I'll believe it when I see it
This. The Facebook app has honestly never been good, no matter how many updates they put out.
Faster would be nice, sure - but I'd rather have bug fixes. The most annoying one is when all my friends' profile picture thumbnails get mixed around so my news feed looks like:
[Picture of Mary] Steve
[Picture of John] Annie
[Picture of Jessie] Marc
But, but, but, Steve Jobs said HTML 5 was the panacea, this story can't be true.
I really hate apps that are basically just a container for a web page just to make cross-platform porting easy.
If I were an app developer, I'd sacrifice easy portability for my app running smooth on every platform. If that means hiring someone else to do the Android version, so be it.
It should be built for the platform, with the platform's native language, not as a mobile website.
And I really hope they add the "Share" button. It's been missing since v1.
It's too late. With Facebook integration in iOS 6, there is no need for a lousy, stinking, disgusting, revolting, repulsive, sickening, nauseating, stomach-churning, unpalatable, distasteful, foul, nasty, yucky, icky, gross Facebook app.
Welcome to the 21st century, facebook.
You are aware that the Facebook integration in iOS 6 requires that the Facebook app be installed right? It's just like the Twitter integration in iOS 5.
About damn time.
But, but, but, Steve Jobs said HTML 5 was the panacea, this story can't be true.
My first iPad was an iPad 3. Since I'm kind of new to what it means for an app to be integrated (Twitter), what does it mean for FB to be integrated come iOS6? Does it allow the app to run smoother, etc.? This is cool news though because I typically use Safari for FB rather than their app, haha.
Hmm, not so sure that moving away from a platform that is open and easily (and quickly) portable to other ecosystems is moving *into* the 21st century! In an ideal world, HTML5 should work as fast as native apps, and all this does is highlight the shortcomings of the rendering engine used. Don't blame Facebook for this failure - this one lies at Apple's door.
Other HTML5 apps don't have these issues, just because you give a tool to someone doesn't mean they know how to use it.
Woopsie daisy. I wasn't aware as I'm not a Facebook/twitter user and I don't even use iOS 5.
Does this mean Apples way of handling HTML5 has problems?