Did MS take Facebook integration far enough?
I have been playing around with the facebook integration on this OS, and while the facebook integration is nice I am failing to see any situation where opening up the facebook app is not superior. Going into the people hub, you get to see your wall. That's nice, but is that really it? What about notifications? Let me give you an example of how using the phone is more cumbersome than the app:
WP7 navigation:
1. Someone comments on your photo, you get a text message on your phone
2. Clicking the link in the text message launches the website in IE rather than taking you to the picture on your phone.
3. There is no notifications page in the People hub which will direct link to the photo and the comment. If I want to see the comment in the pictures hub, there is no easy way to get to it there either.
4. You have to manually find the photo. I see no workaround for this. Am I just missing something obvious?
facebook app navigation:
1. Someone comments on your photo, you get a text message on your phone
2. Open facebook app
3. Swipe to notifications, find the comment notification and it takes you right to the photo
The same applies to direct messages in facebook...a direct message in facebook does not come over to the phone itself for you to reply. You have to reply over the web or in the facebook app. Why even bother with the WP7 integration which is limited when you can just launch the facebook app and handle every situation there? Is it really just for a quick check to see your wall or post a quick status?
I have been playing around with the facebook integration on this OS, and while the facebook integration is nice I am failing to see any situation where opening up the facebook app is not superior. Going into the people hub, you get to see your wall. That's nice, but is that really it? What about notifications? Let me give you an example of how using the phone is more cumbersome than the app:
WP7 navigation:
1. Someone comments on your photo, you get a text message on your phone
2. Clicking the link in the text message launches the website in IE rather than taking you to the picture on your phone.
3. There is no notifications page in the People hub which will direct link to the photo and the comment. If I want to see the comment in the pictures hub, there is no easy way to get to it there either.
4. You have to manually find the photo. I see no workaround for this. Am I just missing something obvious?
facebook app navigation:
1. Someone comments on your photo, you get a text message on your phone
2. Open facebook app
3. Swipe to notifications, find the comment notification and it takes you right to the photo
The same applies to direct messages in facebook...a direct message in facebook does not come over to the phone itself for you to reply. You have to reply over the web or in the facebook app. Why even bother with the WP7 integration which is limited when you can just launch the facebook app and handle every situation there? Is it really just for a quick check to see your wall or post a quick status?
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