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Facebook Abandoning HTML5 to Speed Up iOS App
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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
On another note, why hasn't Facebook updated the iPad app to support Timeline yet? It's been about 6 months now!
Mine used to do that, but since a recent update this no longer happens. Are you running the most recent version?
My one pet hate is the adverts we now get in thr feed! I seem to have more adverts then actual updates.
This is great news and something that has been log overdue. I'm not really sure why Apple even allowed it in since it didn't offer much more functionality over the mobile website to begin with... and what functionality it did have was buggy and broken a majority of the time.
I agree completely but... your executive may force your hand into it, which is probably what happened with Facebook. As an indie developer or a developer who has clout in an organization you may have this luxury.
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.
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I think the main advantage to a HTML5 app may be the ability to bypass the curated app system and run in a browser or other means?
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.
Woopsie daisy. I wasn't aware as I'm not a Facebook/twitter user and I don't even use iOS 5.
Actually, thanks to their terrible, slow app, I use their service far less than I used to, so it was a blessing in disguise. They ruined the user experience for me.
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Liar. He said it was better than Flash, which it is.
The app is loading the something you are loading Safari.
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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.
I'd be surprised if Facebook's HTML5 devs aren't amongst the best in the industry. Could equally be that they're pushing the abilities of the rendering engine further than other apps. If, for example, the way that the rendering engine handles memory allocation and resource releasing isn't up to scratch, then there isn't much the devs can do about it.
Then why did you post how bad the app was and how happy you are (even though your assumption was wrong) that the app won't be needed in iOS6? I mean if you use it and hate it fine, but how can you hate an app that you don't even use?
