First Look: The New App Settings Editor
As Inside Facebook reported a few days back, Facebook has been working on a new application settings editor to replace its existing design. It has now been officially released for any developer wishing to give it a try. According to a post on the Developer Forums, the editor will run concurrently with existing settings editor for a week or two until the final switch is made.
To access the new editor, click “Edit Settings” within the Developer App on Facebook, and you’ll notice a link at the top to try out the new editor. It is much cleaner and better organized than the existing system, separating the main settings out into 7 main categories. On top of that, most of the text descriptions for setting fields have been re-written making it easier to get your first application up and running.
The new editor is one of many recent upgrades Facebook has implemented for developers. Others include the new Feed Template Console, and the re-worked developer’s subdomain. Facebook appears to be committed to providing high quality tools for developers as the Platform matures.
December 5th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
still sucks though when you click save on one of the sections it takes you back to your list of apps, kinda sucks when you wanna go through and change a bunch of setting. unless every save button saves all the settings vs just that screen
December 6th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Well done Brent!
December 8th, 2008 at 3:33 am
@Mike Knoop: Thanks for the great review. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to get in touch.
@Mike Monaco: The save buttons at the bottom of each tab save the settings from all the tabs, not just the settings on the active tab. I can change the wording on the save button to make that more clear for you.