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Toffeed

Toffeed is a wrapper for Facebook's mobile site

4.0

100 Votes

  • Category Social
  • Program license Free
  • Version 1.5.5
  • Size 1 MB
  • Works under: Android
  • Program available in English
  • Content rating Teen
  • Package name me.jakelane.wrapperforfacebook
  • Program by Jake Lane
    The University of AdelaideSA 5005AUSTRALIA

Introduction

Toffeed is a lightweight, open-source Facebook client for Android that efficiently manages your Facebook account while occupying minimal storage space.

App Size and Storage

Toffeed is an ultralight app, using less than 1.5 megabytes of your device's storage. This is a stark contrast to the official Facebook app, which consumes over 30 megabytes and can potentially use even more as it accumulates temporary data. This makes Toffeed a highly efficient alternative for users who want to manage their storage space judiciously.

Configuration Options

Toffeed offers various intriguing features in its configuration options. One of these features enables you to automatically hide all content sponsored by Facebook. Essentially, it allows you to turn off Facebook's advertising, providing a cleaner, ad-free social media experience.

Messaging

Toffeed also gives you the ability to chat with your Facebook contacts directly from the app itself. However, if you already have the Facebook Messenger app installed, it is advised to deactivate this option in Toffeed to avoid any potential conflicts between the two applications.

User Interface and Permissions

One of Toffeed's strong suits is its elegant interface. It is easy to navigate and provides a pleasant user experience. Moreover, unlike many other Facebook clients, Toffeed requires very few user permissions. It only asks for access to location and images, further cementing its position as a secure and privacy-oriented application.

Conclusion

To sum up, Toffeed is a highly efficient Facebook client for Android. Its minimal storage requirements, ad-blocking capabilities, direct messaging feature, and user-friendly interface make it an excellent option for users. Its request for minimal permissions provides an additional layer of security and privacy for users.

Pros

  • Consumes less than 1.5 megabytes of storage.
  • Ability to hide sponsored content from Facebook.
  • Messaging feature integrated within the app.
  • Elegant and user-friendly interface.
  • Requires minimal user permissions.

Cons

  • Potential conflict with Facebook Messenger app if both are used for messaging.

v1.5.5

• The useragent is now dynamically changed per device to allow mobile site redirections

Full changelogs are available at https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed/releases

Please submit any issues or feature requests to https://github.com/JakeLane/Toffeed/issues

Potentially dangerous permissions

  • ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION: Allows an app to access precise location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION.
  • READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Allows an application to read from external storage.
  • WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Allows an application to write to external storage.

Other permissions

  • INTERNET: Allows applications to open network sockets.
  • RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.
  • VIBRATE: Allows access to the vibrator.
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