Facebook’s New, Ultra Fast iOS App Update is Here

[Maura]

Mike Isaac at All Things D reports today that Facebook has finally completed work on its major revamp of its much-maligned iOS app, which hits the App Store today.

“People have different expectations when it comes to using Facebook for iOS,” Mick Johnson, Facebook iOS mobile product manager told All Things D today. “They expect a level of performance and speed that just wasn’t there.”

Johnson also told All Things D that the previously painfully slow user experiences of scrolling through the feed, photos and loading the app has been made much, much faster. Johnson went on to explain that the reason the much-needed update took so long to arrive was because it had to be rewritten pretty much from the ground up, mainly because the current app is largely HTML5-based, and had to be changed to Objective-C programming language, in order to make better use of the iPhone 5 hardware.

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Source: <em>Finally</em>, Facebook Speeds Up Its iOS App - Mike Isaac - Social - AllThingsD

 

[AppleFan91]

Thank God. This was a much needed update, that app was getting downright horrible to use.

 

[mariuss]

So far so good

Pictures upload faster !

 

[ardchoille]

Wowsers, it's much faster and easier to use now.

 

[johnwolves]

It's a lot better since the update. About time aswell! &#128522;


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[AppleFan91]

Thank God. It's about time they made an app that was decent

 

[Chris951]

Much better! It's a lot faster now

 

[IOSMonkee]

I like the new update so much

 

[mahall]

Much better! FB was the laughing stock for main street apps! Got so bad I deleted and used my browser to surf FB! Thanks guys! Much improved!

 

[iphone4ever]

Yes, about time! The only thing I wish they would ad now is a share button. The desktop version offers this, why not iOS?

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[GoPackGo]

Love the update. REALLY loving the iPad improvements.

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[Crxx]

It was much needed like an android user needs an iPhone!

 

[Silverado8405]

My wife switched from her android the day the update was released. Her first words were "Facebook is really fast on the iPhone! I should have switched when you did."


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[blantz]

It is way better, cleaner and faster. But still no "share" button like on the web version? When is that coming?

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[tintbob]

No share button, edit option disappeared and you cannot delete a post unless you go into your profile...
Still cannot copy and paste
Big improvement but these niggles need to be addressed