Taking advantage of the launch day of Windows 8.1, one of the highly anticipated applications for the Microsoft operating system makes its appearance. This is Facebook, the application that gives way to the social network most massive of all the world and that can now be launched from the desktop of a computer without having to access the Internet browser A tool that may attract the attention of some although it does not present true news regarding applications views for smartphones or tablets
And we must not forget that this is an official application for computers and tablets with Windows 8.1 Devices that could well start Internet Explorer and access from there to this well-known social network The good thing is that, as The application, Facebook can be launched from the home screen without having to type its address. In addition, as an exclusive contribution it has a tile or live tile where you can find information even before access the social network itself.
Regarding the design of this tool, it does not present any great novelties either. In fact, its visual aspect is an adaptation of the web version for computers, thus taking advantage of the large screens to display a good amount of information, although without overwhelming. In this way, as soon as it is started, the Latest news screen is displayed, just as it happens in the web version.Here it is possible to know the publications of friends, pages that are followed, etc. Meanwhile, on the right side of the screen, the space for messaging or chats is respected. A place to find users who are online to send or receive messages directly.
The menu on the left side of the screen is also respected. A space designed to find the rest of sections and sections of this social network such as the personal wall , the friends list, the messaging, the events, the photographs published, the pages to the ones you follow and the groups of which you are a member. All this in a very similar way to what is seen in other mobile applications, but with the caveat that, as in the web version, it is always visible and accessible.All this with an attractive design, plain colors and simplicity.
Of course, the notifications are also present at the top, in this case relegated to the upper right corner, from where it is convenient display alerts of friend requests, messaging or news regarding a publication. All this without occupying the entire screen, leaving part of the viewing for the section in which it is located.
In short, an application that provides everything you could expect, adding a live tile or tile to show information even when not the social network has been accessed. The negative point is that at the moment it is only available for Windows 8.1, so we will have to wait for a large part of the users to be able to use it until you update their computers.After that it can be found in Windows Store totally free
