Comments on: New Facebook Homepage Leaves Slim Pickings for Developers http://www.voncoelln.com/eric/2010/02/07/new-facebook-homepage-leaves-slim-pickings-for-developers/ All About the Data Around Marketing, Social Media, Games and More Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:26:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Ben Nevile http://www.voncoelln.com/eric/2010/02/07/new-facebook-homepage-leaves-slim-pickings-for-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Ben Nevile Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:58:06 +0000 http://www.voncoelln.com/eric/?p=718#comment-1228 I think the changes will be really positive for the gaming/application ecosystem within Facebook. The dashboards are a big improvement over the discoverability mechanisms that were formerly in place. The bookmarks at the bottom of the page were confusing to a lot of users - most people didn't even know there was an Application menu. The routes that people took to get to our apps were mostly notification, news feed and profile box clicking. Two out of those three will soon be unavailable. Getting users to bookmark your apps will become really important so that the counters will be visible. I think the changes will be really positive for the gaming/application ecosystem within Facebook. The dashboards are a big improvement over the discoverability mechanisms that were formerly in place. The bookmarks at the bottom of the page were confusing to a lot of users – most people didn’t even know there was an Application menu.

The routes that people took to get to our apps were mostly notification, news feed and profile box clicking. Two out of those three will soon be unavailable. Getting users to bookmark your apps will become really important so that the counters will be visible.

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