Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Fix Facebook redesign - Feed ticker & Chat

A couple of weeks ago I released an update to fix the old Facebook chat; Well the guys at Facebook have been up to their old shenanigans again and released a horrible new redesign... Not only did this break my code which fixed the new Facebook chat but it also squashed in a new stalkerish "Feed ticker", which serves to help you stalk people in real-time I suppose??!?!...

I haven't been releasing any extensions for awhile now, but this hideous redesign kicked me into gear and I decided to release an update to my popular extension, "Fix the new Facebook Chat", Now called, "Fix FB chat & Feed ticker"...

Basically, the update hides the new real-time feed ticker altogether, giving the chat window the full height of the screen again. If you need or want the live feed, all you have to do is click the bar at the top of the chat window and the feed will open; After perusing your friendlings comments and whatnot, you can close the ticker by clicking the same bar. (A feature Facebook never thought we'd might like) For new users, the extension also hides those pesky offline contacts that intermingle with online contacts, showing you only contacts which are online or idle (Similar to the old Facebook Chat) ...

Another annoyance of this new redesign is the fact that the news feed no longer gives you the option of viewing "Top Stories" or "Most Recent" updates... Unfortunately this is not something I can fix, as Facebook removed the code which finds the top stories altogether... So your news feed will ONLY show "Most Recent" updates from now on, and top stories if you have been away from Facebook for awhile... A couple of days ago however, Facebook released a cool update for once, allowing you to create lists for your news feed; Meaning you can decide which updates you feel are considered "Top Stories" and view those separately from the most recent updates...

Download this extension here! - Note to the old users, An autoupdate of this extension will be pushed to your browser within the next 24 hours, but if you'd like to update now, you will have to uninstall and then reinstall the extension here... To uninstall, navigate to "chrome://extension" and uninstall the extension...

Requirements: GOOGLE CHROME web browser...