Is faceslim still being worked on? or is it dead? Various new issues over the years.

mustang5point0 commented 2 years ago

It has been several years since there was any kind of update to this. During that time, Faceslim has developed several issues. Some of them being - Hamburger Menu on right side of Facebook page fails to open most of the time. This has been going on for a couple of years now. 98% of the time if I need to use it, I just use the browser. For some reason in Faceslim it just shows a blank window.

Messages are very buggy. Many messages simply do not show up in there. I created a Group message, and later when I came back to the inbox, it was nowhere to be found. I could find it through search, but it doesn't show up in the list. Anytime someone in that group sends a reply, the group message refuses to show up in the inbox. Secondly, when you're in a message and press the back button, it completely skips the inbox and goes right back to the newsfeed. This is hella annoying.
Suggested posts no longer getting blocked.
Old issue... Pull to Refresh is way too sensitive. Many times when scrolling up a page and you get to the very top, the pull down refresh is already being dragged down. This pull-down refresh also gets easily pulled down when you are typing in a text box, such as that for a new post where the text box sits at the top of the screen. I try to scroll the text up to edit something and instead it pulls the page refresh arrow down and suddenly everything I wrote gets wiped.
Various other issues

Faceslim is a seriously good application to navigate through facebooks wall of BS. I would like to support the dev here... but only if it's still being worked on. I hate to have to go looking for something else because FS is just THAT good. But it's just become quite buggy and because of Facebooks bullshit changes, it now could really use some patching up.

It would be great if FS could implement some of the functions that the Desktop browser extension Facebook Purity (Fluff) uses. I asked that dev if he would ever make some kind of mobile version of his extension and he had no plans to do so.

indywidualny commented 2 years ago

Hello. I no longer do it. Since you can revoke all the permissions for normal Facebook app I switched to official one personally.

mustang5point0 commented 2 years ago

Well, sorry to say.. that kinda sucks. I really like the app. With the official app, you're still forced to use Messenger as a separate app. Also can't block the ads or People You May Know in the feed. The official app also collects more of your personal information. Also, the official app is VERY hard on my battery and RAM. FS being light as it is barely touches my battery. I can leave it open all week.

jidanni commented 1 year ago

It's definitely worth leaving around on Google play, even if it's not maintained!

creativetrendsapps commented 1 year ago

It's definitely worth leaving around on Google play, even if it's not maintained!

Has been on Google Play in years.

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Is faceslim still being worked on? or is it dead? Various new issues over the years. #416