常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

be(like) music to A's ears

アンドロイド用のフェイスブックアプリが更新され、動作が快適になったようです。

Facebook Android App Finally Gets a Speed Boost

Apple iPhone users got an early, long-awaited Christmas present late last night, and now Android Facebook addicts are getting something they may have had on their gift lists ― a faster Android app.

Facebook for Android 2.0 is twice as fast when looking at photos and opening your Timeline and noticeably quicker to launch,” Facebook’s Phillip Fung wrote in a post on Facebook today.

Facebook says the speed boost will be substantial ― opening the app will be faster, viewing photos will be faster and opening your Timeline will be faster. In sum: everything will be faster.

That’s music to Android users’ ears. The existing Facebook app could be incredibly slow, making users wait for a photo to load or their Newsfeed to refresh.

Facebook similarly sped up its iPhone and iPad app in August. It said it rewrote the software, and has done it again for Android.

“Today, we’re releasing a new version of Facebook for Android that’s been rebuilt in native code to improve speed and performance,” said Frank Du of Facebook’s engineering team. “We rebuilt several of Facebook for Android’s core features in native code, including news feed and timeline, to create a faster experience whether you’re opening the Facebook app, looking at photos, or interacting with friends.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/12/facebook-android-app-finally-gets-a-speed-boost/

musicには「音楽」という意味の他に「好ましい情報」(『ジーニアス英和辞典 第4版』)という意味があり、ここでは、be(like) music to A's ears という形で「A<人>の耳に心地よい;A<人>にとって愉快である」(『ウィズダム英和辞典 第2版』)という意味で用いられています。よって、この記事の中では、アンドロイドユーザーにとって良い知らせ、という意味になると思います。(Astroriver)