Monthly Archives: August 2011

Facebook Rolls Out New Left-Hand Navigation

Facebook is making changes to the left column! It looks like they are rolling out a new left column navigation scheme that attempts to give you quicker access to the pages and groups you access most. Are they copying Better … Continue reading

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How To Tab (or Un-Tab) Facebook App Posts

New applications and games get released on Facebook every day. When this happens, Better Facebook may not recognize the app, so its posts won’t automatically get sent to a tab like others. Fortunately, it’s easy to tab new apps! When … Continue reading

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What Are 3rd Party Cookies And Why Are They Required?

What are cookies? What are “3rd party” cookies? Are they a security risk? Why must they be allowed in my browser for some of Better Facebook’s features to work? Read on and learn! What Are Cookies? Simply, a “cookie” is … Continue reading

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Better Facebook 5.91 Release Notes

Better Facebook 5.91 is a maintenance release to fix some issues and implement a few small enhancement requests. Click here to Install/Update from BetterFacebook.net New New Option in Chat tab: Group friends by online status (active on top, idle below). … Continue reading

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Facebook Increases Status Length Limit From 420 to 500

Facebook seems to have increased the maximum length of status updates from 420 characters to 500 – but not for all users! I’m not sure how widespread the change is, but a number of users have verified that thy are … Continue reading

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HOW TO: Hide Posts By Friends To Groups In Your News Feed

Many Facebook users are noticing posts in their feed from friends who are posting to groups like “You know you’re from X when…”. Facebook provides no way to hide these posts, but you can get rid of them with the … Continue reading

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