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Changes coming to Facebook Gadget

The Staff — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:17:11 +0000

Recent changes to the Facebook back end have caused our Facebook gadget to stop working. We are in the process of fixing the problem. When updates are available we will announce them here, on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for you patience.

Fb Explorer 1.1.1

The Staff — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:37:52 +0000

The latest version of the gadget is a minor update with a dark monochrome theme for anyone who wants a change from the standard blue and white colors.

The new theme option is located in the Gadget Settings -> Options -> Basic panel.

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Fb Explorer 1.1.0

The Staff — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:17:13 +0000

After a couple weeks of testing and feedback, we’re moving ahead with the release of the 1.1.0 version of Fb Explorer! We hope you enjoy it and do let us know if you run into any iussues or if have any requests for future updates.

Feature List
• New login system using Facebook Connect
• Fixes Friend Activity stream filtering
• Fixes attachment viewing problems
• Fixes the character encoding problems in status posting
• Interface will load now before the data, making the process smoother
• Stream flyout can now add / remove like
• Stream flyout can now add comments
• Background have been redone and should look better in Windows 7
• Additional font (family and size) options added
• 2 extra sizes added for people with higher resolutions
• After posting, stream flyout auto-updates the feed when closed
• Graphics and code re-optimized

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Fb Explorer 1.1.0 Open Beta

The Staff — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:11:32 +0000

We would like to invite anyone stopping by to try out our latest update before it officially hits the internet. This is a pretty major update of the gadget that fixes lots of problems as well as adds in some new features like adding likes and comments to posts in your feed.

We’re looking for any and all feedback on the gadget. If it breaks, tell us how, if it’s working flawlessly, let us know. Go wild, have fun, and post up your experiences.

Beta Test Complete

Fb Explorer 1.0.7

The Staff — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:43 +0000

Facebook recently changed their live stream feed structure and threw the gadget off. This patch corrects the attachment checking in the feed so that everything should be working as normal again.

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Facebook Explorer 1.0.6

The Staff — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:31:27 +0000

We promised everyone an update to the Facebook gadget and we finally have one. While we’re not adding any new features to this update, we have redesigned a lot of the code in the hopes that it will fix some of the issues that people are having concerning authentication, friends feed not showing up, and having to login on reboot.

As always, let us know if you run into any problems and we’ll do our best to help out.

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Facebook Explorer 1.0.4

The Staff — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:44:27 +0000

Since this gadget came out there have been a group of users who have had trouble getting the login code to work on the gadget. After going through everything we could, we released the 1.0.3 version of the gadget to get additional information and here is what we found:

Almost every login code error we received was a 100 – Missing Parameter error. This means that the code isn’t being sent into Facebook either properly or at all. With that in mind, we have a new version of the gadget designed to circumvent the current system to hopefully provide the code straight from the user input to the gadget to Facebook without involving the sidebar API too much.

In laymen terms, we think we fixed it.

Also in this update the Facebook logo on top of the gadget is now clickable and links directly to facebook.com.

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Facebook Explorer 1.0.0

The Staff — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:10:54 +0000

Do you use Facebook to keep in touch with your friends, co-workers, and / or family? Great news! Now you can track your messages on the sidebar. The Facebook Explorer gadget helps you manage incoming messages, friend activities, and even set or clear your status message.

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