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[Fabian Thoma <fabian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

so there are a few things that speak against doing such a thing:

A Fogger App is no native App, but just a website, that makes it non
native, not following the system theming and every design tweaks(like in
that post) are destined to fail at some point.

Also some people(including me) might not like the fact that Facebook is
installed and might get paranoid and rage about it.

If elementary would ever do such a thing as including a social network app
it would be native, fast and following out HIG.

And finally Luna is in feature freeze since ages ago, so nothing,
especially something that goes against our guidelines, should go into Luna
anymore.

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Nishant Agrwal <nishantagrwal12993@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> What do you guys think of providing a Fogger app for Facebook out of the
> box in Luna? For those who don't know what I'm talking about, refer to this
> article:
>
>
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/fogger-can-turn-facebook-into-an-integrated-desktop-app-on-ubuntu
>
> I've used it, and it works rather well, actually. The killer feature for
> me would be the desktop notifications and the badges (which work fine with
> Plank). But that's not the reason I'm suggesting this.
>
> IMHO including Facebook as a first-class app (in that Plank and Slingshot
> handle it as one) would be a very good idea because let's face it,
> regardless of your personal opinion about Facebook, the target audience of
> elementary will use Facebook, and it will be pretty important to the user.
> When booting Luna for the first time, seeing the Facebook logo on the dock
> will give the user a feeling of familiarity and an impression of immediate
> usefulness. The main point here is that we should use the recognizable logo
> to our advantage to make the user feel that this platform will suit their
> needs.
>
> And of course a handy one-click access to Facebook with desktop
> notifications is good in it's own right :)
>
> Thoughts?
>
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