Daniel Eran Dilger
Facebook is launching an iOS app update today that includes a new menu at the bottom of the app for enhanced navigation, along with design elements inspired by Apple's just released iOS 7.
Source: Facebook
The new menu in Facebook 6.5 (emphasized above and and presented in full screen below) lets users quickly switch from their News Feed to friend Requests, Messages or Notifications with a tap along the bottom of the screen. Previous versions of the iOS app used side menus that slid in from either side.
Source: Facebook
A tap on “More†(below) provides additional options, including access to your own Timeline, groups, events and more. The new app is also designed to reflect the design cues of iOS 7, including a translucent bar at the top of the app that dynamically shifts as the user scrolls through feed posts and photos.
Source: Facebook
In addition to the new appearance, and the user facing enhancements present in bundled apps, iOS 7 offers app developers new features including AirDrop and expanded sharing, new Multitasking support for background updates, Sprite Kit and new Game Center features, iBeacon support for Bluetooth LE, Inter-App Audio for streaming audio between music apps, new Map Kit features for navigation and overlays, high frame rate video capture, custom video composition and barcode scanning.
iOS 7 will also introduce support for the iPhone 5s with Touch ID, incorporating Apple's latest and most advanced 64-bit A7 Application Processor.
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Not that Facebook would necessarily benefit from it, but I wonder if this has a 64-bit version? I was somewhat surprised to read on AnandTech that all of iOS7 and (as I read it) all Apple apps are 64 bit on the iPhone 5s. Some folks (including myself) are wondering how fast third party software will follow to 64 bit...
Is it still popular? I hear a lot of folks -at the barber- they hardly use it anymore. Having 900M accounts won't do much if people don't interact. Wrong word; hanging their laundry out for everyone to see, be it clean...or dirty. Interaction is something different, like connecting with someone, over the phone, meeting, instead of Facebook. edit: and why is this Brian Zeitler guy not smiling. He's on Facebook after all.
I just hope they have improved performance... It's been nearly unusable as of late.
I'd be happy if it just let me set my news feed to "most recent" by default.
Evil Facebook not on any Apple adorn.
Google free I should be
If iCloud to another client be worn.
Sigh.