iPad版Facebook应用：瑕不掩瑜

    现在，好友更新状态时，用户可以使用Nearby功能查看他们与自己的相对方位。这项会显示一张大地图，并用好友的照片标出他们所在的位置。对有些人来说，这项功能真是个别出心裁的意外惊喜；对其他人来说，它或许意味着Facebook对用户行踪的检测又达到了新的高度。

    文章链接载入很快，有时候眨眼就能完成。可惜， iPad版Facebook无法运行Zynga出品的游戏，包括填字游戏Words with Friends，点击游戏链接后，用户会被自动导向Zynga的iPad应用。不过这一情况很快就会改观，Zynga不久就会推出新的版本，在Facebook的iPad应用内就能运行。

    就其他方面而言，Facebook为iPad开发的这款程序与大家的预期完全相符，许多功能都是从Facebook桌面应用继承而来，两者并无二致。本周，Facebook更新了其iOS应用，现在Facebook在iPad和iPhone这两个平台上的版本看起来几乎如出一辙：只不过前者的视觉效果更佳。

    说真的，一旦克服了其中的漏洞，Facebook为iPad开发的首款软件总体感觉堪称明快时尚又深得人心。它在照片功能上花的心思可圈可点，但也谈不上让人耳目一新，还不至于让第三方为Facebook开发的iPad应用感到汗颜，至少目前如此。但是Facebook的用户们无疑会为之欢欣鼓舞，哪怕有些人会感到纳闷，为什么这款应用的开发耗费了这么长的时间？

    译者：清远

    And now when Friends update their statuses with their locations, you'll be able to see their proximity to you with the "Nearby" feature that displays a large map with photos of your friends pinned to their locations. It's a neat little bonus for some; for others, it may take Facebook stalking to a new level.

    Links to articles load fast, sometimes almost instantly. Unfortunately, the app currently links out to Zynga gaming apps you've downloaded to your iPad like Words with Friends. That will change soon when the developers roll out versions of its games fully playable from within the app itself.

    Otherwise, Facebook for iPad works just as you would expect it to, with many of the same features from the desktop experience carried over. And with this week's software update to the iOS app, the iPad and iPhone versions look very similar: one just plays up the visuals.

    Really, the overall feel of Facebook's first iPad release is snappy and intuitive once you get past the bugs. The focus on photos here is a nice touch, although there's nothing revolutionary here that puts third-party Facebook iPad apps to shame, at least not yet. The social network's users will undoubtedly be happy with it, even if some of them wonder what took so long.