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Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 7:02 AM UTC

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Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by puppymaster » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 7:14 AM UTC

halayli wrote: post #9

Most of FB's products look cheap, and ad-oriented made for naive users. There is a lack of design, and perfectionism. Compare the FB page with http://www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store/

In this instance, I for one prefer FB's app center to that Apple page.

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by halayli » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 7:27 AM UTC

puppymaster wrote: post #22

halayli wrote: post #9

Most of FB's products look cheap, and ad-oriented made for naive users. There is a lack of design, and perfectionism. Compare the FB page with http://www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store/

In this instance, I for one prefer FB's app center to that Apple page.

I won't argue about design taste. :)

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by elderberry » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 7:39 AM UTC

I just realized that bar at the top of the page design meme has gotten really popular after facebook.

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by nc » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 7:56 AM UTC

elderberry wrote: post #24

I just realized that bar at the top of the page design meme has gotten really popular after facebook.

It's not a meme, people copy stuff that works.

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by digitalengineer » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 8:21 AM UTC

This could become bigger than Android if they curate and check the apps beforehand. Trust is required to install apps. With Apple you know the apps are authentic. Facebook could deliver the same 'sender ID guaranteed' function. (And of course Facebook captures all the data as well). I expect they'll copy Apple's GateKeeper: http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/security.html

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by digitalengineer » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 8:24 AM UTC

halayli wrote: post #9

Most of FB's products look cheap, and ad-oriented made for naive users. There is a lack of design, and perfectionism. Compare the FB page with http://www.apple.com/iphone/from-the-app-store/

Like Zuckerberg said: Move fast, fix later. Design is important (hell, I'm a designer) but not the most important thing when launching. They'll improve it later. They didn't go around buying up talented designers like SOFA for nothing: http://www.madebysofa.com/

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by mjdecour » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 8:57 AM UTC

borlak wrote: post #13

introducing: an app store inside an app you got from an app store!

Brilliant! not...lol

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by mjdecour » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 9:03 AM UTC

GuiA wrote: post #5

Facebook phone coming in 3...2...1...

I hope Facebook builds a phone, than we can really start to watch them fall.

Re: Facebook launches App Center

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Post by 0x0 » Fri, Jun 08, 2012, 9:13 AM UTC

ifewalter wrote: post #19

arihant wrote: post #17

"The App Center will begin rolling out to people in the U.S. today" What is up with Facebook and US-only products? Their Camera app is not available in most countries. Even their app for managing Pages isn't available in my app store (they still keep showing me the annoying message to download it). And it takes them literally order of magnitude of months (if ever) to get their products worldwide, like with Facebook c…

its not just Facebook with us-only or us-first products. i believe it has to do with legal issues with other countries.........or good old beta testing

That's ridiculous. A free-of-charge iOS app can be published world-wide literally with the click of a single checkbox ("All stores") in iTunesConnect.