A few minutes ago we published a post about Facebook’s new Desktop Notifications app for Mac — a very slick desktop client that lets you monitor your Facebook notifications from your Mac desktop. We’ve been poking around the app’s page a bit more, and we may have stumbled upon something even more exciting: a directory of Prototype Facebook apps. You’ll notice that the page includes an option to “Browse More Prototypes”, which currently leads to a blank page.
At this point there are two possibilities: Facebook either has an internal directory of Facebook applications that are tested by employees and a bug let us access Desktop Notifications, or it’s preparing to give everyone the chance to try out these new experimental apps, while clearly specifying that they are an “experimental feature built by a Facebook engineer” so that it doesn’t have to worry about offering support for them. Given that the Desktop Notifications app has been public for a while now and Facebook hasn’t pulled it, I’m guessing the latter.
This would be similar to a model that Google has adopted with Gmail Labs, which it launched last summer and has led to a number of useful features. And it’s a model that would be perfect for Facebook, which is well known for running marathon ‘hackathon’ sessions during which its engineers cook up new features over the course of a few all-nighters.
looks like a new labs product to me.
Facebook’s next new launch is something even more exciting. But similar to a model that Google has adopted with Gmail Labs. In the new prototype Facebook apps, we can browse more prototypes currently which leads to a blank page and it is quite interesting. The process gets completed by using the Desktop notification apps too.
This is perfect app from Facebook and the Public participation in a new feature under development would always help to enrich the feature!
A very good initiative from Facebook, if it launches Facebook Labs sure this will give great developments to Facebook and too give a good experience to the users specially to the budding app developers to gain technical ideas.
I think it would be a good addition to Facebook which will enhance its value in the long term. Public participation in a new feature under development would always help enriching that feature.
slap on face to app developers?
We are Facebook application developers…
When an app created by Facebook earns as much as just ONE of our apps does every day (minus the Facebook ads that frame applications…) then they can slap us in the face all they want!
Check out a video here to see proof of just one of our very simplest apps that consistently earns over $1700 a week on total autopilot:
http://blog.app...ok-application/
experimental features because facebook no longer knows what will work and what will not.
Brilliant, if it’s 1/50th as good as Google Labs it will be worth it.
fb is now google in sns!
wonderful
This is a very interesting development. I glad to see Facebook allowing its large user base to test their prototype applications. This allows them to iterate much more quickly. It’s user driven R&D-instead of R&D that could take years if its limited to within a business.
you guys wanna check out navigaya.com for future browsing.
this is the future of the web.
Interesting info, many bloggers are changing the appearance of facebook. The reason they want to be different from the others! Others say that view is too simple facebook! Breakthrough of bloggers making facebook look better and more choices! It would be nice admin tamplate facebook provides some options! We wait!
hmm .. I think it good .. another step forward frm Facebook .. i hope it works for facebook to stay at the position .. where it is now .. as its for few days for evry site .. as it was with Twitter .. Myspace .. u know which one will be the next ..
Best,
Daina
Useful app .. And I am glad the first version is for Mac