Facebook pulls a Start Menu with their Application Bar
Facebook has been touting more change than Obama for the past few weeks. First the layout switched on us, then the application interface was modified, the “home” button was re-added to the top pane, and now we’ve got the Facebook Application Bar.
In short, in an almost Windows fashion, the bottom left corner of your Facebook experience now has a series of shortcuts to your favorite applications, and an “Applications” button which displays all Applications. It really gives Applications a clear home in the new Facebook design, and shows just how quick and nimble they desire the user interface to be. I really sense their aggressiveness in making FB your one-stop-shop for Games, Friends and maybe even Utilities (although that’s a way off).
In any case, this news, combined with the de-prioritization of Profile Boxes and super-prioritization of Tabs means that FB is trying to really promote the applications that you use often. If an app has a real-world value to you, you’ll add the tab and favourite it in your application bar. And you’ll have one more reason to pop over to facebook.com, as if we needed another.
I think this Application Tab is a great feature. I use it every time I log on to Facebook! The fact that its there means that I have to be a little more organized with my bookmarked/favourite applications, and I’m much more likely to actually USE the ones that appear at the bottom of the screen. I can’t wait to see more features as they are rolled out
Hi, i had the application bar for a while, but it recently disappeared from my page! I actually liked it, too
Do you know any way to make it come back again??