One of the key take-aways when I try a new #social or #location app is the login step. Seamless, simple and least clicks would be my top 3. I was introduced to Mojostreet as I was listening to Asif Khan and Rob Woodbridge’s location-based marketing podcast. Considering the number of apps I’ve tried – foursquare, gowalla, banjo, yelp, echoer – I expected a smooth authentification experience, i.e. single sign-on with Facebook or Twitter, since today 50% of sites/apps offer Facebook SSO for new users. (see Determining a single-sign on solution for your website). I chose Twitter. At this point, I’m on my mac. Then after registering, I switched to my iphone app and there, I could only get to chose Facebook and so I did. First question: why are there not the same ID layers on both mobile and web?
Yet still, I didn’t foresee any issue since my login info for both Twitter and Facebook is the same, right? Wrong. I got an error message saying that another person with the same name has subscribed already. Yes, that same person is me! Argh, pain point. I realize that Mojostreet is in beta mode (or is it?), but isn’t the no.1 priority for location-based apps to attract as many users as possible? And to think that 350$M funding came of this.
When e-commerce was at its infancy stage, I remember hearing frequently how crucial it was for e-stores to offer a coherent experience across touch points (web, point-of-sale, mobile). I would think that this rule of thumb should apply even more so to applications even if they are cloud-based. #justsayin.
Le facteur décisif dans le choix d’une #application sociale ou de #géolocalisation est l’authentification. Sans couture, simple et le moins de clic possible sont mes trois critères. J’ai été introduite à Mojostreet alors que j’écoutais le podcast d’Asif Khan et Rob Woodbridge’s sur les tendances en géo-localisation. Vu le nombre d’appli que j’ai essayé - foursquare, gowalla, banjo, yelp, echoer etc..-, je m’attendai à la méthode rapide, e.i. en passant par Facebook ou Twitter comme c’est le cas pour 50% des sites et applications. J’opte pour l’authentification via Twitter. A ce stade-ci, je suis sur mon mac. Puis, une fois enregistrée sur Mojostreet, je passe à mon mobile (iPhone) et là, j’eus un seul choix – Facebook -, ce qui me fait poser une première question: pourquoi ne pas avoir offert les mêmes plateformes d’authentification sur mobile?
Même là, pas de problème puisque mon login est le même pour les deux plateformes. Et vous devinez la suite: un message d’erreur qui dit qu’une autre personne du même nom s’est déjà inscrite au service. Ben oui, Mojo, cette autre personne c’est moi. Je réalise que Mojostreet est en mode béta mais j’imagine que leur priorité à ce stade critique est d’attirer une pléthore d’utilisateurs pour justifier le financement de 350$M, non?
Aux débuts du Web, on entendait sans cesse qu’un commerçant se lançant dans le e-commerce se devait d’offrir la même expérience sur tous ses canaux, que le client s’attend à recevoir un service de qualité à tous les points de contact – web, mobile, magasin. Il me semble que cette règle s’appliquerait tout aussi bien aux applications même si elles sont 100% dans les nuages. Qu’en pensez-vous?
HI Dianay
Thanks for pointing it out. I agree with the twitter not being available on the mobile app. We will try to add it to the mobile app too. As for your twitter and FB credentials being same,it does not matter. As they are two different services, we cannot in anyway assume your accounts with same credentials to be same.
thanks again
Kalyan
founder
Thanks for responding. My FB and Twitter credentials being the same is the issue. Now I cannot use the mobile version because it says that someone else has signed in with same credentials (me). The other solution would be to change my email login on Facebook to distinguish both identities and only then could I sign in seamlessly on the mobile version. But I will not. I chose to have the same email login on both FB and tw and I’m hoping that you will find a solution for that common use case (I’m sure there are many of us with this behaviour). Best, Di
Sure thing Diana. The quickest solution would be to introduce Twitter login on mobile too. We will work on that.
Always here to help:)