Facebook unveils a faster, overhauled iPhone app
Facebook has overhauled its iOS 补辫辫.听
In a post to the Facebook blog, Mick Johnson, a product manager at Facebook, the new app runs twice as fast as previous versions.听"We鈥檝e rebuilt the app from the ground up, so now the app opens much faster and your news feed and notifications load right when you open Facebook," Johnson wrote.
In addition, he added, photos will load instantly 鈥� so no more waiting around while your iPhone or iPad boots up an image.听
Facebook has attributed the increased speed of the app to the use of the Apple iOS 5 software development kit, or SDK 鈥� Facebook had previously relied on HTML 5, which had been as "freakishly slow." In an interview with All Things D, Johnson of Facebook seemed to agree. "Problem is, HTML5 is a technology that, while promising in the long run, isn鈥檛 able to deliver the type of speed and performance we expect right now," Johnson .听
You can download the rejiggered Facebook app at the iTunes Store or by clicking聽, which will allow Facebook to send you an update automatically.听
In related news,聽Facebook stock hit聽$19.69 last week 鈥� a new low.听聽to Businessweek,聽Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg聽is now worth $10.2 billion,聽聽approximately $10 billion since the social network first went public.
