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I'd call the inability for Facebook to usurp control over Apple's vertically integrated platform to be a market advantage, not a liability, as long as too many

I'd call the inability for Facebook to usurp control over Apple's vertically integrated platform to be a market advantage, not a liability, as long as too many users don't start clamoring for a facebook-iphone. [edit] Remember browser toolbars? Now that Facebook is doing this, I expect this is just the beginning.

slouch 14y ago
I don't think a launcher app like Facebook home can be associated with the Android home button automatically when it is installed, so the browser toolbar comparison isn't perfect.
- untog 14y ago
  I don't think a launcher app like Facebook home can be associated with the Android home button automatically Automatically, no. But it will give you a prompt that will allow you to set the home button to go to Facebook Home.
  - RealCasually 14y ago
    Put another way, once installed, you press the Home key, and are 2 TAPS away from having it permanently set. It is a great solution to the problem, and something sorely lacking on iOS (for things like browser and email defaults).
- jimktrains2 14y ago
  I don't think I understand. You can install different home apps, and you can select which one will launch when you hit the home button. I do this, often.
  - brian_cloutier 14y ago
    What he means is, a big problem with browser toolbars is that they are installed automatically. With different home apps, the user is always in control. (Although resetting a default once you've chosen it could be made a lot easier) So comparing it to browser toolbars doesn't really work.
  - bookwormAT 14y ago
    "(Although resetting a default once you've chosen it could be made a lot easier)" I imagine most customers reset the default simply by uninstalling the new launcher. The way through the app settings is really well hidden.
bookwormAT 14y ago
android homescreens behave very differently than browser toolbars do. You can not set a homescreen secretly or in the background, and you can only have a single home screen set at any given time. If the user decides to install a homescreen, and he does not like it, He will simply uninstall the app.
- pifflesnort 14y ago
  > You can not set a homescreen secretly or in the background, and you can only have a single home screen set at any given time. A great many toolbars aren't "secret", they just engage in indirection to trick users into agreeing to installing them. > If the user decides to install a homescreen, and he does not like it, He will simply uninstall the app. Assuming the user even remotely understands what happened.

slouch 14y ago

I don't think a launcher app like Facebook home can be associated with the Android home button automatically when it is installed, so the browser toolbar comparison isn't perfect.

untog 14y ago
I don't think a launcher app like Facebook home can be associated with the Android home button automatically Automatically, no. But it will give you a prompt that will allow you to set the home button to go to Facebook Home.
- RealCasually 14y ago
  Put another way, once installed, you press the Home key, and are 2 TAPS away from having it permanently set. It is a great solution to the problem, and something sorely lacking on iOS (for things like browser and email defaults).
jimktrains2 14y ago
I don't think I understand. You can install different home apps, and you can select which one will launch when you hit the home button. I do this, often.
- brian_cloutier 14y ago
  What he means is, a big problem with browser toolbars is that they are installed automatically. With different home apps, the user is always in control. (Although resetting a default once you've chosen it could be made a lot easier) So comparing it to browser toolbars doesn't really work.
- bookwormAT 14y ago
  "(Although resetting a default once you've chosen it could be made a lot easier)" I imagine most customers reset the default simply by uninstalling the new launcher. The way through the app settings is really well hidden.

bookwormAT 14y ago

android homescreens behave very differently than browser toolbars do. You can not set a homescreen secretly or in the background, and you can only have a single home screen set at any given time. If the user decides to install a homescreen, and he does not like it, He will simply uninstall the app.

pifflesnort 14y ago
> You can not set a homescreen secretly or in the background, and you can only have a single home screen set at any given time. A great many toolbars aren't "secret", they just engage in indirection to trick users into agreeing to installing them. > If the user decides to install a homescreen, and he does not like it, He will simply uninstall the app. Assuming the user even remotely understands what happened.