Comments on: Facebook Apps or Widgets, Which Are Better? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5466 Bob Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:29:41 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5466 Nick, A widget isn't any different from a Facebook application, what is different is how the code hooks into the base platform. For a widget to hook into Facebook it hooks into Facebook's open platform using FBML and FQL, but from that point on it is just like a widget in a widget bank on iGoogle or Freewebs. I don't think that just because you have an extra layer of code that you are hooking into it deserves a different name. Similarly, if you insert a widget into your blog (like the MyBlogLog widget) it has to hook into the code that your blog is written in which is why most widgets have adaptations for different base publishing platforms like WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, etc. Bob Jobmatchbox.com Nick,

A widget isn’t any different from a Facebook application, what is different is how the code hooks into the base platform. For a widget to hook into Facebook it hooks into Facebook’s open platform using FBML and FQL, but from that point on it is just like a widget in a widget bank on iGoogle or Freewebs. I don’t think that just because you have an extra layer of code that you are hooking into it deserves a different name. Similarly, if you insert a widget into your blog (like the MyBlogLog widget) it has to hook into the code that your blog is written in which is why most widgets have adaptations for different base publishing platforms like WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, etc.

Bob
Jobmatchbox.com

]]> By: Bob http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-14770 Bob Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:29:41 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-14770 Nick,<br><br>A widget isn't any different from a Facebook application, what is different is how the code hooks into the base platform. For a widget to hook into Facebook it hooks into Facebook's open platform using FBML and FQL, but from that point on it is just like a widget in a widget bank on iGoogle or Freewebs. I don't think that just because you have an extra layer of code that you are hooking into it deserves a different name. Similarly, if you insert a widget into your blog (like the MyBlogLog widget) it has to hook into the code that your blog is written in which is why most widgets have adaptations for different base publishing platforms like WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, etc.<br><br>Bob<br><a href="http://Jobmatchbox.com">Jobmatchbox.com</a> Nick,

A widget isn't any different from a Facebook application, what is different is how the code hooks into the base platform. For a widget to hook into Facebook it hooks into Facebook's open platform using FBML and FQL, but from that point on it is just like a widget in a widget bank on iGoogle or Freewebs. I don't think that just because you have an extra layer of code that you are hooking into it deserves a different name. Similarly, if you insert a widget into your blog (like the MyBlogLog widget) it has to hook into the code that your blog is written in which is why most widgets have adaptations for different base publishing platforms like WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, etc.

Bob
Jobmatchbox.com

]]> By: Alan http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5288 Alan Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:39:56 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5288 Another key difference between Facebook apps and Widgets (especially OpenSocial Widgets) is that Facebook apps are currently largely focused on trivial and/or fun things, whereas the pool of Widgets is mostly (RSS) content aggregation plus some utility. In my blog post at http://socialnetworking.activestate.com/2007/11/29/food-fight-zombies-v-usefulness/, I examine this difference a bit further. I'm curious: why do so many of the popular Facebook apps focus on trivial pokes, food fights and vampires, while most widgets simply aggregate content? Another key difference between Facebook apps and Widgets (especially OpenSocial Widgets) is that Facebook apps are currently largely focused on trivial and/or fun things, whereas the pool of Widgets is mostly (RSS) content aggregation plus some utility.

In my blog post at http://socialnetworking.activestate.com/2007/11/29/food-fight-zombies-v-usefulness/, I examine this difference a bit further.

I’m curious: why do so many of the popular Facebook apps focus on trivial pokes, food fights and vampires, while most widgets simply aggregate content?

]]> By: Alan http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-14769 Alan Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:39:56 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-14769 Another key difference between Facebook apps and Widgets (especially OpenSocial Widgets) is that Facebook apps are currently largely focused on trivial and/or fun things, whereas the pool of Widgets is mostly (RSS) content aggregation plus some utility.<br><br>In my blog post at <a href="http://socialnetworking.activestate.com/2007/11/29/food-fight-zombies-v-usefulness/">http://socialnetworking.activestate.com/2007/11...</a>, I examine this difference a bit further.<br><br>I'm curious: why do so many of the popular Facebook apps focus on trivial pokes, food fights and vampires, while most widgets simply aggregate content? Another key difference between Facebook apps and Widgets (especially OpenSocial Widgets) is that Facebook apps are currently largely focused on trivial and/or fun things, whereas the pool of Widgets is mostly (RSS) content aggregation plus some utility.

In my blog post at http://socialnetworking.activestate.com/2007/11..., I examine this difference a bit further.

I'm curious: why do so many of the popular Facebook apps focus on trivial pokes, food fights and vampires, while most widgets simply aggregate content?

]]> By: Hooman Radfar http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5110 Hooman Radfar Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:58:05 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5110 Nick, I recently posted on this as well - there is definitely a distinction between the two. That being said, the distinction is becoming murky. I think that widgets are a more effective breadth strategy today given that only one platform really supports social applications - Facebook. Social applications require a deeper investment than widgets in many cases, so my guess is that the two markets diverge and grow together. There will be many intersecting cases, but that's my thinking... Nick, I recently posted on this as well - there is definitely a distinction between the two. That being said, the distinction is becoming murky.

I think that widgets are a more effective breadth strategy today given that only one platform really supports social applications - Facebook.

Social applications require a deeper investment than widgets in many cases, so my guess is that the two markets diverge and grow together. There will be many intersecting cases, but that’s my thinking…

]]> By: Widgify » Blog Archive » Widgets Make a Splash http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5109 Widgify » Blog Archive » Widgets Make a Splash Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:52:43 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-5109 [...] Lawrence, and Nick also have some good stuff following up on this article that discusses some of the leading platforms [...] [...] Lawrence, and Nick also have some good stuff following up on this article that discusses some of the leading platforms [...]

]]> By: Hooman Radfar http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-14768 Hooman Radfar Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:58:05 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/facebook-apps-or-widgets-which-are-better/#comment-14768 Nick, I recently posted on this as well - there is definitely a distinction between the two. That being said, the distinction is becoming murky. <br><br>I think that widgets are a more effective breadth strategy today given that only one platform really supports social applications - Facebook. <br><br>Social applications require a deeper investment than widgets in many cases, so my guess is that the two markets diverge and grow together. There will be many intersecting cases, but that's my thinking... Nick, I recently posted on this as well - there is definitely a distinction between the two. That being said, the distinction is becoming murky.

I think that widgets are a more effective breadth strategy today given that only one platform really supports social applications - Facebook.

Social applications require a deeper investment than widgets in many cases, so my guess is that the two markets diverge and grow together. There will be many intersecting cases, but that's my thinking…

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