[Adium-devl] Quickie point-out: Facebook chat

[David Smith]

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11586172524&ref=ts <-- join it!

On Apr 23, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Renee wrote:

> Err - I guess I was hoping if I pointed it out here, someone would  
> start working on it/mention it to pidgin folks :)
> And wouldn't it be... a change if Adium implemented a protocol on  
> its own?  Maybe FB would be interested in that, getting in on the  
> Mac users.  Just a big world of opportunities when you can mingle  
> with such a major network/company like FB.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Eric Richie <edr1084 at gmail.com>
> To: Adium Development mailing list <adium-devl at adiumx.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:38:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Adium-devl] Quickie point-out: Facebook chat
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Renee <katlynnhope at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=12811122130
> Adium is great because of how well it keeps up with various IM  
> protocols.. so I was wondering if someone would like to look at the  
> new FaceBook chat.  I was looking around at it, as it just 'showed  
> up' today on my Facebook page.
> The IM they are using is new, and not open to third-party devs yet,  
> but Facebook is generally good about opening up their insides so  
> developers can use their various apps, codes and protocols.   
> FaceBook is a massive social-network (one of the biggest, maybe the  
> most popular right now?) - so I thought looking at the new chat  
> would be a good idea.  I've already contacted some of their team for  
> help with other apps and plugins for FB, and they always were nice  
> and eager to help out.
> So yeah - just wanted to point this out.  Anyone with FB should take  
> a quick peek, and see their new chat system (I actually just found  
> out not everyone has the chat enabled yet, but most people do by  
> now).  I'll be the first volunteer to help out with this if needed.
> (and insider info - FB should be adding in voice/video to their chat  
> down the line, perhaps their voice/video system would be more  
> 'friendly' and open to devs for other apps to use - but I only heard  
> a bit about the voice/video, and it sounded like a ways off... but  
> still, would be nice to have a voice/video that is usable)
>
>
> -Renee AKA the little pointer outer
>
> File a libpurple ticket on Pidgin's trac:
> http://developer.pidgin.im/
>
> We'll get it once they support it. We don't normally implement  
> protocols on our own.
>
>
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