AOL Music just launched an application which allows you to display videos, photos and information about your “favorite artists.” While it’s a pretty well designed flash widget there are some definite downfalls. After adding the application you are prompted to select your top 10 favorite artists (as displayed in the first screen shot below). Well, your top 10 favorite artists within their selection of 100 artists. While not a bad selection, it didn’t include all of my favorite artists.
After selecting your “Top 10 Artists,” you are asked to select a skin for your widget. I found the skins to be slightly tacky except for the Facebook skin. AOL is definitely targeting this application at “the masses” so perhaps it will appeal to whoever belongs to their generic group of people. I think the one downfall of this application is that it is simply a widget and doesn’t encourage interaction from within the application itself. While widgets can be popular on Facebook (as my bush countdown clock illustrates), the most effective applications will be those that encourage active user involvement. This is why applications like Warbook and Fantasy Stock Exchange have been highly successful.
Regardless, for being designed as a widget, the application is built relatively well. I just encourage other developers to stray for simply building widgets but to focus instead on interactive applications. Just a thought! If you want to add your favorite mainstream artists to your profile, go grab the AOL Music: My Favorite Artists application.
Artist Selection Screen
Skin Selection Screen
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Amazing app…….i like it..no no….i love it
Comment by harry — September 19, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
I think AOL is finally getting its act right.
Comment by musicmaniac — September 19, 2007 @ 11:39 pm
This looks awesome!
Comment by facebookFan89 — September 20, 2007 @ 1:43 am
Amazing app…….i like it..no no….i love it
Comment by harry — September 20, 2007 @ 2:21 am
I think AOL is finally getting its act right.
Comment by musicmaniac — September 20, 2007 @ 3:39 am
This looks awesome!
Comment by facebookFan89 — September 20, 2007 @ 5:43 am
Cool widget. Great review too
Comment by Bala — September 20, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
Cool widget. Great review too
Comment by Bala — September 21, 2007 @ 1:37 am
Amazing Application…I like the skins and the application too…..I think this is one of the best music application for facebook.
Comment by Madhusudhan — September 27, 2007 @ 12:58 am
Cooooollllll Appp and well organized ……….neat and clean love the interface and functionalityAmazing…………….
Comment by Shishir — September 27, 2007 @ 1:06 am
cool app.. may we have our fav bollywood artists here?
Comment by Prajakta — September 27, 2007 @ 1:20 am
Cooooollllll Appp and well organized ……….
neat and clean love the interface and functionality
Amazing…………….
Comment by Shishir — September 27, 2007 @ 2:06 am
Amazing Application…I like the skins and the application too…..I think this is one of the best music application for facebook.
Comment by Madhusudhan — September 27, 2007 @ 4:58 am
cool app.. may we have our fav bollywood artists here?
Comment by Prajakta — September 27, 2007 @ 5:20 am
Nick you clearly have no taste, I bey you wear kahkis and tuck your no brand polo shirt into a cheap belt. This is for the kids and for the pop audience and I think it rocks!
Comment by Wim — September 27, 2007 @ 11:05 am
Nick you clearly have no taste, I bey you wear kahkis and tuck your no brand polo shirt into a cheap belt. This is for the kids and for the pop audience and I think it rocks!
Comment by Wim — September 27, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
Thanks Wim,It looks like you have me figured out
Comment by Nick O'Neill — September 28, 2007 @ 6:20 am
Thanks Wim,
It looks like you have me figured out
Comment by Nick O'Neill — September 28, 2007 @ 7:20 am