Let's chat about how COOL Or NOT the latest update for the FACE BOOK app is..

I never had FB on my devices with all the bad hype, so I downloaded it a couple days ago. Not really sure why anyone uses it. FB through a browser gives me the same experience as a PC and I know where everything is and works just fine. I disabled a page on my PC so I don't see it's posts, but they still show up on the FB app. I see no other problems with the app other than taking up memory and probably draining my battery faster.

 

I tried it again (after not using it for a loooooong lot of years, ok, maybe 1) and it is better than it was but still not worth using imo.

I set it to show 'most recent' in my feed. Recent is not random stuff I posted last month, followed by an hour old post followed by a day old post followed by a 15 minute old post. Setting it to 'top stories' made no difference...and no, what it was showing was not really 'top stories', just muddled crap.

If I hide a story then I don't want to see it, so don't put it on the app. Doesn't show on mobile.

It really isn't any faster than the mobile site on Chrome, except maybe loading photos.

I had no alerts/notifications set. Refresh rate set to never. HUGE amounts of RAM used when I wasn't using FB. Why? It's not set to do anything!

Unistalled. Again. For good.

 

Still won't update my status after posting it.

 

I'm really indifferent about it. I already had notifications working because of a work around, so I don't even know if that is fixed or not now. It is fast and smoother, but there are still big problems.

-Can't edit or delete posts
-Can't download a picture from the wall (works on iOS)
-SPAM, Facebook calls it sponsored links (present in browser also). No way to hide it so it doesn't appear again like you can on the browser.

 

The new app works (at least I have not had any problems with it) the old app only had one real use..... taking up valuable space on my devices, since it would only do what it was supposed to on rare occassions.

 

I don't really see much of a difference between the new app and the old one tbh, I hadn't even noticed it had updated .

 

Don't know why it matters, FB online is much better in my opinion

 

The mobile webpage + a gmail label for notifications by email = No resource hog, instant notifications with their own ringtone, and a perfect mobile facebook experience.

 

Facebook on my SII is a disappointment, I hate it so much I really only do my Facebook updating on my PC.

Also, why can't it come up with you page, instead of your feed? Dumb, or I am.

 

Touch the button with the 3 lines on it in the top left corner of the feed, then touch your name = your page :thumb:

 

I didn't see the app as being rubbish before, I never saw what the issues were actually.

It did what I needed it to, I could share photos, update statuses, like/comment on other photos/statuses. I can do all that on the new one and I don't notice the UI being vastly different.

 

Before I post a general reply, I'll deal with this point first. To delete a post you've made:

1. Go to your own wall.
2. Go to the message you want to delete.
3. At the top right hand corner of the message, there is a little Android menu icon (the three dots).
4. Click this and then select the delete option.

There is no option to edit posts.

 

Now for my general reply. Facebook has finally gone native (instead of the old HTML5 hybrid) and it's great:

- It's faster than before
- It's far more data efficient (Facebook is no longer the biggest data guzzler on my S3).

The increased data efficiency is great for me. I have a limited (250MB) plan and have no problems keeping within that (and that's while using the phone constantly on my commute) but I also roam a lot, where every megabyte counts. On a recent trip to Africa, I was paying

 

I actually really like the Fb update. The app is fast...luv the new way it brings up an entirely separate window when I do a comment, so I never lose my spot in the newsfeed. Sharing is super easy to several other apps as well as to my wall.
I'm pleased with the app, and I think they finally got a lot right.

 

I'm enjoying the new update, and since the app was practically rewritten (they got rid of HTML5) it's now a lot faster (no more lag!). Really it feels and looks like a totally different app.

The one thing they left out was the ability to leave your location in your posts. Not sure why that was overlooked.

The ads in the app are annoying. On my PC I have the MVPS host file which blocks every one of the ads, and the AdAway app uses that exact same host file, so not sure why I see ads in the FB app.

 

The last update is really p***ing me off. Every time I open the app now there is a pop up that wants access my contact list so I can find more friends. Every time I select "not now" and then every time I open the app again it pops up again

 

I'm with you! This is completely annoying. I am not a hyper facebooker, but this will slowly cause me to only check on the desktop.

Interesting how this happens and the only options are "not now" and to "find friends". Facebooks probable strategy: exhaust the user into doing "find friends" to stop this annoyance. (I checked settings and there is no setting that could get rid of this that I see)

 

I checked the settings also. Facebook just keeps pushing me closer and closer to saying "forget everyone that won't upgrade" and just using Google+ exclusively. I rarely ever use a PC, and I definitely don't care enough about Facebook to use one just for that.

 

The nagging to find friends drove me nuts add to that that sorting by newest puts Thursday ahead of today. Uninstalled updates, disabled it and back to using chrome.