The Forgotten Delicious

A must read: The Forgotten Delicious: “There’s been a lot of talk about the so-called “Delicious Generation.” The essence of the criticism boils down to two main issues: First, some believe that these applications are not only pretty for the sake of pretty, but they also sacrifice functionality in the pursuit of form. Second, the developers of many of these Delicious apps seem to follow a fairly consistent pattern of huge amounts of pre-release hype, 1.0 release with lots of fanfare (and sales), followed by not a whole lot else.”