{"id":1571,"date":"2012-08-16T22:08:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T21:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2021-03-01T22:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:23:44","slug":"facebook-introduces-the-brand-new-app-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/16\/facebook-introduces-the-brand-new-app-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Introduces The Brand New App Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Facebook<\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a> are a massive social networking website (as if we didn’t know!) and most definitely no stranger to making changes to the website. \u00a0These changes generally have the perception of being unpopular – possibly down to the fact that people satisfied with the changes are quite quiet whereas those\u00a0dissatisfied\u00a0like to make their dissenting opinion heard!<\/p>\n

Either way, Facebook ploughs forward with changes in the name of progress and the latest change is the addition of ‘App Centre<\/a>‘, which we have to say is a really great idea (in our opinion anyway!).<\/p>\n

Remember requests? \u00a0Well they still exist, so don’t worry! \u00a0They now live in the App Centre. \u00a0Well, where’s the App Centre? \u00a0Predictably under the ‘Apps’ section of the left hand side menu (you know you’ve been wondering what that icon was for!!):<\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

So what does the App Centre look like when you land in it? \u00a0Well, it looks like this (Yeah, we’ve got loads of outstanding requests – as per usual!):<\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s really two kinds of ‘Facebookers’. \u00a0Those who love requests and those who loathe requests. \u00a0The lovers are hanging onto their keyboard, eager for the next free Farmville animal to be gifted to them by a friend while the loathers have a constantly red clicking finger from pressing ignore on hundreds of requests.<\/p>\n

Well, for both lovers and loathers, App Centre is a good addition! \u00a0The grouping of the same requests from different friends means that if 10 friends invite you to play the next new game, rather than having 10 individual requests from each of them to play said game, all 10 requests are now grouped as one request. \u00a0So when you accept the request, you in effect,\u00a0simultaneously\u00a0accept all 10 requests and you only have to visit the game once. \u00a0Excellent!<\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

But what about for the loathers? \u00a0Well don’t worry, the grouping is good for you as well. \u00a0App Centre doesn’t help with regards to not\u00a0receiving\u00a0requests (that’s what blocking application requests is for!), however in the same way grouping works for lovers it works for loathers. \u00a0As similar requests are grouped, clicking the ignore button will ignore the entire group of identical requests from different friends, thereby making it easier to manage application requests.<\/p>\n

Obviously as well the usually blocking requests by application and blocking requests from certain friends is still available.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, the App Centre also has a run down of the top games, which ones are most popular, which ones friends are playing etc. \u00a0Think of it as a mini App Store with a few social media functions thrown in for value added content!<\/p>\n

PS – We’ve got to admire the attention to detail as well, even though Facebook is an American company, they’ve remembered to spell ‘Center’ as ‘Centre’ for the UK version. \u00a0Bravo Facebook! :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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