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Cruxy, the site for digital media creators to promote their media, has launched their Facebook application. I have to be honest, I’m extremely surprised that it took them this long to launch. Cruxy was one of the applications that was discussed back at the first Facebook Developers Meetup in New York. At that point they were speaking with authority about the quirks of the Facebook platform and stated their intention to launch within a short period. Two months later, they have launched.
The Cruxy application is relatively simple. I don’t have a Cruxy account so I didn’t experience the full force of the Cruxy application. It allows you to add your own media to your profile. If you don’t have an account, the application simply displays some of the recent users to upload media to Cruxy. While I think adding media to your profile is an extremely valuable feature, Facebook already offers a number of features to allow you to do that. Ultimately, Cruxy seems like a competitor of the Kyte.tv application or other similar media based applications. Cruxy offers a simple method for uploading your custom media. The one thing I would suggest is allow users to easily register from within the application in order to upload files. If you want to upload your custom media, go grab the Cruxy application.
Appreciate the mention… as for our delay, lets just rack it up to a “series of unfortunate events”. We’ve had code running in alpha since the event way back when, but other priorities and projects came up.
In terms of the application being very simple, we agree.
However, the real difference between Cruxy and other “share your media” tools is that Cruxy.com is a marketplace, where we provide tools for buying, selling, promoting, and analyzing your visitor traffic. For the aspiring creative talent who is our core userbase, this is a real differentiator from a Kyte.tv or Facebook Video.
Overall, we do agree that we need to take the Facebook application’s functionality up a notch to really make an impact on the average Facebook user. We are also proud of the seamless feed events moving from Cruxy to Facebook, the ability for our player to resize itself within your profile, and the one-click “add this player to your profile” capability which we have implemented today.
Appreciate the mention… as for our delay, lets just rack it up to a “series of unfortunate events”. We’ve had code running in alpha since the event way back when, but other priorities and projects came up.
In terms of the application being very simple, we agree.
However, the real difference between Cruxy and other “share your media” tools is that Cruxy.com is a marketplace, where we provide tools for buying, selling, promoting, and analyzing your visitor traffic. For the aspiring creative talent who is our core userbase, this is a real differentiator from a Kyte.tv or Facebook Video.
Overall, we do agree that we need to take the Facebook application’s functionality up a notch to really make an impact on the average Facebook user. We are also proud of the seamless feed events moving from Cruxy to Facebook, the ability for our player to resize itself within your profile, and the one-click “add this player to your profile” capability which we have implemented today.