Sucks to be vB and IPB now...

Just months (or in the case of the former, days) after implementing Facebook Connect...

It's being shut down.

Neowin.net - Facebook to kill Facebook Connect

Also posted on Admin Extra, but hey, it's kind of bad timing for the forum software leaders isn't it?

 

Wow, that is pretty crushing. Hopefully it will be replaced with something, perhaps better.

 

Apparently it will in IPB 3.1, but no idea about vBulletin 4 having an alternative.

 

awwwww thats not good

i have joined one forum connected to facebook, does this mean i will have to reregister?

 

I don't think it's going to be that hard to adapt to the new system.
everyone has to change, not just vb or ipb users

 

Wow. I JUST (12 hours ago) set the facebook connect on a site...

 

I doubt that Facebook will pull the plug anytime soon. There are 100 million users 'connected' to other websites. That's a lot of people to leave out in the cold.

It is unreasonable to expect developers to be able to update their websites and applications overnight. Also, they made some large improvements to the Connect framework recently (permanent sessions, streamilined permissions, etc) so I doubt they plan to flick the switch anytime soon.

The new APIs are nice and won't take too much work to implement. The only question I have is about migrating current users over in terms of permissions. The Facebook connect API allows you to do things the new API does not.

I would expect Facebook to allow at least a 6-12 month grace period otherwise developers will be very reluctant to invest any time in working with Facebook in the future. Twitter did this when they changed log in APIs.

It should be noted that the media is telling us "Facebook to kill Connect" but not once did anyone from Facebook say that.

 

facebook should make sharing their information an adopt-in service instead of an opt-out.

The way that facebook is setting all of this up, tells me that they do not care about their members privacy. Members profiles should be private, until the member allows their information to be shared.

 

Not a problem for 3.1 now: Invision Power Services -> IP.Board 3.1.0 Dev Update: Facebook API Updates

 

Very nice. As more time goes on, i see myself converting to IPB. Got my license squared away, I already "converted" on my dev site, and really like IPB's Support...

 

Thanks for the effort, Matt! It's things like this that make me really appreciate IPS products, as well as all the people behind the company. It's always great to see customer service lives on in some companies.

 

For a long time I have been a "fanboy" of vBulletin/IB however once I get the finances set up I am actually going to make the plunge and convert to IPB.