Comments on: Bonjour, FriendFeed, Que Tal? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:07:52 -0800 hourly 1 By: kbolgarov http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2776462 kbolgarov Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:30:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2776462 for now, yes. but information overflow hits more and more people. friendfeed is a tool to organize the mess for now, yes. but information overflow hits more and more people. friendfeed is a tool to organize the mess

]]> By: IT News #7 | FABblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2566604 IT News #7 | FABblog Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:03:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2566604 [...] FriendFeed tradotto in 6 lingue (ma non in italiano) [...] [...] FriendFeed tradotto in 6 lingue (ma non in italiano) [...]

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="500151150">Miguel de Oliveira</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2563268 Miguel de Oliveira Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:10:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2563268 But it's correct in portuguese. But it’s correct in portuguese.

]]> By: javipas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560860 javipas Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:07:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560860 In fact, the title has a little mistake. In spanish the word "que" has the accent (tilde) when used on questions and exclamations. And the spanish languages uses both opening and closing question marks. So it should say: Bonjour, Friendfeed, ¿qué tal? Greetings from Madrid, Spain ;) In fact, the title has a little mistake. In spanish the word “que” has the accent (tilde) when used on questions and exclamations. And the spanish languages uses both opening and closing question marks. So it should say:

Bonjour, Friendfeed, ¿qué tal?

Greetings from Madrid, Spain ;)

]]> By: SRSLY PPL http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560732 SRSLY PPL Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:38:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560732 Svetlana, Friendfeed is never going for "more mainstream users". The site has a very narrow audience. FF is like an old singles bar. Mom and pop will never need friendfeed. Their kids don't use friendfeed now either. Like in a singles bar for old people, the inhabitants think it's ESSENTIAL. The rest of the world, passes. Svetlana, Friendfeed is never going for “more mainstream users”. The site has a very narrow audience.

FF is like an old singles bar.

Mom and pop will never need friendfeed. Their kids don’t use friendfeed now either.

Like in a singles bar for old people, the inhabitants think it’s ESSENTIAL. The rest of the world, passes.

]]> By: Dario Salvelli http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560711 Dario Salvelli Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:17:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560711 And in Italian?? :) And in Italian?? :)

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560618 Jeff Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:50:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560618 Thanks for the article. I don't know about hockeystick growth, but they certainly will get long sustainable growth as a result of internationalizing their website. We see it all the time. Quarkis.com specializes in providing website internationalization services. Thanks for the article. I don’t know about hockeystick growth, but they certainly will get long sustainable growth as a result of internationalizing their website. We see it all the time. Quarkis.com specializes in providing website internationalization services.

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="549452742">Svetlana Gladkova</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560612 Svetlana Gladkova Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:43:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560612 Kirill, while I can agree that it is not particularly needed now as FF is for supergeeky Russians for now, it is quite obvious that they are looking to expand their reach in our country to more mainstream users who could embrace the tool - and I personally think it should be more than welcome. By the way, I personally switched back to English for the simple stubbornness of not wanting to deal with Russian where I know everything perfectly well in English and Russian just looks awkward to me. But as a professional translator I have not seen anything particularly wrong with FF in Russian - even though I am usually the first to criticize all the crowdsourcing attempts where it comes to user experience in languages. I did not look with enough attention maybe as I did not have enough time to play with it but all in all I usually tend to notice a poor translation immediately - and FF has not been the case. Kirill, while I can agree that it is not particularly needed now as FF is for supergeeky Russians for now, it is quite obvious that they are looking to expand their reach in our country to more mainstream users who could embrace the tool – and I personally think it should be more than welcome.

By the way, I personally switched back to English for the simple stubbornness of not wanting to deal with Russian where I know everything perfectly well in English and Russian just looks awkward to me. But as a professional translator I have not seen anything particularly wrong with FF in Russian – even though I am usually the first to criticize all the crowdsourcing attempts where it comes to user experience in languages. I did not look with enough attention maybe as I did not have enough time to play with it but all in all I usually tend to notice a poor translation immediately – and FF has not been the case.

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="549452742">Svetlana Gladkova</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560605 Svetlana Gladkova Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:37:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560605 Strongly disagree. This one a rare example of normal translation of the interface of a startup, not the usual hardly understandable texts that constantly keep me switch back to English after checking the newly-introduced Russian translation. Unfortunately machine translation is far from perfect, even that by Google - and I will argue about that forever. Google spoiled startups that now think they can get the translation done for free - frustrating users with poor or very poor translation all the time. Strongly disagree. This one a rare example of normal translation of the interface of a startup, not the usual hardly understandable texts that constantly keep me switch back to English after checking the newly-introduced Russian translation. Unfortunately machine translation is far from perfect, even that by Google – and I will argue about that forever. Google spoiled startups that now think they can get the translation done for free – frustrating users with poor or very poor translation all the time.

]]> By: Scott http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560598 Scott Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:26:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560598 Another new microblogging site came out. I think this one has some promise though, being that it integrates with twitter: http://yonkly.com Another new microblogging site came out. I think this one has some promise though, being that it integrates with twitter:

http://yonkly.com

]]> By: Marko http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560544 Marko Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:38:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560544 Jake you should check out MySpace Jake you should check out MySpace

]]> By: Sean http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560518 Sean Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:13:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560518 Oh come on. Like a web site translating their interface into other languages is news. Did they have to write you an angry letter to get you to post this? :) Oh come on. Like a web site translating their interface into other languages is news. Did they have to write you an angry letter to get you to post this?

:)

]]> By: ボンジュール！ FriendFeed、インタフェースを独仏日中露西に翻訳 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560440 ボンジュール！ FriendFeed、インタフェースを独仏日中露西に翻訳 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:53:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560440 [...] InformationFriendFeedInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） ShowListings("arc3"); ShowListings("arc2"); AddClipsUrl = [...] [...] InformationFriendFeedInformation provided by CrunchBase[原文へ]（翻訳：Namekawa, U） ShowListings(”arc3″); ShowListings(”arc2″); AddClipsUrl = [...]

]]> By: Francisco Espinoza http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560425 Francisco Espinoza Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:34:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560425 Bien, y tu robbin. I think this is a new opportunity to expand the service. Bien, y tu robbin. I think this is a new opportunity to expand the service.

]]> By: Kirill Bolgarov http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560418 Kirill Bolgarov Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:27:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560418 As i commented of Friendfeed, i don't think that translating into Russian is really required/ Thing is that FF is for super media geeks. In russia people like that all read (at least read) English. And they are used to it - they have their computes OS'es in English, their cellphones, TV menus and so on. Russian translation of any web app is always sooo confusing. Even Facebook with their crowdsourced approach - they didnt make it right. So my thumb down on Russian translation (especially considering that it's not available in any of the popular encodings right now - i see only weird symbols no matter what i try). Generally - it will lower the chances for me to read something cool from a german- or french-speaking person on Friendfeed. As i commented of Friendfeed, i don’t think that translating into Russian is really required/ Thing is that FF is for super media geeks. In russia people like that all read (at least read) English. And they are used to it – they have their computes OS’es in English, their cellphones, TV menus and so on. Russian translation of any web app is always sooo confusing. Even Facebook with their crowdsourced approach – they didnt make it right. So my thumb down on Russian translation (especially considering that it’s not available in any of the popular encodings right now – i see only weird symbols no matter what i try).
Generally – it will lower the chances for me to read something cool from a german- or french-speaking person on Friendfeed.

]]> By: Livecrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560399 Livecrunch Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:12:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560399 All they they really had to do is google translator api and would translate in many other languages. Or they could of translate FF in more languages not just the ones above. All they they really had to do is google translator api and would translate in many other languages. Or they could of translate FF in more languages not just the ones above.

]]> By: Jake http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560363 Jake Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:45:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560363 To bad friendfeed looks like its made for children, else it could be really popular. To bad friendfeed looks like its made for children, else it could be really popular.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560327 Shawn Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560327 I'm inviting everyone who reads this TechCrunch comment I posted to join me on my blog <a href="http://www.shawndrewry.com" rel="nofollow">www.ShawnDrewry.com</a> to use "Google Friend Connect" Stop on by! :-) I’m inviting everyone who reads this TechCrunch comment I posted to join me on my blog

http://www.ShawnDrewry.com

to use “Google Friend Connect”

Stop on by! :-)

]]> By: TechCrunch Yaps About FriendFeed Adding New Features | ShawnDrewry.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560324 TechCrunch Yaps About FriendFeed Adding New Features | ShawnDrewry.com Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:12:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560324 [...] Read more here on TechCrunch Powered by Stumble! for WordPress Incoming Links (via Tecnorati):Nothing ReportedSend to FacebookSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "TechCrunch Yaps About FriendFeed Adding New Features", url: "http://www.shawndrewry.com/?p=2120" }); Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Read more here on TechCrunch Powered by Stumble! for WordPress Incoming Links (via Tecnorati):Nothing ReportedSend to FacebookSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “TechCrunch Yaps About FriendFeed Adding New Features”, url: “http://www.shawndrewry.com/?p=2120″ }); Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Nick Stamoulis http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560323 Nick Stamoulis Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:12:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560323 In today's global economy it is important for all companies to start branching out into international waters to stay competitive. In today’s global economy it is important for all companies to start branching out into international waters to stay competitive.

]]> By: ali http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560299 ali Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:52:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560299 thank you www.eskibirsaat.com thank you http://www.eskibirsaat.com

]]> By: Screen Sleuth http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/bonjour-friendfeed-que-tal/comment-page-1/#comment-2560259 Screen Sleuth Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:28:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=32409#comment-2560259 Catering to specific languages has been important for a long time with many kinds of websites, and should be even more so with social sites. Sounds good! Catering to specific languages has been important for a long time with many kinds of websites, and should be even more so with social sites. Sounds good!

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