Comments on: Zurpy: Share your life. First 100 signups are up for grabs!

by: Bri

Thu, 25 May 2006 08:31:51 +0000

Hey Brian,

Update: Zurpy went through a huge overhaul and is now in public beta.

by: 3spots

Tue, 02 May 2006 01:34:18 +0000

HO? I’ve also tested it and I removed it from my list because I didn’t see where it was social….that was 2 weeks ago.

by: Brian Benzinger

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:53:55 +0000

Thanks, Thomas. You are correct that they have a way to go. I believe the reasoning for the pre-release is to gain feedback, so I am sure your comment is appreciated by them. You have mentioned they should have more in the community, as did I in my post, so lets hope that they do. Zurpy, to me, seems like the ideal solution for people getting introduced to the whole social experience of the internet. I could send my mother to Del.icio.us, Flickr, etc., but will she understand it? Certainly not. Zurpy makes it very simple and inviting for anyone to get in and get going. To me, it seems to be a perfect for families and friends. You can share links, photos, notes, send messages to eachother, etc.. Thanks for the comments and I am sure your opinions are very helpful to them.

by: Thomas Madrid

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:48:52 +0000

My thoughts on Zurpy:

Short story: Nothing New Here.

Long story: Looks like yet another Web 2.0 Bandwagoner. The name is terrible, and frankly, I’ll be impressed if this sticks with the web populace once it comes out of beta. The links import functionality doesn’t like my firefox bookmarks export file, the profile editing capabilities are limited, even for someone who doesn’t much get into things like myspace, friendster, etc. It’s definitely simple to use and get around, but rather than coming off as utilitarian, it just looks lacking. The web 2.0 apps here don’t really appear too impressive. If all the nifty-neato-ness is in the back end, they missed what web 2.0 is about by a country mile. The font size is a pain in the ass; want to get fancy with a web 2.0 kinda thing? Make typeface formatting a save-able option in your profile. The colors are weak, go bold. Another thing, how do you communicate with the community besides via the links? They have a lot of competition and they’re not doing anything better than anyone else. They need to keep working on it.

by: GetSpot Now

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:33:03 +0000

Zurpy, Share Your Life ?

I saw zurpy on solutionwatch and since its a free give registeration code, i just give it a try ..
what i think about Zurpy after playing with it some time, i would say it might suitable for those lazy bug, or social application beginner because of …

by: deletedsoul

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:22:20 +0000

Looks awesome, thanks for the code! I will mill around a bit and see what I can find!

by: Bri

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:32:32 +0000

As a developer for Zurpy, I can say that we completely agree with all the improvements you suggested and that they are all on our to-do list.

by: Alterion

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:25:53 +0000

hey seems pretty cool. Signed up and looks like the sevrice i was loking for. Same limitationss/benifts as you said really. I genreally like to use png’s. for images so irts a bit of a pian.. maybe i’ll write more on my zurpy oage when i’ve explored