Comments on: Facebook's Redesign Taking a Toll on Some Apps

By: BacarliW

BacarliW — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:34:33 +0000

I actually use facebook and outlook for emailing. Outlook is better because of Outlook Track-It. It’s an addon (free download on the site) that lets you follow up to emails, with reminders.

By: El valor de ser “opción recomendada” « powerx7

El valor de ser “opción recomendada” « powerx7 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:04:17 +0000

[...] los desarrolladores se quejan porque desde el rediseño de Facebook para parecerse a Twitter el uso de sus aplicaciones cayó un 25% en AllFacebook se muestra que hay una nueva funcion en la red social y que es, básicamente, darle [...]

By: Zucksucks

Zucksucks — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:38:37 +0000

“Most Facebook app developers I’ve spoken to over the past few weeks firmly believe the platform is no longer a priority for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based social network, that Facebook wants to focus all of its energies on Facebook Connect instead.”

Correct! The proof is that Dave Morin is now heading up FB Connect instead of Platform. They used developers to gain traffic, then dropped them like they were chumps.

With so many APIs out there, it’s hard to keep leapfrogging what’s hot. MySpace > Facebook > Twitter > iPhone > Android > ???

By: El valor de ser “opción recomendada” | Denken Über

El valor de ser “opción recomendada” | Denken Über — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:10:48 +0000

By: free online virtual worlds

free online virtual worlds — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:37:30 +0000

I’m happy with the new layout. It keeps irrelevant and irritating apps out of my sight. :) Anyway apps popularity will die down eventually anyway once the users get bored of it. Esp when most apps are really nonsense.

By: Jason Harris

Jason Harris — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:42:32 +0000

The vast majority of applications are terrible. They’re the worst part of Facebook, and I’ll be glad to be rid of them. I do agree with the new Quiz applications though…they seem to spam your status feeds and you have to block every quiz individually. Blah.

By: Daniel Spisak

Daniel Spisak — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:15:56 +0000

I still see zero value proposition for easily 99.9% of applications on Facebook. All they do is clutter the newsfeeds and hose up the UI and generate endless emails that interrupt you. Show me 10 applications on Facebook that give the user value for their time.

I can still remember when Facebook used to integrate with university class rosters directly making it easy to get to know people in your classes on campus. Then one month FB killed their version to allow 3rd party apps to do the same thing and all it did was fracture those communities and deliver a poorer experience to the users.

Anyways, enough of my ranting for now.

By: Michael Steinbaugh

Michael Steinbaugh — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:43:09 +0000

Additionally, the redesign has allowed some spammy apps to proliferate. Specifically, “what type of” quizzes have taken over my newsfeed, and there is no way to globally block them. You have to block each quiz individually since it is considered a unique app. In my opinion, until Facebook gets this under control, they have really botched the redesign.

By: SECRET DIARY

SECRET DIARY — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:32:49 +0000

Within 18mths, major socialnetworks will have Twitter-like feature, including live video sreaming from smartphones.