Launchpad Update: Updated Console Design, Address Book Integration, and AddThis Update
This morning our engineers braved the early morning and frigid East coast temperatures so that they could release an update to Launchpad and AddThis.
Updated Console Design
At Clearspring, in addition to making your widget easy to distribute and track, we want them to be easy to manage. So… today we released a brand new look for our widget console.
Before, the navigation was down the side and we were getting feedback saying that our users wanted more screen real estate to configure our sexy new sharing menu and look at our analytics reports. Now the navigation is across the top, positioned as clickable tabs (see tabs outlined in yellow in the screen shot above).
Also… if you scroll down to the very bottom of the console, we’ve added a really rad small Easter egg. You can change the color theme for the console. You have your choice between blue, black, green, orange, and hot pink. (Thanks Foo!)
Address Book Integration with the Sharing Menu
Often when I’m sharing content, I want to share it to one person in particular instead of Facebook or Twitter as a whole. For a while now, we’ve had e-mail sharing but then you have to remember a person’s e-mail address. That’s a pain. Well with today’s release, we’ve launched integration with your Yahoo Mail or GMail address books. As you can see from the screen shots above, all you have to do is pick your e-mail provider, stick in your e-mail username and password, and it will suck down your contacts. You then decide with whom you want to share each specific widget. It’s super easy.
Something to note… if you have a lot of contacts in your address book, it may take a moment to suck them all down.
AddThis Update
We’ve also done a pretty substantial update to AddThis. Make sure you subscribe to the AddThis blog to stay updated.
Feedback
We’d love to hear your feedback on these features. E-mail me – justin@clearspring.com
