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facebook and silverlight

posted @ Friday, July 20, 2007 2:41 PM | 9 Comments

after playing around with some facebook toolkits, i wanted to ensure that facebook could enable silverlight applications within their context. you see facebook and silverlight already live in harmony in popfly where you can create oh, i don't know, whack-a-mole with your facebook friend profiles? (sidenote: popfly was just updated again...read more here.)

i figured i'd whip up a quick and dirty proof using the python cube example (thus also testing to see if silverlight streaming in a facebook app would work).

lo and behold, no problems:

using my newfound friend jing, you can see a quick screencast of me adding it in facebook. yeah, more cowbell...er, i mean, facebook! you can check it out here.

tags: jing, silverlight, facebooknet, facebook, popfly, silverlight streaming

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10/12/2007 1:44 AM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Would you explain more on the steps how you add silverlight on facebook? I watched your screencast. But it didn't explain how you actually get it working.
Dino

2/2/2010 9:48 PM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Installed Silverlight for Facebook a few days ago and it had been working fine. Starting yesterday SL Facebook won't start. I get the black screen with the message that says, If I already installed SL, run from the shortcut, or right click to uninstall. I have uninstalled SL Facebook and reinstalled to no avail. Any ideas?
Hitdelisi

2/3/2010 12:08 AM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Oh it seems really good. i will try it soon after i solve my little problems with my account. thank you very much
timheuer

2/3/2010 8:08 AM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Dino -- once you've installed it you need to run it from the desktop/start menu shortcut that it creates.
Dino

2/3/2010 10:42 PM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Yeah, tried that over and over. I tried the shortcut on the desktop, and the from the start menu shortcut. Is there a cookie or some other file/tag that gets set someplace after installation that I may have deleted? I run CCleaner everynight. At this point I have completely uninstalled Silverlight 4. I'll try reinstalling. Thanks for the help.
Dino

2/4/2010 7:21 PM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Trouble, I did not follow the Silverlight instructions for removing it (Control Panel Add/Remove Programs). I used Revo Uninstaller. Now there is a remnant somewhere, the registry I suspect, that prevents me from reinstalling. It gets to a point and says Silverlight is already installed. Sheesh, I knew when I was starting Revo to do the uninstall that it was the wrong way to go.
Dino

2/4/2010 7:44 PM | # re: facebook and silverlight

Okay, Silverlight 4 Beta reinstalled. Still get the same error "You have already installed the application, please launch it from your shortcut. To uninstall/reinstall, right click here and choose "Remove this application...". Sorry to keep bugging you, if there is a forum somewhere I could go there. I really like the SL for FB. Thanks.

Hope your back is all fixed after the witch doctoring.
InternetTricks

2/9/2010 8:57 AM | # re: facebook and silverlight

this is a great post. i will try this as soon as possible. thank you very much
arthur

2/14/2010 6:29 AM | # re: facebook and silverlight

i have the same problem with Dino, I can't seem to make silverlight work for facebook. pls. help, thanks