Surely this is not that big a deal - The title's misleading - in particular, this announcement doesn't enable "facebook apps on any website" in a way that wasnt previously possible since the api was first released, pre-platform even.
The point here is that they've released a javascript interface to the api that sits alongside the existing ones for other languages (php, ruby etc). The news is that now you can build FB apps without having to use server-side code. Can anyone suggest a "useful use" for this, where you wouldn't want to use a server-side language..?
TC, mashable etc all seem to have missed the point here due to misunderstanding the technicalities. Now, if FB _did_ open up a platform to enable _existing_ FB apps to be embedded on web pages external to facebook (like google gadgets for your webpage) - now _that_ would be interesting. Thats what everyone is implying, but sadly it isnt so this time..
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Surely this is not that big a deal - The title's misleading - in particular, this announcement doesn't enable "facebook apps on any website" in a way that wasnt previously possible since the api was first released, pre-platform even.
The point here is that they've released a javascript interface to the api that sits alongside the existing ones for other languages (php, ruby etc). The news is that now you can build FB apps without having to use server-side code. Can anyone suggest a "useful use" for this, where you wouldn't want to use a server-side language..?
TC, mashable etc all seem to have missed the point here due to misunderstanding the technicalities. Now, if FB _did_ open up a platform to enable _existing_ FB apps to be embedded on web pages external to facebook (like google gadgets for your webpage) - now _that_ would be interesting. Thats what everyone is implying, but sadly it isnt so this time..