http://oikeesti.fi

Click here to download Latest version.  (1.0.0.8)

Features of the gadget:

• Menu option to allow "offline" use of Facebook, to avoid need for repeated logins.
• Animated status feed of your friends, based on FQL queries, to avoid need to enter friend feed address manually. 
• Image of your friend shown next to his or her status
• Clicking on either the image or the status entry of your friend, will launch browser to the person's page in facebook.
• Settings dialog to configure various options.
• Localised for English and Finnish.
  

The Gadget will, after (automatic) login, try to fetch friend feed information. Note that if you set parameter for how often feed is fetched to too small value, you might not see all entries in the list before new list is fetched and the showing of the entries is restarted from the most recent entry.

I ended up doing this enhanced version after having used somewhat similar widget in the Microsoft Vista sidebar. However, having fed up that my commercial software did not work with 64-bit Vista Ultimate, I upgraded to 32-bit Windows XP. I missed the sidebar in the XP, so moved on to using the Google desktop which provides all the gadgets I need, now.

Let me know what you think of it, and please let me know if you would like to add to this package localization to your favaourite language.

Testing Status:

•  Only tested on Windows XP.

Click here to download Latest version.

The latest version is 1.0.0.8 (Corrected a view resize bug originating from the original versions of the gadget. This bug seemed to block the gadget from starting automatic updates)

10.0.7 changes: moved to use status streams in the facebook APIs.

1.0.0.5 changes: more or less corrected window resizing, and added tooltip for the status feed to show full status in the tooltip in case the status does not fit into the area available).

In case you don't know how Google Desktop works, you may want to familiarise with the getting started guide.

Comments (13)

mrs Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 17.05.2010 09:39 hi Report

Problems with getting the status feed? Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 09.02.2011 22:02 I have been unable to repeat the problems for getting the status feed. I just though I would go and fix the problem, but I cannot reproduce it.    It occurred to me that the privacy settings you have selected for applications in Facebook may affect whether the gadget works.    Please check in account settings -> privacy settings -> apps that friends gadget has right to access your personal information.    You may also try to remove friends gadget from the apps list, close browser, and restart the gadget. When you restart the gadget, it should ask your permission to access your personal information, and it should again be working normally.    In case you are able to point a problem that I can reproduce, I am more than happy to fix that.    Thanks,    Petri Report

API upgrade in 1.0.0.7 Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 10.02.2011 01:06 Hopefully upgrade to use stream API of Facebook handled the problems with non-updating feeds. Report

Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 13.03.2011 11:02 Report

Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 14.03.2011 11:32 Report