Facebook Desktop

Disclaimer: Facebook Desktop is an individual task. It is not sponsored by or connected with either Adobe ® or Facebook ®.

Facebook Desktop Intro

As soon as upon a time, I was associated with a task here at Adobe called "Task San Dimas." That job ultimately turned into a full-fledged item called "eBay Desktop" which took pleasure in some remarkable success. I was fortunate sufficient to be part of the prototyping, developing, and introducing of the first variation, and it was fascinating. More just recently, I have considered doing something comparable. Presenting, "Facebook Desktop"!

Facebook Desktop


So, exactly what is Facebook Desktop?

Facebook Desktop is a notice engine that offers you updates about your Facebook buddies in real-time! Whenever somebody posts a story, talk about your image, tags you in a status update, whatever ... Facebook Desktop will let you understand. It provides hidden messenger-style toast messages whenever you have noticed.

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Why construct Facebook Desktop?

I moved far from my house in Vancouver for work. Therefore, Facebook has been a fantastic tool to assist keep me in touch with everybody. I discovered, however, that the internet browser metaphor for the Facebook "stream" only wasn't working for me. I didn't like rejuvenating my web page continuously to see exactly what individuals depended on. I likewise didn't like keeping a web browser open whenever I wished to check out a few of my pals posts.
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So, I made a basic AIR app that strikes the Facebook APIs, gets the current posts, and provides them to me in an inconspicuous method. I wound up discovering it so beneficial, I began including increasingly more functions, like the capability to pause/resume, replay missed out on alerts, upgrade my status, and so on. Ultimately, I was motivated by a good friend to polish it up and launch it for others to utilize, therefore here we are!

Anyways, if you have an interest in attempting it out, install it here: http://www.facebookdesktop.com/.

You can likewise stay up to date on the task and connect with me on any of our neighborhood pages:.

Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=95615112563.
Twitter Page - http://www.twitter.com/facebookdesktop/.

And certainly, let me understand exactly what you believe! Your feedback assists me to make Facebook Desktop much better and much better. Up until next time, delighted Facebook' ing;