Facebook Adds Javascript To the Platform

Posted by Nick O'Neill on August 5th, 2007 11:18 PM

Without making any big announcement Facebook has added Javascript to the platform via the FBJS tag. They have come up with an effective solution for enabling those that wish to add advanced functionality to their application (perhaps AJAX?) while still protecting user privacy. Through prepending your application id to all functions and variables, Facebook has now protected the user’s privacy. While I’m not big on hacking, I wonder how soon it will be before someone finds a security hole. We may start to see creative mashups incorporating external APIs such as the Google maps api. For now though many of those features will be limited from within users’ profiles. While Facebook has said that they plan to expand the functionality, there are some limitations for the time being. If you are a Facebook application developer and wish to read more about it, go check out the FBJS wiki page.

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5 Responses to “Facebook Adds Javascript To the Platform”

Craig Bovis - August 6th, 2007 at 3:07 am

It’s probably worth mentioning that FBJS is currently in beta, hence the lack of a large announcement.

I’m sure there will be an official announcement after its been tested.

Craig Bovis - August 6th, 2007 at 4:07 am

It’s probably worth mentioning that FBJS is currently in beta, hence the lack of a large announcement.

I’m sure there will be an official announcement after its been tested.

Facebook Tracker Coming Soon — Facebook Observer - August 6th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

[...] profile trackers made popular on MySpace will soon be coming to Facebook now that Facebook has added Javascript to it’s platform. With a Facebook tracker, you will be able to view who visits your profile, when they visit, where [...]

sheryl bellefontaine - June 22nd, 2008 at 5:57 am

so as of right now is there a facebook tracker?
I am on the search for one. I found some trackers that say they track but have not been able to get it to work.

When will this tracker be ready? I anxiously await.

sheryl bellefontaine - June 22nd, 2008 at 6:57 am

so as of right now is there a facebook tracker?
I am on the search for one. I found some trackers that say they track but have not been able to get it to work.

When will this tracker be ready? I anxiously await.