EZ App Builder Lets You Create Your Own Apps
Posted by Jonathan Kleiman on December 24th, 2007 3:09 PMAre you sick and tired of there being too many useless Facebook applications? Wish there were way too many? Well the EZ App Builder is here to grant that wish. The app exists to allow users to create their own applications in minutes with very little trouble, but ultimately it fails in its limitations.
Out of a lack of creativity I created an app that let’s you tell your friends you miss them to let you see what an app you can create looks like. While the instructions given to create your app are surprisingly clear, the EZ App Builder only lets you make one sort of app: the useless kind.
You’re limited to creating an application where users can do a thing to one another, such as tell someone they miss them, or some sort of poke, or the like. It does, however, allow you to easily take advantage of many of the viral tools Facebook offers.
The application that you create is adorned by 4 ads, one of which is your own: the rest belong to the parent application. One of the ads is incredibly poorly placed, right in the center, and reminds the user that the application was made by the EZ App Builder.
It’s definitely neat for a relative layperson to be able to make a custom application with ease. Given the limitations on substance, however, I will be very surprised if any of these simple applications gain any popularity in the long run. It’s relatively new, and they claim that new features will be rolled out shortly, so I think that the EZ App Builder is worth keeping an eye on.
-Jonathan Kleiman is the founder of Probook, Canada’s self-professed quintessential professional network, and CEO of CSSAGLOBAL, an offshore web and software development company based primarily in India and Canada.
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December 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Sorry about the lack of a pic. It's not the prettiest app…
December 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Sorry about the lack of a pic. It’s not the prettiest app…
December 24th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
A few small corrections.<br>The app is called EZ App Builder, not EZ App Creator<br><br>Also, in response to this article, they have taken down the big EZ App Builder ad in the middle, which makes it look much better.<br><br>Also, they have explained that in the end, 50% of the ads will be your own.<br><br>Lastly, new features like quizzes etc will be added shortly.
December 24th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
A few small corrections.
The app is called EZ App Builder, not EZ App Creator
Also, in response to this article, they have taken down the big EZ App Builder ad in the middle, which makes it look much better.
Also, they have explained that in the end, 50% of the ads will be your own.
Lastly, new features like quizzes etc will be added shortly.
January 15th, 2008 at 10:56 am
The idea here is a good one… providing tools so creative people can build software applications regardless of their programming prowess. <br><br>There is a balance, however. Provide enough power so more compelling (and breadth of) applications can be built and simple enough so anyone can do it. We're getting closer and closer to this balance at Sharendipity. Come check out the apps that our alpha users have made thus far…<br><br><a href="http://apps.facebook.com/sharendipity">http://apps.facebook.com/sharendipity</a>
January 15th, 2008 at 11:56 am
The idea here is a good one… providing tools so creative people can build software applications regardless of their programming prowess.
There is a balance, however. Provide enough power so more compelling (and breadth of) applications can be built and simple enough so anyone can do it. We’re getting closer and closer to this balance at Sharendipity. Come check out the apps that our alpha users have made thus far…
http://apps.facebook.com/sharendipity
April 7th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
It is simple to create Applications with this system. I have done so with a lot of success. I think this system will be expanding in the near future. There is a ton of potential.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
It is simple to create Applications with this system. I have done so with a lot of success. I think this system will be expanding in the near future. There is a ton of potential.