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Re: Facebook Home

#41

Post by bsimpson » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:47 PM UTC

I was interested until I heard they'll be putting ads on my lock screen.

Re: Facebook Home

#42

Post by uptown » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:48 PM UTC

I'm skeptical that some of what winds up on the FB home screen won't include some form of advertising.

Re: Facebook Home

#43

Post by barista » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:48 PM UTC

jordn wrote: post #18

I think what Facebook are going for here makes a lot of sense. The home screen at the moment is a fork in the road with the choice of dozens of different app paths to take. What they're planning on doing is removing the extra step needed to start interacting with the content. It's similar to how they changed the original facebook app. Instead of starting by presenting all the options of which part of facebook you wan…

This takes what Windows Phone did with People hub and applies it to the whole phone instead of restricting it to an area of the phone. Of course people hub brought over people from twitter, linkedin, etc. as well so is much more comprehensive than this.

Re: Facebook Home

#44

Post by buildnship » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:49 PM UTC

eggbrain wrote: post #21

I think the biggest thing for me is that my smartphone has always been a "private" thing for me, a place where I can choose to interact with people, or spend hours playing Angry Birds. With this phone, I'm forced into an environment where I feel like I need to be social all the time, and I feel that might wear on a lot of people.

"With this phone, I'm forced into an environment where I feel like I need to be social all the time"

I think this was probably a user story for them and definitely one of their biggest motivations, unfortunately lol.

Re: Facebook Home

#45

Post by donaldguy » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:49 PM UTC

Is anyone here aware of a "chat heads" like chat UI for desktop computing? Seems like there is nothing about the idea that makes it only a good design on mobile platforms.

Re: Facebook Home

#46

Post by freshfunk » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:49 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #8

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'…

If Facebook is ranking content such that that's all you see your feed, then Facebook as a whole would be less appealing anyway, let alone Home.

I'm guessing there's more to your feed than babies and food and that othe content is ranked higher due to your aversion of then.

Re: Facebook Home

#47

Post by ritchiea » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:50 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #8

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'…

Well you could try making some attractive new friends.

Re: Facebook Home

#48

Post by sodomizer » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:50 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #8

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'…

I guess it's a good time to post pictures of my junk to Facebook, then?

Re: Facebook Home

#49

Post by staircasebug » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:50 PM UTC

How long before the app starts showing ads on your home screen?

Re: Facebook Home

#50

Post by tahoecoder » Thu, Apr 04, 2013, 6:51 PM UTC

zwieback wrote: post #30

danso wrote: post #8

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'…

Random baby photos and food - I'd say you could do a lot worse.

You, apparently, aren't getting a whole facebook feed full of baby photos. It gets old fast. People really embrace this whole "circle of life" motif.