SoullessOnyx
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YES!!!! To bad I can not download the Beta app in England.
Anyone know when this app will be released?
Anyone know when this app will be released?
Some facts (some may find them to be opinions but they're really not):
1. Humans recognise icons, symbols and images more than text
2. Humans respond much better to colour as an identity marker
3. Metro wastes a LOT of space (in the People apps of other platforms, you can see about 10 people without scrolling, in the WP app, you see.......2)
4. Metro is very radical and does not lend itself to the navigation paradigms of every single app, product or service
5. UI design on most other platforms is more or less standardised whereas re-doing everything for Metro/WP takes longer
6. MS knows and has indeed accounted for a lot of this in their guidelines, they are OK with things not being all large text and pivot/panorama based
7. First class FB experience is more important that conforming with Metro UI. In a nutshell, FB>Metro design
Also, the hubs promise has more or less broken down. There are very few things in the People hub that competing platforms haven't caught up with and the Messaging hub is a pale shadow of the BB Hub.
The fundamental and specific issue here is that the FB app done in Metro was not only lacking in functionality but felt alien (to FB users perspective not WP/Metro users).
There are certain apps and services which I would call Super Apps/Services or Platform Apps/Services. The OS exists to enable them and to cater to them, NOT the other way around. As much as some might hate social networking, sharing, FB etc It is a critical and possibly the most important part of the mobile smartphone experience.
Such apps (FB, Whatsapp) and their needs always take precedence over the OS. Their UI consistency *between* apps on different platforms is far more important that UI consistency with Metro. This is WPCentral, everyone here is a WP enthusiast and would look at this from a WP perspective. But essentially, what it boils down to is WP and Metro as an OS and device exist to enable us to get to Facebook/Instagram/Angry Birds/Whatsapp/Email etc. These Super apps can/should do whatever is in their best interests.
When you look at it from a App/Service>OS in terms of importance perspective. It all makes sense.
Now 100s of millions of FB users are going to open the WP FB app and take to it like duck to a water. Earlier, they would be disgusted with the "metro" app.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for WP
not by writing "@amy..." you can only tag so that it says "with amy" at the endCan u tag people in comments now? This needs to be on 7.5 as well
FB's background task is ONLY related to the lockscreen images since FB has proper push notification servers that don't require background tasks to work. You will see this if you enable the FB lockscreen and then check the background task for FB.I saw this app was blocked in the background tasks. I uninstalled and reboot the phone, reinstalled and I got toast notification just now. For me resharng and tagging is spotty, but other than that it works great and faster. I wonder if it was being blocked slowed it down?
I saw this app was blocked in the background tasks. I uninstalled and reboot the phone, reinstalled and I got toast notification just now. For me resharng and tagging is spotty, but other than that it works great and faster. I wonder if it was being blocked slowed it down?
for what kind of notification? tags/likes or messages?
so only in the statuses? Or u mean u can say with that person in the comments now?not by writing "@amy..." you can only tag so that it says "with amy" at the end
They shouldn't bring back the banner image or break any of the FB's internal UI conventions.
Cross quoting myself from another thread:
No one will switch TO WP just because it has a better banner image
People WILL switch AWAY from WP if some of their core apps do not have the requisite functionality or are non-intuitive