Revolutionary Facebook app (screenshots)

[Insomaniac10]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746020

first off: i am in no way affiliated with the developer, or development, of this app. i am simply promoting it to show my support/appreciation for a great app and dev!!

im hoping most of you know about this app by now, but for those who dont, i URGE you to try "Flow for Facebook" (free and paid on market, paid is well worth the $2). OUTSTANDING developer who monitors his XDA thread and Twitter....definitely a user's developer.

This app is revolutionizing facebook for android. Flow has LEGIT push notifications for everything (through GMail). you simply link your facebook notifications on facebook.com to your gmail address, and whenever youre notified the Flow app intercepts the GMail notification and displays it through the app's interface (includes notification popup and quick response...similar to sms popups).

It has almost everything you could want from a facebook app (it doesnt have scrollable widget or chat just yet). The UI is slick and clean.

I cant say enough about this app, but i fully support this developer...check it out for yourselves.

screenshots link in app thread is broken...so here are some i took:

 

[Insomaniac10]

updated OP with screenshots

 

[tony45x220]

2 questions...what is that beautiful clock widget you have on your homescreen, and second I see the notification window for the app is black themed...but inside the app the theme is white...is there an option for either or?

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[Insomaniac10]

2 questions...what is that beautiful clock widget you have on your homescreen, and second I see the notification window for the app is black themed...but inside the app the theme is white...is there an option for either or?

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Simi clock widget

No theme options


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[Duce HD2]

That's cool, do you know if it supports chat?

Edit: Never mind I'm a tard, should know better and read the whole OP page.

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[Insomaniac10]

That's cool, do you know if it supports chat?

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not yet, as stated in op

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[thegreatcity]

Looks like the UI has a fresh coat of paint since the last time I looked at it. Thanks for the screenshots. Ill definitely check this out.

 

[wpbcubsfan]

LOVE the popups. I emailed the developer to see if he'd be interested in designing a Google Voice popup app. Since Google has their own set of API's for Google Voice SMS, no one has been able to make a popup notifier ala Handcent or SMS Popup. He may be able to grab the notifications via Gmail the same way he does for Facebook.

 

[sLiKK]

I have used this app before. I dont think its a revolutionary app as the title describes it. However, this is definitely one of the better unofficial facebook apps out there. It has a huge downside to it.... Its way too slow than the official app.

The best thing about this app is that the developer is continuously updating it and making improvements. I uninstalled it a couple days ago for the sole reason of it being slow.
Another good feature of this app is that you can browse ‘pages’ and all groups - primarily the reason I installed it at the first place.
Just my two cents.

 

[Insomaniac10]

I have used this app before. I dont think its a revolutionary app as the title describes it. However, this is definitely one of the better unofficial facebook apps out there. It has a huge downside to it.... Its way too slow than the official app.

The best thing about this app is that the developer is continuously updating it and making improvements. I uninstalled it a couple days ago for the sole reason of it being slow.
Another good feature of this app is that you can browse ‘pages’ and all groups - primarily the reason I installed it at the first place.
Just my two cents.

when sthe last time you used it?? he has made serious speed improvements of late. there have been about 3 updates in the last week alone. he cached all photo info and cut photo loading time by more than half.
also, just yesterday i was trying to view album photos in the official facebook app, and it took over a minute for the entire album to load.....in flow, the same album took less than 15sec. not exaggerating.

im not saying this app is perfect...by any means....but im not misleading in any way either

 

[sLiKK]

when sthe last time you used it?? he has made serious speed improvements of late. there have been about 3 updates in the last week alone. he cached all photo info and cut photo loading time by more than half.
also, just yesterday i was trying to view album photos in the official facebook app, and it took over a minute for the entire album to load.....in flow, the same album took less than 15sec. not exaggerating.

im not saying this app is perfect...by any means....but im not misleading in any way either

I didn't say you were misleading. I merely offered my review of the app. Im sure xda members will benefit from more than one review. I found the app a bit slower than the official one, even after the updates. The last time I used flow was couple days ago. As I mentioned before, I did see improvements and that the dev is very active in terms of updating the app and improving it. I had seen alot of FCs as well on the last day. That might be a phone specific issue. The app, however, is definitely better. I love the fact u can browse pages and groups. Having said that, I reverted back to using the official app until the dev perfects this app.

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[mainevent3405]

I paid for this app thinking I was gonna be able to use what appears to be a 4x2 widget, but when I select widgets from menu it places a 1x1 little computer icon on my page! What the heck is that? It looks like a widget in the screenshot, but I guess it's not. The black box that appears to be 4x2 is what I'm speaking of.

 

[Duce HD2]

I tried the free version and I must say that's it's nicely made. I don't know why someone can say that it's slow, cause it ain't. Pictures load really fast, the popup is cool, etc, and the UI imo is more appealing than the official one.

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[|Melvin|]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746020

first off: i am in no way affiliated with the developer, or development, of this app. i am simply promoting it to show my support/appreciation for a great app and dev!!

im hoping most of you know about this app by now, but for those who dont, i URGE you to try "Flow for Facebook" (free and paid on market, paid is well worth the $2). OUTSTANDING developer who monitors his XDA thread and Twitter....definitely a user's developer.

This app is revolutionizing facebook for android. Flow has LEGIT push notifications for everything (through GMail). you simply link your facebook notifications on facebook.com to your gmail address, and whenever youre notified the Flow app intercepts the GMail notification and displays it through the app's interface (includes notification popup and quick response...similar to sms popups).

It has almost everything you could want from a facebook app (it doesnt have scrollable widget or chat just yet). The UI is slick and clean.

I cant say enough about this app, but i fully support this developer...check it out for yourselves.

screenshots link in app thread is broken...so here are some i took:

brother how do i get that swype keyboard
?

 

[Duce HD2]

It's the swype beta version.

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[Insomaniac10]

today's update brought native messaging (no more redirect to official facebook app)

 

[jrod33084]

Oh great! That's why I stopped using it

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[thegreatcity]

today's update brought native messaging (no more redirect to official facebook app)

Now THIS is slow. I love everything else about the app, but Ive had time to turn my computer, navigate to this topic, and type this reply out, and my messages still have not loaded. I guess maybe there will be a fix in the future, unless Im the only one having problems.

 

[Insomaniac10]

Now THIS is slow. I love everything else about the app, but Ive had time to turn my computer, navigate to this topic, and type this reply out, and my messages still have not loaded. I guess maybe there will be a fix in the future, unless Im the only one having problems.

really? i never use facebook messaging but i just opened it after reading your post and all of my messages loaded in under a second. not exaggerating.

who knows.....was it the first time you opened your messages? maybe the first load takes a while.

 

[thegreatcity]

Yeah I just back out of the app, opened it back up, it gave me an error going into messages, backed out, opened it back up.

Now its all gravy

Id say its faster than the 1st party app now.