Facebook has been getting a lot of flak for its Facebook App for Android from a long time now . Not only is it buggy and slow , every update that has been released creates more problems .
On the wake of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed that they will be concentrating more on mobile devices . But with the continuing under-performance of the official app , one must start looking at alternatives if not already .
Though there have been improvements in the User Interface recently , the whole experience is woefully buggy .
After using both the apps (Friendcaster and Official FB app) and testing it thoroughly I have listed 10 reasons for ditching the Official App for Friendcaster .
- Initial Start-up Time : It took a painfully long 9 secs to get anything on the screen after tapping on the icon whereas Friendcaster took less than 3 secs to start-up.
- Notification : This took around 10 secs to load while it took less than a second to load in FriendCaster .
- Messages : Messages took around 8 secs to load and 2 secs compared to FriendCaster
- Profile Pages : This was the longest wait ever . My profile page took over 14 secs ! to load whereas it took only 3 secs to open in Friendcaster.
- Facebook Pages : Facebook pages are better organised in the official app but takes around 11 secs to open compared to 4 secs in Friendcaster .
- Photos : Opening a photograph took around 12 secs in the Official app and it took less than half of that using Friendcaster .
- Push Notifications : This is where Friendcaster is clearly a winner . The user interface and speed of the notification is amazingly brillliant . I have used the Official app for a long time now , and I have noticed that push notification is pathetic , and most often redundant .
- User Experience : The official Facebook App has a very iPhone feel to it . Like most of the other apps it just is another iPhone clone . Friendcaster makes use of the Andoid User design guidelines ,making the app much faster and easier to flip through .
What’s really intriguing me is the fact that Facebook has access to every inch of their servers and internal API’s but still a third party developer is making faster and better application .
Note : These results are based on the tests made under the following parameters.
- Device : Lg Optimus One
- OS : Android 2.2.2 (Froyo)
- Connection : 2G at (15-25kbps)
[Original Post By Anish Hegde @ www.bigbangtechie.wordpress.com]
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Akshay moza
When a new notification arrives, users can simply click on it and congratulate the couple without having to switch between profiles, just like the way you post a birthday wish. In addition to this, you can even send a friend request to the person your friend is getting engaged or married with.New wedding and engagement announcement will appear for two days after couple makes announcement.With this new feature, the world is certainly shrinking into Facebook.
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