Facebook采取了一项重要举措，将其主要智能手机应用程序中的(smartphone app)照片同步功能(Photo Sync feature)替换为名为 Moments的新独立应用程序。(standalone app)这将迫使用户下载它，如果他们想将他们的图片发布到Facebook。此应用程序承诺以更简单的方式分享照片，但仅适用于iOS 和 Android(iOS and Android)。您还没有在Windows 10、Windows Phone或其他平台上使用它。这将如何运作？
照片在云端，但遥不可及
我们已经将照片上传到云端已有一段时间了。Dropbox、OneDrive、Facebook、Instagram只是希望帮助您处理图片的一些大牌。现实情况是，在社交活动中分享图片仍然是最违背的承诺。“我会把照片发给你”很少有人遵循。
另一个问题是在你的图片档案中找到你的方式。您与您的这位朋友有几张照片，但识别它们是一件很头疼的事情。智能手机有不错的相机，创造了一个不断增长的摄影世界。与合适的人一起找到合适的照片，成为一个越来越难解决的难题。让我们看看朋友圈如何帮助(Moments)用户处理他们的图片：
朋友圈有什么特别之处？
Moments 为Facebook(Facebook)进入您的日常生活创造了一个额外的钩子。拥有旨在高效执行特定任务的更小、更简单的应用程序似乎是未来的发展方向。臃肿的Facebook 应用程序(Facebook app)已成为大多数智能手机用户感到沮丧的主题。该应用程序占用大量资源，很快耗尽您的电池并且响应速度可能很慢。将 Moments 与Facebook 主应用(Facebook app)分开，让这两个应用有机会更快地移动并分别提供更令人满意的体验。
年轻一代使用Facebook，但他们的智能手机上也出现了替代应用程序。他们通过提供更少的复杂性和更多的隐私来取胜。Moments 为Facebook提供了一个品牌，该品牌对其用户具有简单而明确的价值，并且可以承诺更多的隐私。
Facebook最大胆的举措是他们强迫人们下载应用程序的方式。Moments应用程序已于今年6 月(June)开始提供下载。新的是，现有的照片同步功能(Photo Sync feature)将从Facebook的主应用程序中消失，如果您想继续以一种简单的方式与您的Facebook朋友(friends)分享照片，您将被迫使用Moments。公平地说，Facebook Messenger的类似举措进行得非常顺利。Messenger现在是所有智能手机平台(smartphone platform)上下载次数最多的应用程序之一。
Facebook与 Moments 一起提供的最佳功能可能是识别面孔的能力。想象一下在婚礼上浏览你的照片并试图找出与谁分享的内容。Moments 承诺自动识别人，并允许您与他们分享您的照片，只需按一下按钮。虽然其他应用程序具有类似的功能，例如Google Photos 或 Flickr(Google Photos or Flickr)，但Facebook比它们有一个很大的优势：它已经认识你的朋友。其他应用程序没有，因此您需要自己教它们。凭借其令人印象深刻的覆盖面，Facebook承诺从第一天起(day 1)就可以毫不费力地实现这一目标。下面是该应用程序的快速概述，在下面的视频中。
(Moments)在Vimeo上来自Facebook的(Facebook)时刻。
你在哪里可以获得朋友圈？
Moments 可在Android和iOS设备上下载。它尚不适用于Windows Phone 8.1或 Windows 10 Mobile。当您与未安装 Moments 的人分享照片时，该应用程序具有内置功能，可通过Facebook Messenger发送邀请以供人们下载。
一个尴尬的重叠(awkward overlap)：Twitter 有一个同名的应用程序，以前称为 Project Lightning。它做了完全不同的事情，但名称完全相同。
您打算开始使用Facebook 朋友圈(Facebook Moments)吗？你同意Facebook的这一举动吗？请在下面的评论中告诉我们。
Facebook forces users to share photos with a new standalone app
Facеbook makes an important move by replacing the Photo Sync feature from its main smartphone app with а new standalone аpp, callеd Moments. This will force userѕ to download it, if thеy wаnt to post their pictυres to Facebook. This арp promises an eaѕier way to share photos but is only available on iOS and Android. You don't have it yet in Windows 10, Windows Phone or other platforms. How will thіs wоrk?
Photos are in the cloud and yet out of reach
We have been uploading our pictures to the cloud for some time now. Dropbox, OneDrive, Facebook, Instagram are just a few of the big names that want to help you handle your pictures. The reality is that sharing pictures is still the most broken promise at social events. "I will send you the pictures" is seldom followed through.
Another problem is finding your way through your archives of pictures. You have a few pictures with this friend of yours, but identifying them is a big headache. Smartphones have decent cameras which create an ever increasing photographic universe. Finding the right pictures with the right person, becomes an ever increasing puzzle, which is more and more difficult to solve. Let's see how Moments helps its users handle their pictures:
What is so special about Moments?
Moments creates an additional hook for Facebook into your daily life. Having smaller, simpler apps that aim to perform a specific task efficiently, seems to be the way of the future. The big bloated Facebook app has become a subject of frustration for most smartphone users. The app takes a lot of resources, drains your battery quite fast and can be slow to respond. Separating Moments from the main Facebook app gives a chance for both apps to move faster and provide a more satisfying experience, individually.
The younger generations use Facebook, but alternative apps showed up on their smartphones too. They win by delivering less complexity and more privacy. Moments gives Facebook a brand that has a simple and clear value for its users and can promise more privacy.
The boldest move made by Facebook is the way they force people to download the app. The Moments app has been available for download since June this year. What is new is that the existing Photo Sync feature will disappear from Facebook's main app and you will be forced to go for Moments, if you want to continue to have an easy way to share pictures with your Facebook friends. To be fair, the similar move made with Facebook Messenger went very well . Messenger is now one of the most downloaded apps on any smartphone platform.
Perhaps the best feature that Facebook packs with Moments is the ability to recognize faces. Imagine going through your pictures at a wedding and trying to sort out what to share with whom. Moments promises to automatically recognize people and allow you to share your pics with them, at the touch of a button. While other apps have similar features, like Google Photos or Flickr, Facebook has one big advantage over them: it already knows your friends . Other apps don't, so you need to teach them yourself. With its impressive coverage, Facebook promises to deliver this effortlessly from day 1. Here's a quick overview of the app, in the video below.
Moments from Facebook on Vimeo.
Where can you get Moments ?
Moments is available for download on Android and iOS devices. It's not yet available for Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 10 Mobile. When you share pictures with someone who doesn't have Moments installed, the app has a built-in feature that will send invites over Facebook Messenger for people to download it.
One awkward overlap: Twitter has an app with the same name, formerly known as Project Lightning. It does completely different things, but shares the exact same name.
Do you plan to start using Facebook Moments? Do you agree with this move on Facebook's part? Let us know in the comments below.
