Feb 5th 2007
Get a Useless Account. Sign in open!
Web 2.0

Are you a Web 2.0 freak with dozens of accounts in every conceivable start-up that has shiny buttons and badges? Then this is the right place for you! A website where you can register and edit your account as many times as you want! Nothing else.
But is this a true web 2.0 application? Let’s analyze it.
- It’s a web application: OK
- It’s free: OK
- Keep it simple, make it work: OK
- Uses Technorati green or Digg blue: not so OK
- Uses Badges: OK
- Large fonts: OK
- Lucida Grande Font on Mac: OK
- Uses AJAX for form parsing: not OK
- One man project: OK (Jim Whimpey)
- It has a Pro account: will in the future
- Rounded corners: not OK (not so important anymore!)
- Horizontal Navigation: OK
- One column layout: OK
- Sparse content on homepage: OK
- San Francisco based: not OK but Brisbane, Australia is also good
Overall rating: Defenitely Web 2.0
To date: 3.292 accounts (and accounting)
Via Useless Account:
- A Useless Account allows you unlimited account editing! You’re bound to use it at least once!
- You’re addicted to signing up to account-requiring websites the moment they’re released just so no one else takes your usual username.
- Get the hot blooded rush of waiting to see if submitting your email address lands you offers of $uper D!$c0unt Ci@li$ (it won’t)
- Upgrade your account creating ability to +20.
- Impress your friends with your ability to tab through form fields and arrow through saved field values!
M’encanta!!! Ja tinc el meu nom reservat!