[digitalhigh]

Just read an article saying how their new OpenSteamAPI is now available to programmmers. Immediately thought of the what this could mean for XBMC.

Sounds like most information available to the FB home page is now avail to third-party apps...

Thought I'd put that out there for you script-brains.

[Mardagg]

Great idea! If done right it could be very cool.

[digitalhigh]

Great idea! If done right it could be very cool.

More importantly...it might just give my GF a reason to be interested in XBMC.


Hell, even if some kind of RSS feed could be created...I've already got a great place for this in Serenity.

[PantsOnFire]

Interesting thought.. bringing the 'social' stuff into the xbmc environment.

I read recently about a company out there who is branding their new product as a social media environment. It's connected to the net as you'd expect, and you have your contacts on there. Not sure whether they're messenger or email or who knows.. but their idea is to make the media playback a social experience.. (broadcasts the name of the video you're watching, lets a friend share the video at the same time?) something like that.

Seems neat.

I'd personally quite like an IM within xbmc, but it's goin abit outside what xbmc is I suppose...

I guess the way people watch and share their stuff is changing a lot these days, something for the future maybe?

Facebook.. rss feeds yeah that would be cool I spose. It would need a lot of thought wouldn't it.. as facebook has all types of things going on.

[rwparris2]

Interesting thought.. bringing the 'social' stuff into the xbmc environment.

I read recently about a company out there who is branding their new product as a social media environment. It's connected to the net as you'd expect, and you have your contacts on there. Not sure whether they're messenger or email or who knows.. but their idea is to make the media playback a social experience.. (broadcasts the name of the video you're watching, lets a friend share the video at the same time?) something like that.

Seems neat.

I'd personally quite like an IM within xbmc, but it's goin abit outside what xbmc is I suppose...

I guess the way people watch and share their stuff is changing a lot these days, something for the future maybe?

Facebook.. rss feeds yeah that would be cool I spose. It would need a lot of thought wouldn't it.. as facebook has all types of things going on.

you mean boxee?

[PainToad]

Hell, even if some kind of RSS feed could be created...I've already got a great place for this in Serenity.

Add the status RSS feed to RSSFeeds.xml, why wait?

[digitalhigh]

Add the status RSS feed to RSSFeeds.xml, why wait?

Because the new API allows for better information control?

[PantsOnFire]

Add the status RSS feed to RSSFeeds.xml, why wait?

Simply adding an RSS url wouldn't work, because Facebook requires you to login.

[thump107]

facebook photo app for boxee is available at
http://code.google.com/p/boxeefb/

hope someone will port it to xbmc

[digitalhigh]

facebook photo app for boxee is available at
http://code.google.com/p/boxeefb/

hope someone will port it to xbmc

Now, this is an "app", and not a "plugin". I'd imagine that apps are a special feature of boxee?

[Gamester17]

Now, this is an "app", and not a "plugin". I'd imagine that apps are a special feature of boxee?

FYI; some Boxee "apps" are just plain python scripts that they just call a "Boxee App"

[PantsOnFire]

Incidentally, MS just announced facebook support for the 360:
(as well as Last.FM and twitter support)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/last-f...-announced

-time to step up the xbmc game!

[XBMCG33K]

Any words on this?

[leo2]

see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=59279
download from: http://code.google.com/p/facebook-xbmc/