Yammer has a new desktop client.
I like that you can pop out threads into new, separate windows. Handy for keeping track of a particular conversation. Best of the new features.
The new client feels snappier because your own updates are posted immediately in the client. The sluggishness of the old client had me looking at Present.ly.
I don’t like that scrolling updates moves the input form too. Very bad usability.
They got rid of the multiple skins. That’s unfortunate because I like a darker color scheme and this new version is very bright. But it’s not a big deal.
While we’re talking about Yammer, I’ll throw out some feature requests for the desktop and iPhone clients.
Desktop client:
- Presence indicator. Like green for active (typed or moved mouse in last 60 seconds), yellow for semi-active (Yammer client open but no keyboard/mouse activity in a while), and gray for not online.
- Setting to resize text globally (smaller, larger).
iPhone client:
- Landscape mode for easy input.
- Search.
- View threads.
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