Informal Brain

Finally!  Version 2.0 of Facebook for the iPhone launched today.  Ever since I saw the totally amazing photo tagging demo on YouTube about a month ago I have been following the release date of this new version closely.  Today the wait is over.

Highlights:

1. Photo Tagging — Click, tag and go.  It is fast, and amazingly easy to tag a photo and get it posted.  This is simply the best photo sharing experience for the iPhone now.

2. Inline Commenting — This is a game changer for the level of interactivity within the Facebook newsfeed.  Now you can click on the small link beside pretty much any wall post, newsfeed item or photo and leave a quick inline comment.  Works very well.  Look out Friendfeed!

3. Chat — Works better then ever.  Looks just like iChat.  Nice job.

4. User Interface — Lots of subtle effects like fly-ins when posting make the UI really fun to use.

Improvements!

1. Quick scroll to the top of the page.  Steal this from Twitterific and Mobile Safari guys.  When you are way down a page it takes a bunch of finger swipes to get back to the top.

2. View Friends of Friends.  This is a nice feature which helps you pick the right person out of the crowd when searching.

Otherwise, again this is a GREAT upgrade.  Good job Facebook team.

Start your appstore checks! Facebook 2.0 is released! Review coming shortly.

This morning the screenshot for the Facebook iPhone application changed to a version 2.0 shot. The application is still 1.1 however. Keep refreshing. We should see the new version soon.

Start counting down the days and refreshing your App Store icons starting tomorrow. The long awaited refresh of the Facebook iPhone app is upon us.

Thanks everyone for being patient waiting for me to finish Facebook for iPhone 2.0. The good news is, I plan to submit the update to the iPhone App Store a week from today. That doesn’t necessarily mean you will be able to download it a week from today - Apple reviews every application before making it available, and they can sometimes take up to a week. So, you may get the update as soon as next Wednesday, or as late as October 1st.

[From Facebook | Facebook for iPhone's Notes]

The new photo tagging looks absolutely wild. It looks like it leverages touch services so you can tap the photo after you have taken it on the device and tag it with your contacts on the phone using touch gestures. Brilliant!

I have noticed a disturbing trend at work lately. We all have the same 5-10 short sleeve shirts in our closet! This week I had the embarrassing experience of showing up for a lunch appointment with a co-worker and we were wearing exactly the same shirt.

We thought this might make for the perfect Facebook application. One where you can enter in the shirt selection of the day and it will tell you if any of your friends have chosen the same one as you.

Build away if you think it is a good idea. I for one could be your first customer!