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Late last year, Facebook brought its mobile photo-sharing application Moments to the web in a limited capacity by adding a link to the service in the desktop version of Facebook<\/a>. Now, Facebook is again expanding Moments to the web, this time by setting up a standalone web version<\/a> for the service that offers access to the online albums you\u2019ve previously shared with friends.<\/p>\n However, like the stripped-down version of Moments within Facebook, Moments\u2019 web version is similarly non-functional. While the site displays the full list of albums you\u2019ve created as well as who they\u2019ve been shared with, the common features you\u2019d expect a web version of a photo-sharing app to have simply don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n For example, the buttons for favoriting or commenting on photos don\u2019t work \u2013 instead they prompt a pop-up box to appear which directs you to download the Moments mobile application. You can choose to enter in your phone number in this box in order to have the app download link texted to your phone.<\/p>\n It\u2019s like a marketing site for the mobile app, almost.<\/p>\n Also unavailable on the web version is the ability to work with your photos or albums in any other way \u2013 you can create new albums, edit existing albums, or share albums with friends.<\/p>\n That begs the question, of course \u2013 why bother have a web version of Moments at all? The answer is fairly simple, as it turns out. It gives a way for people who don\u2019t have the Moments app installed the ability to view the photos you\u2019re sharing with them.<\/p>\n Facebook confirmed the website launched recently, but didn\u2019t offer to share its longer-term plans\u00a0for Moments on the web going forward.<\/p>\n However, not\u00a0having a fully functioning website may be a misstep for Moments, as it could serve as a means of getting new users interested in the service before committing to yet another mobile app install, and it could increase the engagement from those who are already regular users of the service. After all, expanding to the web is something that\u2019s served other, mobile-first\u00a0apps well, like Facebook-owned Instagram, for example, and\u00a0Facebook Messenger. Even Tinder recently<\/a> debuted a web counterpart.<\/p>\n The existence of Moments, and Facebook\u2019s continued investment in the app, is also more confusing these days, given that the new Stories feature built in to Facebook includes a direct sharing option. That means you can bypass the Moments app entirely in order to privately send photos with a select friend or friends.<\/p>\n The differentiating factor here is that Facebook Stories\u2019 Direct option is meant to be more of a one-off sharing feature, where Moments is about creating albums that can stick around for a longer period of time.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/RSSPoster_PRO\/cache\/b1138_screen-shot-2017-04-12-at-12-03-32-pm.png?resize=640%2C343&ssl=1\")
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