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Comment by mrwilliamchang | Hacker News Reader

I'm impressed with how quickly FB, able to transition from emphasizing their web experience, to emphasizing their mobile experience. Most established web companies are moving much slower on this (ie Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, Amazon, eBay, Flickr, Yelp, Craigslist, Tumblr, etc...).

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Seriously? FB is one of the worst slow moving companies in mobile. Google mobile apps were always better.

Until the last iterations, true.

Still waiting for the Sparrow rebranded Gmail app for iOS

Don't hold your breath.

> While we’ll be working on new things at Google, we will continue to make Sparrow available and provide support for our users.

http://sprw.me/

Glad to hear that.

Maybe I was to brief on my reply, but... What I mean, was more of the know-how generated on Sparrow making its way in to Gmail app.

Meanwhile FB Android app is still unusably slow and bug-ridden. It's just not acceptable for someone who wants be perceived as a strong technology company.

I believe that the Google apps on Android are good, but my experience with Google apps on iOS have been mostly bad. Have there been good ones?

Google+ for the iPad is amazing - buttery smooth, big beautiful images and easy navigation.

prior to this FB update, I'd argue that the Google+ app was one of the best iOS apps. It's both responsive and intuitive, and they've put mobile first in their mobile UI design, rather than trying to simply mirror the desktop UI.

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