Re:Dear Facebook: Please learn how to design Android apps th...
by kakuri on Friday January 25, 2013 @11:13AM
(#5116071)
Android is in serious need of better user control over app permissions.
Apps should have their permissions in two groups:
* Must-have: the app will not work without these (e.g. camera access for a picture-taking app)
* Optional: some features of the app will not work (e.g. camera access for Facebook)
Despite how bad the Facebook app is, I find it to be much better than opening the website on a mobile browser, but I wish I, as the user, could specify what permissions to grant the app.
Apps should have their permissions in two groups:
* Must-have: the app will not work without these (e.g. camera access for a picture-taking app)
* Optional: some features of the app will not work (e.g. camera access for Facebook)
Despite how bad the Facebook app is, I find it to be much better than opening the website on a mobile browser, but I wish I, as the user, could specify what permissions to grant the app.