Roundup: Facebook App 12
With yesterday's release of the Facebook 1.5 for webOS app, we are dedicating this Tip Roundup to all things-Facebook. While many of the past tips reference earlier versions of the Facebook App (or possibly the Beta App) and some of the screenshots may be slightly out-of-date, all of the concepts and functionality are still valid. However, while some tips recommend downloading the Beta app to get increased functionality, that is not currently valid for version 1.5. According to the announcement on Facebook® for HP page:
This official release features enhancements that are not yet available in the beta release. We recommend that users who have the beta release installed first close that app, delete it, then install the official 1.5 release by visiting http://palm.com/facebook.
So, without further ado, to get all of our Facebook-related tips continue reading after the break
- Installing and setting up the Facebook Beta app
- Learn how to install the Facebook Beta app, as well as setup your preferences for either the regular or beta app
- Facebook App: The top bar
- The Top bar is your main source of navigating the Facebook App, from accessing your Facebook notifications to quickly jumping to anywhere within the app
- Facebook App: Navigating the sections
- Learn all about the different areas of the Facebook app, along with the Meta-tap shortcut keys to access those areas
- Facebook App: Managing your news feed
- The News Feed section of the Facebook app is essentially your homescreen. This gives you access to your feed (with the option to filter your feed), along with the ability to update your current Status or upload a picture to Facebook.
- One thing not included in this tip is the new inclusion of "Facebook Places", which is now available by tapping the
icon on the top-right of the screen.
- Facebook App: Uploading and tagging photos
- As the title states, learn how to upload photos to Facebook and tag your friends on the photo.
- Facebook App: Open in new card
- With the release of version 1.4 of the Facebook App, you can now open multiple instances of the app as multiple cards, to help organize your browsing experience.
- Facebook App: Getting support
- Some great reference data in case you have issues installing or using the App. Also includes instructions on how to get direct access to the full Facebook site within the webOS browser, instead of the "lite" facebook mobile site
12 Comments
great update but it feels like my beta facebook app
Why do we have to delete the beta app and then download the official one?? I've always had both and whenever one has an update I update it... Never deleted one & never ran into a problem =/
because if you dont and notifications are turned on you will get duplicates...
you don't have to, you can just go into preferences and turn off notifications in one of them so you won't get the duplicates.
Why do I have to have an ID & LogIn just to view someone's public page?
Why WebOS fb can't do delete post? Sometimes we need to delete because wrong typing or need to change our post on second thought etc etc... I hope fb WebOS developer add this crucial feature. Additional make profile photo would be great. I hope fb WebOS can be as good as on iOS.
I guess it's heading in the right direction but I really want Event accept/decline feature. I have enough friends that send me events bit I have to use a desktop version to accept/decline. Other than that I'm liking the app.
Facebook Places still doesn't link to FB's official Places feed. My wife with her Evo can check in at our local theater and get a coupon for $2.00 one of their combos - the coupon shows up on the screen, she just shows the clerk. Her's also shows all the other people that have checked in at that location.
But when I check in it's as if I'm just updating my status - no coupon, no seeing others at that location and so on.
Just want to say goodbye to all precentral users and to Palm as a whole. I have never in my life been frustrated with a phone as much as i was with the Pre. I could sit here and brag about how great of a phone my new Evo is but it would be an understatement. I was loyal to palm since the 700p and i was excited to move on to the Pre and WebOS but let's be honest they dropped the ball. And i dropped them, indefinitely.
Who cares if oyu are leaving or not. It is just a phone, if you dont like it sell it. I never understood why people are aking so strange to a device, some even build up a relationship with a device or a company. It is sick, isnt it?
Can the new facebook app open pictures in the app itself, or do i have to login in brwoser again?
I am not so sure I really see the point of comparing a brand new cutting edge phone like the evo to a palm pre or pixi. The evo just came out! Of course it's going to be better. Not to mention the price is higher? If you want more phone pay for it? I don't know about the pre2, and what to expect with it......
The facebook app pretty much sucks from my point of view. I would like to see the I-M work and it doesn't. That might be due to the nature of how the facebook feature is developed however. Deleting comments would be nice for sure. There is obviously a lot missing from the app that I'm sure the developers are well aware of, and without looking into the api offered or the capabilities of webos, I'm not sure what to recommend, but I'm sure everyone would love the app to be full featured.
If you need fb chat so badly get it from homebrew/preware!!