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[Nishant Agrwal <nishantagrwal12993@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I understand. Onward to Luna! :-)

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey There,

Sorry about the super rude response!

Unfortunately it doesn't line up with our plans to include a Facebook app by default and we are indeed past our feature freeze for including this extra functionality.

But I think most of us probably use a range of online services from Google to Facebook or Twitter. So I believe in the future we will be doing some work on integrating web services a little better.

Hope that answers your question.

Best Regards,
Daniel Foré

El oct 8, 2012, a las 12:24 p.m., Nishant Agrwal <nishantagrwal12993@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:

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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