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Yahoo! Buzz on BlueprintTuesday September 16th 2008 |
Yahoo! Buzz is giving mobile users a new option to find out what’s hot on Yahoo! Buzz while they’re out and about with a new Yahoo! Go widget developed using Blueprint, Yahoo!’s mobile development platform. The widget can be found in the “Yahoo!” or “News & Info” section of the Yahoo! Go Gallery Widget or by searching “Yahoo! Buzz” from within the widget gallery.
The Yahoo! Buzz widget will allow mobile users to see the top buzzed stories in various categories from the last 12 hours. By clicking on the stories, users will then be able to see a summary and image, and from there can click over to the publishers’ site to see the full story.
[…] Buzz on the run: You’re about to walk into a really hot party and realize you have absolutely nothing to talk about. Whip out your mobile phone, fire up Yahoo! Go, and fly your way over to the new Yahoo! Buzz widget. You’ll find the top stories in various categories from the last 12 hours. What’s more, iPhone users can “buzz up” their favorite stories at http://buzz.yahoo.com/iphone. There. Now you’re armed and dangerous with the latest on Obama, McCain, Troopergate, and that giant insurance company you now own part of. More here. […]
Instead of showing only 3 stories per page view to users with capable smart phones (e.g. blackberry curve), you should show 3 stories per category. The NY Times gives me the full article in one request, google news, gives me snippets of articles for each topic. Making the user click for more articles after only seeing 3, makes the app much less usable.