An update to our recent post on Facebook Connect: Facebook is pushing partners hard to be prepared for an official November 30 launch.
24 of 26 announced launch partners have yet to integrate Facebook Connect. We’ve spoken with a number of them. All say they are still planning to integrate the product eventually, but complain of bugs and other issues and wasted development efforts to date. Some, afraid of policy changes that will make Facebook Connect less interesting, also say they’re waiting to see the final product before launching.
A number of new features are being added. One, called FriendLink, allows a site using Facebook Connect to pass email addresses to Facebook and get friend recommendations back. This allows sites to make connections between users that they may not know about yet (but that Facebook already knows about). It’s a key feature that is attracting a number of partners, we’ve heard.
Was it Guy Kawasaki who said launch early and launch often? Launch, fix, relaunch, fix some more, relaunch… Seems Facebook has taken this to heart.
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except for the launch part.
Good Point – More like, think about it, fix, think about it some more, get bad feedback, nah dumb idea, next.
gosh, i wish they would be clear with all developers about what’s going on.
I know, the whole new profile release wasn’t fun. You didn’t know if it was a complete change over or not and so you had to develop your app for both profiles. Then suddenly you wake up one morning and TC is saying Facebook has made the change manditory.
When you open an API, I think you have to really be careful in how you do things because people are investing time and money to make you better. At times it feels like Facebook forgets this.
As for people who say what is the big deal. If you are trying to start a web biz, Facebook has 80 million plus users. Guys who say all proudly I don’t an FB account are idiots. Some of your market is there and common sense dictates that to sell to your market you need to understand them.
i dont get all facebook connect hype. facebook isnt the center of the universe.
With 110 Million ACTIVE users and growing by 250,000 per day, it may just well become the center of the universe
Yea…their development has been super shaky to date. fbConnect looks really exciting though…hopefully it becomes reliable and is communicated transparently in the near future.
We’ve been building http://www.ROOV.com off of the normal API in the meantime.
@Silicon Valley Dropout-yes, but Facebook WANTS to be the centre of the universe. fbConnect just might do it-hence the hype.
Open ID people…this is becoming the standard. Microsoft and Yahoo have adopted Open ID, and it is a an independent platform. Facebook is not to be trusted as the guardian of your information.
Microsoft and Yahoo have adopted it, but not many of their users have. The OpenID system requires a major change to become the standard. Right now it’s clunkier than just using separate accounts.
OpenID doesn’t “work”. Try doing a usability study with it and you’ll see how it fails.
FB Connect can win easily over OpenID unless OpenID gets their sh*t together.
people still use facebook? huh…..
apparently so. i quit facebook and myspace years ago.
anything with facebook works. I’m bout to hop in their facebook ads as a new advertiser
Eh well I guess we’ll just see how well this turns out when it eventually (if ever) launches…
Facebook is getting old
it still works though
FB Connect will be very effective for small B2C sites in very specific niches, and will benefit by building micro-communities. Site owners comprehend how to use Facebook to reach out to people and incorporate them into their communication streams …. so using this won’t be much of a stretch for them.
It’s mainstream adoption of community building.
I am eagerly awaiting the opportunity to recommend using FB Connect …. if only I could get my hands on it and start putting it through it’s paces.
Facebook Connect is currently available for any developer to start developing with in the sandbox. There’s even a process to get your site reviewed and launched now if you poke around. Facebook needs to make this more obvious – it’s been out for a while.
Here’s the thing. OpenID is being supported by developers. However, FB Connect is going to be demanded by users/consumers. This means that FB Connect is the best thing that could have happened for OpenID, as it will only increase the common user’s awareness of it. For the short-term though, FB Connect will easily win out as the convenience factor is logs above OpenID.
Just sayin’
+1 Dave ! I agree with you it’ll be the standard soon ! That’s sure !
Is it true that facebook has started support and operations office in Hyderabad and Bangalore, India?
Sooo. It’s December 1 and I don’t see a single news byte about an official Facebook Connect launch. In fact, this is the only site that mentioned November 30. Is this article bogus or did I miss something?
thats funny, i was trying to find out info about facebook connect today as well.
testing fb connect