Facebook Redux

Despite growing performance issues, my Pre continues to grow in the significance of the role it plays in my daily life. This is because of the Notes app (which I am using even now to write this) and because of FaceBook. I really love FB. I hear many people complain about how much time they "waste on CrackBook" but I am not a member of that whiners club.

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." - Bertrand Russell

I have a growing circle of great friends that I communicate with on a regular (daily) basis. Sometimes we just clown around, and sometimes we get down and dirty on serious issues. Either way it is always enjoyable. I occasionally feel that it steals time from my writing. But then I remind myself how much writing I am actually doing on FB and the feeling goes away. 

I find love, inspiration and allot of information (data, shared experience and tonnes of wisdom) on FaceBook, while making my own (appreciated I am told all the time) contribution. I participate in many great discussions and my overall FaceBook experience could best be described as enriching.

I've had to learn allot of tricks to get the most out FB on my Pre. But lately something has happened that is really frustrating. I can no longer share links directly to FB. I can only do it if the original page has a "share with FaceBook" button. There are many great sites that don't.

The worst inconvenience is YouTube. There is no share (with FB) button on either the app or the mobile site. The full site is non-functional and useless on webOS. I have a Mashup blog which uses YouTube primarily and I love sharing good mashes directly as well. I discover many on my phone, and it's a pain in the arse having to wait until I'm on a computer before sharing. 

Sharing links directly has never been possible in the FB app or the mobile site. But certain FB pages will not load in either (such as CANUCKSFANZ or PRACTICAL ENLIGHTENMENT) so when I do select notifications from those pages (the only way I can get to these pages) I will load the desktop FaceBook. This is the only way I can load it this way. From here I could load my profile (still on the full version) and then post and share links the same way I would on any computer.

But now, as of a week or so ago, the options that appear under "what's on your mind" no longer appear on my phone, even though the page (in full desktop mode) appears "normal" in every other way. I have no clue why this is but I don't like it. I hope this prroblem goes away, and soon!

http://ferenczyram.blogspot.com - my personal blog
http://ferenczypre.blogspot.com/ - webOS & Palm
http://ferenczymu.blogspot.com/ - youtube mashups

-- Sent from my palm Pre