Facebook Home

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Post by samuel02 » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 5:47 PM UTC

Facebook Home
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Re: Facebook Home

#2

Post by Hovertruck » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:00 PM UTC

Wow, it feels like I'm looking at a product page on Apple's website. Pretty.

Re: Facebook Home

#3

Post by bretthopper » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:09 PM UTC

Regardless of your thoughts on the actual Home product, this product page is incredibly well designed and thought out.

Re: Facebook Home

#4

Post by menny » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:12 PM UTC

bretthopper wrote: post #3

Regardless of your thoughts on the actual Home product, this product page is incredibly well designed and thought out.

amazing design

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by ereckers » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:18 PM UTC

Everyone in that video seems to be having fun. Must be good.

The design of the production page is nice though. The video mast is kind of what I've been waiting for for a long time. It's nicely implemented.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by drharris » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:19 PM UTC

bretthopper wrote: post #3

Regardless of your thoughts on the actual Home product, this product page is incredibly well designed and thought out.

Agreed, but it's also an interesting product. I'm around a lot of high school aged people, and they are incredibly social. They don't really use a lot of apps, just ones that help them do social things. Building a frontend around the social experience is a clear win for at least this age group. I could see it being a bad experience for me, but younger people will flock to this. They don't care about Android vs. iOS, but they will care about a direct improvement in how social is treated. I think this is a big win for FB.

But yes, very well designed product page, with good use of media. I don't waste time with video, but I was able to catch the experience anyway. That's rare in this age of "spend 5 minutes just sitting on this page".

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by cadetzero » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:21 PM UTC

Why don't they fix Facebook on android before releasing a new product? It frequently "shooooops" for me - crashes, lags, hogs resources, and otherwise does unexpected things.

I'm very wary to install any software from Facebook on Android.

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by danso » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

To echo a complaint that is common when designers show off prototypes/imagined-redesigns...what does all this look like when your friends aren't as attractive/good at photography? I'm talking about the Cover Feed function. In the life stage I am now, I'd say that my Facebook Phone would be showing random baby photos 80% of the time, food photos 10% of the time.

I'm also curious how that feature interacts with what I've observed to be normal FB usage. When I want to post a status, I post a status. When I post photos, it's usually as a batch, not many with captions. I think that's how most people do instagrams too.

So, if you have a home screen feed focused on your newsfeed...how will statuses be "attractive" looking? Using the user's default cover image? But those are extremely horizontal. The only newsfeed entities that contribute beautiful photos with substantial text that are in my newsfeed are companies and brands (OK, and George Takei).

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by SSilver2k2 » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

Link to pre-order giving anyone else a 404?

Re: Facebook Home

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Post by notaddicted » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:23 PM UTC

Given that Facebook listed "Mobile" as a major risk to their future [1], this seems like a proportionate response. It seems like every tech giant wants the be at the top of the heap, to control software that is as close to the user as possible. In this case Google Glass looks pretty smart, you can't get any closer than a quarter inch away from my eyeball.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/05/09/facebook-t...