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Facebook Introduces New 'Home' Screen for Android Devices, Arrives April 12th
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Under your thumb. Take that!
In cute little speech bubbles attached to a friend's profile picture.
It's so retro. Isn't that how telephones began? They were used simply to contact other people, not to play games or manage your schedule. Facebook has seen the future, and the future is the past.
Any1 can see ur personal messages etc. by just turning on your phone, no privacy so it is not the one for me.
1. FB's disregard of users' privacy and terms & conditions that can change for the worse at any time.
2. FB's ownership of every byte of data about you.
3. Creating new engagement models to scarf even more data about their users (FB Home is the latest example).
Naive users are duped into giving away their most private information to a company who does not respect them.
Right, if you didn't want Facebook integration, why would you buy the ONE PHONE it comes preinstalled on? Hint: it's why it's a midrange phone and not a flagship device...
One would hope it has a lock screen to prevent anyone to turn your phone on an gain access to it (As mentioned before, I am more worried about things that the phone could post for you or at a minimum tells FB about you - better triple check all the hidden 'privacy' options that might get introduced and set to 'public' by default)
Number 1 is the only one that counts. 2 is something you agree to when you make an account. Don't like it, don't sign up or just don't post stuff. Number 3 is a basic business practice. They're a company, their aim is to be successful, and your data is the way they do that. Again, if you don't like it, don't make an account.
Tech companies are over hyping facebook like other than teens we are as addicted to it like a heavy habit of Heroin. My God...give it up....life does not start and end with that website. How many pictures can you upload until
you are happy?
Microsoft did it already
This 'announcement' just reinvents the 'people centric' phone that Microsoft already did with Windows Phone 7/8. And arguably that's nicer. And still it's bombed in the market place.
People like a proper landing page / home screen. This Facebook wrapper just makes the user of the phone 'homeless' and obfuscates all the apps that people will want to use. You'd be permanently lost inside whatever version of Facebook they've decided to throw at us this month. For people who like walking around with a blindfold on, perhaps this will be enjoyable. For the rest of us, no thanks.
This 'announcement' just reinvents the 'people centric' phone that Microsoft already did with Windows Phone 7/8. And arguably that's nicer. And still it's bombed in the market place.
People like a proper landing page / home screen. This Facebook wrapper just makes the user of the phone 'homeless' and obfuscates all the apps that people will want to use. You'd be permanently lost inside whatever version of Facebook they've decided to throw at us this month. For people who like walking around with a blindfold on, perhaps this will be enjoyable. For the rest of us, no thanks.
Ads in the home screen !!!!
check out this - ads in the home screen :
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/4/41...ut-ads-in-home-for-android-just-not-at-launch
Given that the users PAY for the device, this is really bad. You pay and are still getting annoyed by ads on the home screen ????
BAD!
check out this - ads in the home screen :
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/4/41...ut-ads-in-home-for-android-just-not-at-launch
Given that the users PAY for the device, this is really bad. You pay and are still getting annoyed by ads on the home screen ????
BAD!
Too right. I'm not buying ANY phone that randomly pumps **** ads at me, using up my data allowance and forcing me to carry a billboard in my pocket...
Wow you haters
iOS doesn't even have a home screen!!!
How can you hate ?!
Jesus Christ - what is wrong with this forum
iOS doesn't even have a home screen!!!
How can you hate ?!
Jesus Christ - what is wrong with this forum
Linux fragmentation is unacceptable!
what are you talking about? because FB used an existing OS to build on top of it makes Android bad?
so if they had used Windows or maybe RIM to build over that would be acceptable?
simple minds!
I think that user that goes on a "mac news" website and who comment actively arent the targeted audience at all.
Actually I think that this Facebook home screen makes a lot of sense for a lot of peoples. For some peoples having everything centralized through peoples makes a lot more sense than having everything build around apps.
If you use your phone mainly as a communication tool with everyone around you, yes I can see that you would love such a UI.
If you don't well it's simply not for you.
Personnally, if Facebook would make an app for iOS where I would be able to see every email/sms/iMessage/Facebookmessage at the same place with everyone in my contact list, I guess I would use it.
Actually I think that this Facebook home screen makes a lot of sense for a lot of peoples. For some peoples having everything centralized through peoples makes a lot more sense than having everything build around apps.
If you use your phone mainly as a communication tool with everyone around you, yes I can see that you would love such a UI.
If you don't well it's simply not for you.
Personnally, if Facebook would make an app for iOS where I would be able to see every email/sms/iMessage/Facebookmessage at the same place with everyone in my contact list, I guess I would use it.
