It would be very helpful if after a user installs your app and is redirected to your app's canvas page, a parameter was passed along indicating that the user has just installed.

This would make it much easier to show "Just installed" content to users without using error-prone heuristics as is currently the case.

It doesn't really matter what the param is called as long as it's constant. just_installed=true or whatever else you want. 

Thanks.

 I strongly agree with this point. Especially for apps that promote user interaction. If a user is installing the app as a result of a desired interaction, the chain is broken after user has installed the app. This makes for a frustrating user experience and a broken viral loop.

 I agree.

I installed one app and to my surprise got thrown straight into a multiplayer game when I just wanted a nose

- not helped that the canvas was only showing the bottom half of the table....

App installation didn't last long....

Eddie 

 Agree with this suggestion!

Bump!

MySpace, please offer some type of way to determine if the application was just installed - parameter is ideal as most apps are likely already setup to handle the parameters.