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Re: Facebook Fogger app out of the box

 

Dude no need to be a dick about it. It's a valid question! I don't think it
could be included since it isn't native software and doesn't follow the
HIG. Looks like a cool app though :)

Regards,
Sam Tate
On 8 Oct 2012 20:42, "Eduard Gotwig" <eduardgotwig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> <sarcasm
> Cool suggestion, so we can all see what our friends are doing all their
> fucking time :-)
> For this topic, we don't really care about free software, you know if
> people use it, we should include it.
> Hm.. and I heard from some twittering friends that apple has this, as well
> in their software... ouch..., but well, we had the idea of this feature
> before it, right? ;)
>
> Hm, too bad our feature freeze is already here...
>
> Maybe we should backport these 13 ubuntu 12.10 packages also back to 12.04
> :-) , so we can get an even better integration with our friends at twitter
> and g+?
>
>
> People make the world funny, so lets get more "facebook fun®" into our
> little OS ;)
> </sarcasm>
>
> *What about... No?*
> *excuse me. I am a bastard :-)*
>
> 2012/10/8 Nishant Agrwal <nishantagrwal12993@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> 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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