Monday iPhone App Review - Facebook
Aug 11, 2008 iPhone Ap Review
OK, being the Facebook junky I am, I was super stoked to download the Facebook ap for my shiny new iPhone.
Unfortunately, I find I hardly ever use it.
The reason is simple. No really, it’s “simple.” The problem is it is too simple.
Let’s take a look at this baby. Here’s the opening screen:
What do we see? My friend’s most recent status. That’s it. It lacks everything that makes Facebook “facebooky.” It doesn’t show me my friends’ birthdays, what they have changed on their page, or how many notifications I have. And on that front, this is my biggest pet peeve: there is no way to add friends or see who wants to add you as a friend.
Crazy.
When I tap on “Noel” at the bottom, what do I get? More info? No…just my wall.
How about “Friends”? A list of my friends that feels very “iPhone.” Tap on a friend and you get access to their wall, mini-feed, photos, etc. That’s kinda cool. I also like the “iPhone” feel of the photos, you scroll through them the same way you do with the photos on your iPhone. That’s cool.
OK…now I tap on “Inbox.” (I skipped “Chat” because homey don’t play dat.) Arg. Now I’m reminded again that all this give me is messages, but no notifications.
Overall, I like the “feel” of the Facebook ap, but because of a few things I just never find a reason to use it.
Oh and I can take a picture with the little camera icon in the corner. Whatever.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Agreed. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:41 am
Unfortunate, perhaps Facebook will revamp the app in the future. Since you’re a huge iPhone fan, I thought maybe this would interest you
August 13th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Hmm, it seems the link didn’t post. Guess I ought to brush up on my HTML skills.
http://www.flylyf.com/iphone-with-backside-glowing-apple-mod/
August 13th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Facebook exists to make money and they do this mostly through ads. Until they have a way to generate revenue through the iPhone client, they’re going to try and push you to the web page directly as much as possible.