Monday, November 23, 2009

Now online with Facebook - so yeah I dun it

I did it for the geekiest reason ever: so I could explain to friends and family with questions how it works, and more than just an API perspective ...
Right here
And one thing I've found, as a developer anyway, whereas Twitter's API lets you write Twitter clients in the language / format of your choice and with the UI your users want, Facebook does no such thing. That is unfortunate because to write a third-party app that does more than put a badge on a web site might be most convenient, whether it's a widget for a mobile phone or even a scriptlet in a span element - or better an app you can run in the system tray or dock of your computer that gives wall updates like a lot of Twitter apps do. Not that I need one but inquiring minds want to know ...

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