http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/03/firefox-20-scaled-back/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/03/firefox-20-scaled-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 Venture Chronicles Thu, 04 May 2006 13:56:43 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/03/firefox-20-scaled-back/#comment-1831 [...] Wow, first a backlash over at Firefox and now a “user revolt” at YouTube. The interesting thing to consider here is the tension that is brewing between consumer web 2.0 services that are fundamentally rooted in user generated content and “the man” as represented by the post-napster venture community and other traditional industry segments. The fact is that a service like YouTube has to figure out how to make money and they can’t turn to porn like Guba else they become untouchable for venture investors. But in the end the real issue facing these services is probably rooted in the difficulty of controlling a service that relies on user generated content and the fickleness of those communities that create that content. We Say: We agree. User managed and driven content is difficult to control. Try TinyPic for a look at another service, and hopefully YouTube will get its technology and policies in order and not blow this one. They had me at You. However, they also had a lot of problems with user-posted illegal material and no real way to make money, so this also could be good-bye. Or good-by. guba, user generate content, youtube Posted in Uncategorized || [...] [...] Wow, first a backlash over at Firefox and now a “user revolt” at YouTube. The interesting thing to consider here is the tension that is brewing between consumer web 2.0 services that are fundamentally rooted in user generated content and “the man” as represented by the post-napster venture community and other traditional industry segments. The fact is that a service like YouTube has to figure out how to make money and they can’t turn to porn like Guba else they become untouchable for venture investors. But in the end the real issue facing these services is probably rooted in the difficulty of controlling a service that relies on user generated content and the fickleness of those communities that create that content. We Say: We agree. User managed and driven content is difficult to control. Try TinyPic for a look at another service, and hopefully YouTube will get its technology and policies in order and not blow this one. They had me at You. However, they also had a lot of problems with user-posted illegal material and no real way to make money, so this also could be good-bye. Or good-by. guba, user generate content, youtube Posted in Uncategorized || [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/03/firefox-20-scaled-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 wom Wed, 03 May 2006 17:35:45 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/05/03/firefox-20-scaled-back/#comment-1807 I don't mind if they take out places. I've tried it out on Bon Echo alpha 1 and it wasn't gonna be the major feature for me in 2.0 anyway. I'm looking forward to the other great features like in-line spell checking, anti-phishing, improved browsing overall, etc. I don’t mind if they take out places. I’ve tried it out on Bon Echo alpha 1 and it wasn’t gonna be the major feature for me in 2.0 anyway. I’m looking forward to the other great features like in-line spell checking, anti-phishing, improved browsing overall, etc.

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