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Re:Facebook’s iPad App Has Been Done Since May, But They Won... by ChrisLTD on Monday September 26, 2011 @03:35PM (#3040382)
Normally I don't think companies should focus on making tablet specific versions of their site (normal desktop pages work just fine), but Facebook relies too heavily on Javascript for the limited power of today's tablets.

Edit: I have an iPad version 1

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Re:Facebook’s iPad App Has Been Done Since May, But They Won... by msh on Monday September 26, 2011 @03:43PM (#3040417)
Huh? Fb works just fine in my iPad browser (except for the flash games, but that's not related to java script).
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Re:Facebook’s iPad App Has Been Done Since May, But They Won... by ChrisLTD on Monday September 26, 2011 @03:56PM (#3040479)
The AJAX content loads were slow, the action buttons were too small and easy to hit by mistake, and I don't recall pinching and zooming being smooth either.
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Re:Facebook’s iPad App Has Been Done Since May, But They Won... by msh on Monday September 26, 2011 @04:41PM (#3040651)
I have a iPad 2, maybe that does the speed difference, I don't have speed issues and pinch to zoom is smooth.
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Re:Facebook’s iPad App Has Been Done Since May, But They Won... by hellweaver666 on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @05:49AM (#3042586)
The worst part about the web app for me is the amount of 'mystery meat' navigation that's invisible unless you hover over it - something we don't have on Tablets.

The hover state usually appears if you click on the area, but that requires you to know that it exists first.

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