Over the weekend Facebook made some changes to the new profile feeds that are currently working in the beta sandbox. The primary change revolves around the parsing of JavaScript in feed stories. Previously the token delimiters were { and }. That has changed so that JavaScript can function properly. The new token delimiters are {* and *}. This is a simple change but it provides developers with the ability to register more dynamic feed stories.
Facebook has also turned on a developer test console at http://www.new.facebook.com/devsite/tools.php. The test console lets developers try out various feed stories and see what they will look like. This is a pretty useful tool and one that I’m sure many developers will welcome. The new profile is expected to go live next month. The impact of the new profile on various applications is still being debated but it’s clear that Facebook would like the transition to be as seamless as possible.
