Comments on: Small Developers Nervous as Facebook Redesign Day Approaches http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/07/10/developers-nervous-as-new-look-facebook-day-approaches/ Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: New Facebook profiles getting new features » VentureBeat http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/07/10/developers-nervous-as-new-look-facebook-day-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-9211 New Facebook profiles getting new features » VentureBeat Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:57:58 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=980#comment-9211 [...] profile changes are going to impact applications. Meanwhile, Inside Facebook has more thoughts here, here and here, while O’Neill’s AllFacebook has more [...] [...] profile changes are going to impact applications. Meanwhile, Inside Facebook has more thoughts here, here and here, while O’Neill’s AllFacebook has more [...]

]]> By: Inside Facebook » Inside Facebook’s Week in Review for July 13, 2008 http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/07/10/developers-nervous-as-new-look-facebook-day-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-9180 Inside Facebook » Inside Facebook’s Week in Review for July 13, 2008 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:38:34 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=980#comment-9180 [...] the Facebook profile page (and home page?) redesign is finally here. Developers large and small are unsure of what exactly the ramifications will be: some are hopeful that it will make life easier for ‘good’ applications, but most fear [...] [...] the Facebook profile page (and home page?) redesign is finally here. Developers large and small are unsure of what exactly the ramifications will be: some are hopeful that it will make life easier for ‘good’ applications, but most fear [...]

]]> By: Luke Noel-Storr http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/07/10/developers-nervous-as-new-look-facebook-day-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-9136 Luke Noel-Storr Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:15:46 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=980#comment-9136 It's actually 74% of developers who haven't even started, when you include the 9% who say they're not going to bother. Also, the doubts aren't just about "how ready the application ecosystem will be to deal with these extensive changes", but are also about how stable the new site will be at all. A week before going to public beta, and we still haven't seen anything approaching a stable and bug free site. There are also many outstanding questions from developers, about certain aspects that are critical to how some apps function, and the only feedback we get from Facebook tends to be along the lines of "Thank you for your comments, we are reading them, and value your feedback". It’s actually 74% of developers who haven’t even started, when you include the 9% who say they’re not going to bother.

Also, the doubts aren’t just about “how ready the application ecosystem will be to deal with these extensive changes”, but are also about how stable the new site will be at all. A week before going to public beta, and we still haven’t seen anything approaching a stable and bug free site.

There are also many outstanding questions from developers, about certain aspects that are critical to how some apps function, and the only feedback we get from Facebook tends to be along the lines of “Thank you for your comments, we are reading them, and value your feedback”.

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