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"Ning, the service that allows you to develop your own social web applications, rolled out a redesigned site and some new features over the weekend.  The biggest change is the newly-launched \"Ningbar\".  This is a Blogger-style toolbar along the top of the page that aims to be less intrusive than the previous implementation (a large sidebar down the right-hand side of the page).  The Ningbar expands when you click it, showing popular sites on Ning, popular people and popular tags (see screenshots below).  They've also streamlined app creation by adding a \"Get Your Own\" button.  \nThe new social features include new ways to make friends - you can see all the users of a particular app and add them to your friends list.  There's also a new Message Center - you can send messages to anyone on the site, manage your messages and block users you don't want to receive mail from.  Finally, they've added App Search - a new search box at the top of every app. \nNing has received some criticism in the past for being too difficult for mainstream users - there are definite signs that the problem is being addressed.\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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