Social networking site by Google, Orkut has revamped its core functioning which is more user centric. "Until now, social networks treated people from different groups like they were all the same: they were all "friends"," said the official blog. The change is basically in how Orkut will function now. It will help you interact with different groups according to your requirements, which was not a feature earlier. "We will change the core function of orkut so we can share and interact with different groups of friends on the Internet just like we do in real life," the blog added. The Changes
1). Scraps to multiple people:
Copy and pasting same scrap to many contacts is a task. So now you can send scraps to your friends straight from your Orkut homepage. You can send them to all, or few selected ones. There's a clean drop-down menu for that.
2). Privacy in groups:
You can set your privacy level for any message sent. You want a private or a group chat, Orkut gives you all the options. You can send a private scrap to a group of four people and only those can see it and reply to it. All conversation between you four friends will be a private group conversation. If you willing, you can send a public scrap to make it visible to all. Completely your choice.
3). Group of friends:
In the new redesign, all your groups appear on the homepage itself. No more extra clicks. All groups appear in a bar on top of the page. "When you click a group (for example, "college friends"), you'll see updates, photos, videos and activities only from people who are part of that group," the blog explains. Similarly, any message or scrap written in the text field, it will automatically select the members of the group as its default recipient and the message/scrap will be marked as private. And, of course, you can change that privacy setting before sending the message. The groups members will not get to know the name of the group. Complete privacy even in groups.
4). Groups formed automagically!:
Orkut will help your create groups on the basis of your interactions. "orkut automatically suggests some groups of friends for you, and these suggested groups will be ready for you to use. Also, you can add your personal touch to your groups at anytime and make them any way you want," said the blog. Changes which puts you in charge of your own privacy and groups. Easy to use, fewer clicks but it will take some time to get adjusted to it. The page definitely looks neat but a lot of big chunks and big boxes every where. Thumbnail sizes is pretty decent, you can easily figure out the image. A picture-heavy pagethumbnails and some more thumbnails with some bars thrown in. Best part, you can still go back to the old version. The overhauling of the website is surely big on Orkut's agenda at the moment. Lets wait, what else it has in store for us. Facebook has really changed the game, and according to a research report by comScore, a research firm, Facebook has already surpassed Orkut in India with 20.9 million users for July.myspace comments It won't be long enough, this happens in other parts of the world. Orkut better catch up fast! If you are an orkut user, drop in a line about the new featuredid you like it or no? or sms wishes to
