Facebook users who are disappointed that the social network hasn’t given them a way to see who has unfriended them can remain disappointed with Facebook if they like, but browser script Unfriend Finder, by Edouard Gatouillat, can provide the information they are looking for.

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Not a fan of the new Facebook ticker, but also not a Google Chrome user? Fear not: These two Firefox extensions will get that offending component out of your sight.

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Many employers block Facebook on company computers, and even more monitor their employees’ online activities. For those lucky enough to work for companies that do not censor Internet usage, know that being caught playing FarmVille on company time rarely reflects favorably in yearly performance reviews.
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With Facebook’s ever-changing news feed, sometimes it can be frustrating trying to remember where you saw funny status updates and wall post filled with juicy gossip.
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Remember when two days ago a new Facebook-centered browser was released in beta version? Well, Firefox has now unveiled F1, a nifty browser extension that allows you to forward any link you’re viewing directly into your Facebook, Twitter, or Gmail.
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Earlier this week, Facebook released an upgraded version of their toolbar for Firefox and IE users. Facebook initially launched their toolbar in 2006, however, back then it was only for english speaking users. The newly released toolbar now supports 16 languages, including Arabic, Chinese (traditional and simpler versions), Danish, Dutch, German, Spanish (traditional and international versions), French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, and Turkish.
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Last week we discussed 5 Social sharing add-ons for Firefox and how you can use them to share links, news and updates with your network. Today we take at a look at specific Firefox add-ons that are built for the world’s largest social platform: Facebook. The open-source developer community at Firefox has built more than 170 of these add-ons for Facebook which are apparently also filling the gaps in Facebook’s features & functionality. For all Facebook & Firefox fans, we’ve compiled a list of the 8 most useful Firefox plugins.
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If you logged in to the CNN Live inauguration with Facebook integration yesterday, you were exposed to a live feed of all of your friends updates. Facebook currently enables users to view live status updates from within the Facebook homepage but there is no other way to view it. One creative reader, David-Benjamin Brakha, has come up with an easy way to add the CNN Live Feed widget to your sidebar in Firefox and view the streaming feed no matter what site you’ve visited to.

This widget is extremely useful and provides a lot of the functionality included in applications like Twhirl, TweetDeck, and other similar Twitter clients. Rather than reply to users on Twitter, you can now respond directly to your Facebook friends who are updating their status. Interestingly you can also still view a live feed of all the users statuses who used the CNN Live tool on inauguration day. Here’s a step by step how-to on how to embed the Live Feed widget within your Firefox sidebar:
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