The Paper is a Facebook update for mobile devices, focusing on updating and images rather than on friends' timelines.
A new application for iOS called Paper Announced Facebook, which presents the user with articles and updates που κανονικά παρουσιάζονται στο News Feed, but does so in a way that is tailored to handheld data.
It's actually a Facebook update for mobile devices, focusing on updating and images rather than on friends timelines. The user, instead of "dropping" into long lists of status updates, comments, and various publications, scrolls horizontally to a more "neat" and friendly to locate and read publications interface. Each article appears in a full-screen presentation, "no distractions," with captions and comments being displayed in pictures and videos.
Although in the first "shot" it paper will quote News Feed, users will be able to customize their feeds to their own preferences by choosing themewhat they are interested in, while publishing directly on Facebook will also be allowed. As noted in the announcement, everything responds to the user's touch, which can be navigated with simple, natural gestures.
This is the first product of Facebook Creative Labs. The availability of Paper will start on USA on February 3, and promises to change the way users interact with status updates, photos and videos, as well as news content pulled from a variety of sources. In essence, this is an application that "promises" a new way of approaching Facebook, while maintaining most of its basic features.
According to Guardian, Paper is intended to promptly trigger the Flipboard, which presents publications in the form of a "magazine". Flipboard pulls material from news and entertainment sites, as well as from Facebook, the Twitter and other social networks. It is noted that Flipboard had approximately 85 million users in September 2013 and aims to reach 150 million by the end of 2014.
