Things that should be added to Streamy

Cool. Top of the list for me would be ping.fm, wordpress (private install versions) and ability to reply to direct twitter messages.

* facebook chat
* delicious/stumbleupon or other bookmarking service integrationg or public access for saved/shared stories
* SSL support

I agree with Jay Purcell here. What drew my to Streamy was the vision of having a one stop dashboard and hub for all my social networks. Just a single tab in the browser, very convenient.

Bare minimum then (for the one tab criteria to apply) would be, in order of importance: Facebook, Twitter, Gmail (multiple accounts), MSN.

But the most important, hands down, without doubt, feature is the social part. Without it, the social networks are... uh, you get the point. What I mean by that is the comments, the "like"s, sharing/sending links/photos/videos/blogposts to one another.

Facebook
I currently have some problem with that. Facebook seems slow to update. I cant see my friends comments on posted items. And if I would, the items doesnt reach me until a few hours after being posted. By then, the conversation has already sparked, got interesting, and finally died out. One hour later, Streamy kindly tells me what I just missed. >.<

Seems obvious for it to be included, if Streamy is aimed to be something social. Im looking for that sortof "pingbacks and responses" list, the facebook.com/notifications.php.

The two above paragraphs renders the Facebook implementation sub-par for my use. I still cant close my Facebook tab. I currently only have Streamy open because its cool.

Twitter
Currently works well enough, I get my contacts tweets within ten minutes of them being posted (usually). I would like it faster but its acceptable. Having a a "Mentions" widget was a great idea! Ive closed my Twitter tab as a test, from the looks of it, Streamy is ready to replace it in that regard.

MSN
I added MSN messenger and got my contact groups and my online friends. "Cool, seems to work" I thought.

Sent a message to my brother. He responded, but his response was shown in a new, separate, chat window. I could type to him in both windows, he received both just fine. I realized that in one window, his display name was in all lowercase letters and in the other the first letter was capitalized. I dont know if he changed his display name just after I sent my initial message. Still, this would mean that Streamy groups conversation based on the display name rather than contact email address, which might not be the best idea.

Then I encountered a problem that made me stop using MSN on Streamy. I was waiting for a contact to login. Hes usually online at this time. Then I realized that my online contacts list hadnt changed in a minute. I logged in using my regular desktop client and there he was. I dont know whats caused this but until Ive done some more testing, MSN on Streamy is confined to times where I dont rely upon it for communication.

Conclusion
So, in conclusion, I should really stop drinking coffee this late. Otherwise I end up writing a 500+ words of feedback for some random service Ive just found. If you dont die of old age before finishing reading this, I hope it was useful to at least someone in the team. Haha! XD