Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login
Is Facebook testing a new Tab Bar UI for its iOS app? (d.pr)
2 points by yemyat91 on March 30, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



I can confirm this is true. The resources are in the binary.

    iOS_TabBarIcon_Messages@2x.png
    iOS_TabBarIcon_More@2x.png
    iOS_TabBarIcon_NewsFeed@2x.png
    iOS_TabBarIcon_Timeline@2x.png
http://imgur.com/a/pVyiT

There's also a bunch of weird new stuff, like QR codes linking to people's profiles. In Messenger.app there's a disabled function that lets you message people that are physically close to you as well.


I actually prefer tabs rather than a slide out navigation. Then again, Facebook is so complex and has so many features, it would be interesting to see how they would be able to condense things into 4 or 5 tabs.


Highly unlikely. How did you manage to get this screenshot if not made-up in the first place?


The images are in the current public Facebook.app, you can confirm this yourself.


Do you know of a way to make this appear on any Facebook iOS app?


There's an internal settings package which, among other things, enables these features.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: