Coming alongside a new variation of the Twitter app for Windows Phone 8, Microsoft this week released a new version of its Facebook app. Now at version 5.1 the Facebook app for Windows Phone 8 sheds any continuing to be "Metro" interface but grabs a slew of beneficial brand-new attributes.
That variation of the app, you could recall, say Microsoft acceding to Facebook demands that the main mobile app follow its style conventions and also not those of Windows Phone. Facebook 5 functioned as well as looked like the Android and also iPhone versions of the app, with non-standard (for Windows Phone) UI conventions and also navigation.
In version 5.1, the transformation is currently complete, and the Windows Phone-style app bar that utilized to rest on all-time low of the screen is now gone. Instead, the app showcases a Facebook-style toolbar on top, like the Android and also iOS variations of the app.
Truthfully, I find this new toolbar more difficult to utilize since it's at the top of the screen as well as is harder to reach. But as a committed Windows Phone fan, I'm a little bit furious that Microsoft is allowing this, naturally. This app now looks nothing like a Windows Phone app.
Easier to see brand-new articles. There's a new aesthetic indicator when brand-new blog posts are offered to review: Simply touch the circle on the right to jump to the top and also see what's new.You could see that the app does pick up a lot of new functions when you obtain past the grieving stage. These include ...
Message renovations. You could currently affix images to messages you send to pals on Facebook. You can not, nevertheless, add "sticker labels," a feature Facebook contributed to iphone as well as Android ... in July.
