MySpace Notifier Unnecessary?
MySpace Notifier, which has yet to launch, is a desktop application that allows MySpace users to stay updated without visiting the site repeatedly. The Windows application checks your account every 3 minutes and delivers sound alerts, system tray alerts and can be set up to handle multiple accounts. The application resides in your system tray and alerts you when new messages, new friend requests, new profile comments, new comments on your pictures, new blog comments, new video comments, event invitations and friend’s birthdays come in.
It’s an effortless idea, and we’ll pardon the few missing parts like the incomplete FAQs and message boards (technically, it’s still pre-launch). The question is: would MySpace users download such an application amidst constant warnings about spywares, adwares and other nasties, not to mention the occasional MySpace hacking? I reckon they would, provided the developer could find a good distribution channel that puts the application in front of lots of users (MySpace layouts sites?).
The next question is harder to answer: How would such an application make money? And another slight problem for MySpace Notifier: MySpace IM already sends alerts for requests, messages and comments.
