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Re: Facebook Fogger app out of the box

 

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On Oct 8, 2012 2:47 PM, "Sam Tate" <s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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