Microsoft demos Facebook on Silverlight and WPF
Microsoft shows off Facebook Open Stream API demos from Rafe Needleman on Vimeo.
Don’t say you didn’t see this one coming, after Microsoft bought shares of Facebook. Microsoft demoed 2 applications based on Facebook’s new Open Stream API that actually make happy that you’ll be able to avoid the mess of the web interface that Facebook has become.
The first application is based on Silverlight and integrates Deep Zoom for photo viewing. It also shows you your Facebook stream so you can interact with it by commenting or ‘liking’ particular items in the feed.
The second application is what really blows you away. Fabuloous, a desktop application for Windows 7 with support for multitouch really blows you away. The application has 2 views, one shows a more broad navigation for photos and you news feed, where as if you snap the application to the sides using Aero Snap, it converts into a ‘mini mode’ of sorts with a Twitter apps kind of interface. It also caches the data offline so that you can access it even when you don’t have Internet access.
Both these applications shows off rich user interfaces and Fabuloous specially shows the power of Software + Services. The advantage of desktop applications over purely browser based ones is evident from the rich functionality offered by it. These applications were put together over a period of just 72 hours, so they don’t really reflect what more can be done with them.
Both these applications will be available for download over the next few days for users to try them out and play with the code. I’d be happy to move away from the Facebook user interface for sure.
Related posts:
- Microsoft releases an awesome Silverlight 4 Beta Client for Facebook for Windows and OS X
- Apps for Windows – Desktop Apps for Facebook
- Facebook launches Facebook Live
- Microsoft officially confirms Windows Phone 7 Series development to be on .NET, Silverlight and XNA
- Fishbowl – Facebook Desktop Client optimized for Windows 7
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pretty nice app, hope they make it public…
pretty nice app, hope they make it public…
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Big question I want to know is why is this for Facebook and not Windows Live??
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