Comments on: Facebook Fan Page Tabs Change to 520 Pixels http://hilinskyconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-custom-tab-width-760-to-520/ Social Media Strategy • PR • Marketing • Web • SEO Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:27:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Edwas http://hilinskyconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-custom-tab-width-760-to-520/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Edwas Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:52:00 +0000 http://hilinskyconsulting.com/blog/?p=241#comment-67 hilinskyconsulting.com to GoogleReader! <a href="http://www.getwartool.com/" rel="nofollow">Edwas</a> hilinskyconsulting.com to GoogleReader!
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]]> By: Myles Pflum http://hilinskyconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/11/facebook-custom-tab-width-760-to-520/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Myles Pflum Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:59:33 +0000 http://hilinskyconsulting.com/blog/?p=241#comment-66 Maybe this change has to do with increasing mobile usage of Facebook? I know some people use Facebook for iPhone, Facebook for Blackberry, Facebook for Palm WebOS, or Facebook for Android (Nexus One, Droid) more then the desktop version. The smaller dimensions will allow more apps to be used effectively on mobile devices. Here is another potential reason for the change in size. The Apple iPad in portrait mode has a 768 pixel width. The current 760 pixel wide apps would conveniently chop advertisements right off the screen. This allows Facebook to have a unified user experience across different sized devices without requiring each app developer to write separate versions tailored for each device. Facebook *could* be making this change to bring unified app pages across multiple devices. But, Facebook is a for-profit business -- more room for advertisements is probably the likely reasoning. Maybe this change has to do with increasing mobile usage of Facebook? I know some people use Facebook for iPhone, Facebook for Blackberry, Facebook for Palm WebOS, or Facebook for Android (Nexus One, Droid) more then the desktop version. The smaller dimensions will allow more apps to be used effectively on mobile devices.

Here is another potential reason for the change in size. The Apple iPad in portrait mode has a 768 pixel width. The current 760 pixel wide apps would conveniently chop advertisements right off the screen. This allows Facebook to have a unified user experience across different sized devices without requiring each app developer to write separate versions tailored for each device.

Facebook *could* be making this change to bring unified app pages across multiple devices. But, Facebook is a for-profit business — more room for advertisements is probably the likely reasoning.

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