, LoveLandia, BoonEx Unity and a few other BoonEx sites will be updated within a few weeks. Thus, the Shark platform is being live-tested by well over 100,000 real users, with even more to come.
More details about Shark availability, specifications, pricing and terms will be posted this week. One thing is for sure - once it’s out - it’s going to be the leading website platform for online communities.
Leadership Starts With A Dream