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UX bug that is actually fairly glaring when it comes down to it:

I searched for "Facebook Camera" in the app store, but because it is so new, it is not there (ok, seems normal)

I went to the site and clicked "Text link to my phone", phone number already filled out, text went through fine (so far so good)

Clicked on the link, but facebooks mobile detection caught it before the redirect happened, didn't know how to handle the url, and redirected me to the facebook homepage instead (I was logged in, so this was my news feed page).

This leaves me with basically no way it install the app unless I wait for it to be indexed in the app store, or download to my computer, both of which I do not want to do.



I just Googled the iTunes link and followed it on my iPhone. Opens the app in the store even though it can't be found by searching yet. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facebook-camera/id525898024?l...


It worked for me from the SMS (although the App Store crashed the first time but that is on Apple). Maybe it's fixed.


It was on the Featured page on the App Store for me.




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