Difference between revisions of "Social Networking Widgets"

Revision as of 10:49, 22 May 2008

Welcome to all widgets that help improve and extend your Second Life experience.

Please add according to category any additional external services you know of that connect with Second Life.

Note: This list is provided for reference only and the following are not officially sponsored or recommended by Second Life.

Popular Places/ Bookmarking Service

Tagging http://www.sloog.org/
- Bookmarking service for tagging a location- can custom name a location
- provides either "most tagged" or "most recent"
- provides teleport
- requires login from SL to post

Social Bookmarking http://www.gridmarker.com/
- uses HUD IW to sign up
- add friends and watch their lists
- plus tagging and RSS
- requires a bit more technical savvy

Popular Places http://www.slpopularplaces.com/index.php?rating=pg
- works via voting kiosk IW
- provides teleport
- requires login to post

Popular Objects IW

SlateIT http://slateit.org/
- need to go IW to get HUD
- no profiles at all, just listings with ratings

Events

Eventful: http://eventful.com/events?l=Second%20Life
- all of the events in Second Life are automatically added to this website
- allows people to "demand it"
- allows for creation of profile with connected actions/ entered info by user

Popular Websites

Top Sites (traffic) http://www.sltopsites.com/
- user name, but no profile
- tags, rating, categories, reviews

Communities

SLProfiles http://www.slprofiles.com/ (open to public)
- Rating system on places
- member profile creation- separate from SL profiles
- SL favorites can be stored via web
- groups, events - separate from SL system, but most connect via SLRUL
- question and answer voting - plus comments

EFaiconica http://www.efaiconica.com (Join by request)

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- by invite only, then free
- includes news, events, classifieds, etc
- rating and comments directly to profile
- friends, groups, blog posts
- rating directly on photos
- offers status (?) and can plugin "slstats" (see image to right)

Meetup for Second Life http://secondlife.meetup.com/
- based on physical location where virtual friends can coordinate to meet up in real life

Content Sharing

Blogging (HUD) http://bloghud.com/
- fancier version of sloog
- no profile information, just can see their favs or their recent
- can cross post text or images to bloghud and/or your own blog/ flickr
- Can add notes to post
- provides teleport
- w/ RSS
- requires login from SL to post
- views, comments (no rating)
- requires password creation from IW

Snapzilla (Postcards) http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/
- no profile information, just can see their favs or their recent
- can post directly to snapzilla or to flickr
- requires login to SL
- provides teleport
- can add notes to post
- rating, views and comments to snapshot

SLbuzz (Postcards) http://snapshots.slbuzz.com/search
- profile information
- recent content (including blog), contacts
- comments to profile directly
- can add notes to post
- no views, can comment to snapshot directly

Second Life Twitter client http://ordinalmalaprop.com/twitter/
- uses an IW HUD or something similar to allow residents to twitter directly from SL
- looks like it requires a little technical savvy

Stats

Stats http://slstats.com/
- can plug into other websites

Search Aids

Product Search Engine http://www.second411.com/
- owners can list their items
- residents can use the HUD or website to search listed items
- provides teleport on click

SL Toolbar http://www.sl-toolbar.eu/sl/english/english.html
- installs directly to IW or Firefox
- provides quick links to SL related websites and allows you to search those specifically
- also provides stats
- provides suggestions for Teleporting
- provides teleport on click

Group Management/ Advertising

Advertising, update groups alternative http://www.subscribeomatic.com/
- Your subscribers are safely stored in a database outside SL, so you can have virtually unlimited number of subscribers, and your customer database is safe from SL disasters like script resets, object deletion, etc
- Message and item history
- RSS feed
- IW driven

SL w/out the 3D part

SLeek http://delta.slinked.net/second-life/sleek/
- software to download
- allows you to perform basic in-world tasks such as chatting, IM, viewing Inventory, viewing Profiles, and more
- PC only
- will compete with SLIM

Movable Life http://www.movablelife.net/login.aspx
- access SL via web browser
- can view inventory and friends list
- allows you to chat, IM, search, teleport, manage friends, groups, etc

DIY Bits

google gadgets: http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open&q=second+life&btnG=Search+Google+Gadgets
- friends online, stats, search or news feed
- at least one of the friends widget you also have to be logged into the sl website
- good for people who have a website where they want to pull in data
- not general public friendly

MAC Dashboard

map: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/secondlifemapwidget.html
- allows your to browse the map by entering sim name or coordinates

status: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/secondlifestatus.html
- friends, SL stats, property stats (including those who visit)
- also provides links out to useful places (L$)

currency: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/calculate_convert/currencyconverter_palplesoftware.html
- seems like a basic currency converter- nothing too social about this one

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 === Popular Places/ Bookmarking Service ===
-* Popular Places http://www.slpopularplaces.com/index.php?rating=pg (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* Tagging http://www.sloog.org/
-** bad website (this whole thing really just sucks)
+** Bookmarking service for tagging a location- can custom name a location
-** link to voting kiosk doesn't quite work
-** empty forum available
-** provides teleport
-** requires login to post
-* Tagging http://www.sloog.org/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
-** Bookmarking service
 ** provides either "most tagged" or "most recent"
-** can click on user and see their tags and locations- no profile info
 ** provides teleport
-** about tagging a location- can custom name a location but no notes
 ** requires login from SL to post
-* Social Bookmarking http://www.gridmarker.com/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* Social Bookmarking http://www.gridmarker.com/
 ** uses HUD IW to sign up
 ** add friends and watch their lists
 ** plus tagging and RSS
 ** requires a bit more technical savvy
+* Popular Places http://www.slpopularplaces.com/index.php?rating=pg
+** works via voting kiosk IW
+** provides teleport
+** requires login to post
 === Popular Articles ===
-* SLIGG (user-voted articles list) http://sligg.com/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* SLIGG (user-voted articles list) http://sligg.com/
-** like digg for SL content, but not all content is SL related
+** like digg for SL content (note: not all content is SL related)
-** lots of spam
 ** can comment to posts
-** would not recommend
 === Popular Objects IW ===
-* SlateIT http://slateit.org/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* SlateIT http://slateit.org/
 ** need to go IW to get HUD
 ** no profiles at all, just listings with ratings
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 ** all of the events in Second Life are automatically added to this website
 ** allows people to "demand it"
-** need to change location to "Second Life"- the UI isn't terribly easy to search from home, but the direct link is better
 ** allows for creation of profile with connected actions/ entered info by user
 === Popular Websites ===
-* Top Sites (traffic) http://www.sltopsites.com/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* Top Sites (traffic) http://www.sltopsites.com/
 ** user name, but no profile
 ** tags, rating, categories, reviews
 === Communities ===
-* PUBLIC http://www.slprofiles.com/ (EGO CENTRIC)
+* SLProfiles http://www.slprofiles.com/ (open to public)
 ** Rating system on places
-** member profiles- separate from SL
+** member profile creation- separate from SL profiles
 ** SL favorites can be stored via web
 ** groups, events - separate from SL system, but most connect via SLRUL
 ** question and answer voting - plus comments
-** actual profile creation
-* PRIVATE http://www.efaiconica.com (EGO AND OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* EFaiconica http://www.efaiconica.com (Join by request)
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 ** by invite only, then free
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 ** friends, groups, blog posts
 ** rating directly on photos
-** offers status: offline (has presence?- not sure if SL or this website)
+** offers status (?) and can plugin "slstats" (see image to right)
-** can plugin "slstats" (see image to right)
-* SL actually has a dedicated URL at meetup: http://secondlife.meetup.com/
+* Meetup for Second Life http://secondlife.meetup.com/
-** typically based on location
+** based on physical location where virtual friends can coordinate to meet up in real life
-** seems like a great way for virtual friends to meet in RL
-** doesn't seem like they are using this to drive IW meetings
 === Content Sharing ===
-* Blogging (HUD) http://bloghud.com/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* Blogging (HUD) http://bloghud.com/
 ** fancier version of sloog
 ** no profile information, just can see their favs or their recent
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 ** requires login from SL to post
 ** views, comments (no rating)
-** requires password creation from IW- so some type of authentication
+** requires password creation from IW
-* Snapzilla (Postcards) http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/ (OBJECT CENTRIC)
+* Snapzilla (Postcards) http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/
 ** no profile information, just can see their favs or their recent
 ** can post directly to snapzilla or to flickr
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 ** rating, views and comments to snapshot
-* SLbuzz (Postcards) http://snapshots.slbuzz.com/search (OBJECT and EGO CENTRIC)
+* SLbuzz (Postcards) http://snapshots.slbuzz.com/search
 ** profile information
 ** recent content (including blog), contacts
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 === Stats ===
 * Stats http://slstats.com/
-** pretty basic stuff
+** can plug into other websites
-** evidently can plug into other websites (see private SN example)
 === Search Aids ===
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 ** owners can list their items
 ** residents can use the HUD or website to search listed items
-** not really a SN
 ** provides teleport on click
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 ** provides quick links to SL related websites and allows you to search those specifically
 ** also provides stats
-** provides suggestions for TP
+** provides suggestions for Teleporting
 ** provides teleport on click
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 * Movable Life http://www.movablelife.net/login.aspx
 ** access SL via web browser
+** can view inventory and friends list
 ** allows you to chat, IM, search, teleport, manage friends, groups, etc
-** attempted to chat, but no one responded- not sure if it works
-** tried to teleport, but not sure if that worked either
-** in concept this is (per my gut feeling) what we need to go for but more flexible
 === DIY Bits ===
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 ** friends, SL stats, property stats (including those who visit)
 ** also provides links out to useful places (L$)
-** could not get friends list to appear- not sure how to enter that
-** evidently can chat to friends from widget once they appear?
 * currency: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/calculate_convert/currencyconverter_palplesoftware.html
 ** seems like a basic currency converter- nothing too social about this one