Official Facebook app or Facebook BETA?

[WINDOW LOVIN]

With this recent Facebook v.5 update I am hearing alot of positive reviews. I currently have FB BETA and happy with it. But I was wondering what WP users think. Which is better and worth having at the moment?

 

[Blacklac]

I think the official has moved beyond the beta App version, hasn't it? Or did the beta update recently? I deleted the beta because of that.

 

[troylytle]

Beta is always ahead. Sometimes it has bugs that the normal doesn't. They get fixed pretty quick though.

 

[Blacklac]

Beta is always ahead. Sometimes it has bugs that the normal doesn't. They get fixed pretty quick though.

What's the beta version up to?

Edit: official 5.2.1.0, beta 5.2.0.6

 

[troylytle]

It's still a different app. Version numbers don't really apply as well.

 

[WINDOW LOVIN]

I still don't get why they decided to make a BETA and an "official un-official" app. Why not just close the half *** FB app and stick with the BETA and make it official?

 

[Blacklac]

It's still a different app. Version numbers don't really apply as well.

what code is different?

 

[jojoe42]

I prefer the Beta app, usually it gets bug fixes faster and I haven't noticed any pressing issues/bugs that aren't also in the stable app......

 

[SagarSadbhaiya]

I do prefer BETA rather than official app.

 

[Paras Trikha]

Cn i gt d link to bth d beta n non beta versn ??? plzz

 

[Blacklac]

http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=93da5d29-daf0-4783-9ed5-a87b33247ec6

 

[iliramove]

On Facebook Beta, I get error of notifications and asks me if I want to send a log. I have since revert to the stable which has no such issues.

I'm sure fb beta will be updated in the days to come. Then, I'll revert back to beta.

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[Brad and Ellen]

With this recent Facebook v.5 update I am hearing alot of positive reviews. I currently have FB BETA and happy with it. But I was wondering what WP users think. Which is better and worth having at the moment?

 

[Brad and Ellen]

With this recent Facebook v.5 update I am hearing alot of positive reviews. I currently have FB BETA and happy with it. But I was wondering what WP users think. Which is better and worth having at the moment?

We never use beta apps for numerous reasons, one being we want to deal with a finished product and another being we don't like being unpaid guinea pigs...but that's just us. I have yet to hear of any real advantage to being a beta tester on anything other than bragging rights .

 

[hopmedic]

I still don't get why they decided to make a BETA and an "official un-official" app. Why not just close the half *** FB app and stick with the BETA and make it official?

Because with beta software there are often bugs that haven't yet been worked out. Those of us who are using the beta are actually testing for facebook, and when they get the reported errors, they fix them, and put the fixes into the non-beta app. We get to use features ahead of the curve at the price of the risk of errors. For people who are willing to deal with an error now and then, this is a good deal. Some people never want to deal with an error, so they shouldn't use beta software.

 

[hopmedic]

Cn i gt d link to bth d beta n non beta versn ??? plzz

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[WINDOW LOVIN]

Because with beta software there are often bugs that haven't yet been worked out. Those of us who are using the beta are actually testing for facebook, and when they get the reported errors, they fix them, and put the fixes into the non-beta app. We get to use features ahead of the curve at the price of the risk of errors. For people who are willing to deal with an error now and then, this is a good deal. Some people never want to deal with an error, so they shouldn't use beta software.

Do you think in the long run they will discontinue with the BETA and just stay with the "official" FB app?

 

[xandros9]

Do you think in the long run they will discontinue with the BETA and just stay with the "official" FB app?

potentially, but I doubt it as long as theyre actively developing

 

[hopmedic]

Do you think in the long run they will discontinue with the BETA and just stay with the "official" FB app?

Anything is possible, but as Xandros said, I think that as long as they're actively developing (and how long has it been since facebook changed something? What time is it?), they'll probably keep the beta up.

 

[Paras Trikha]

I updated my cover pic on fb but the facebook beta live tile is not updating the cover photo on the tile... What should i do???