Tonight Facebook posted an update to the Facebook developer blog which said the new API would be transferred from api.new.facebook.com to api.facebook.com. What does this mean? It means the old API will no longer be accessible. It also means that Facebook is moving over the last users over to the new design. The process has taken longer than expected.
The backlash has been significant but still somewhat limited when keeping everything in perspective. Over 2.5 million people have joined one group protesting the new design. There are over 100 million users though and even while adding up all the users joining protest groups, it still amounts to around 10 percent. So if you are a developer, it’s time to shift over all your APIs to the new design.
If you are a user there’s not much that you need to be prepared for other than not being able to shift back to the old design. The new design is just about final and for those that aren’t happy with it, there isn’t much you can do. Just get used to the new design! As for all those developers that have been punished by the new design? They have to hope that users learn the new design and can find their way back to their favorite applications.
Are you prepared for the final shift? Do you have any concerns regarding the new design?
Any chance for an Adobe AIR app that uses the API to recreate the old look of the site? Is that even possible?
Comment by J — September 24, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
the only remaining concern is getting back to applications that you haven't bookmarked. How long will it take Facebook to bring back "recently used apps" that had been around for a little bit.Try it out, Nick. Use a new app, but forget to bookmark it. How do you get back to it your next FB visit?
Comment by Mike — September 25, 2008 @ 4:37 am
Now we need an app bail-out since nobody clicks on the "Boxes" tab and there is no way to navigate to recently used apps. The 6-8 bookmarks are very limiting.
Comment by Jason — September 25, 2008 @ 9:21 am