Hey! An Update,

I have completely changed the direction of this project, and am now using C# instead of python. The current version I have runs in the tray, gets updates, displays popups - it's working pretty well.

I will upload it to the repository as soon as two issues are resolved.

First, I'm still using the python script as a way to download the rss files (due to an error in the c# http client). I will migrate this functionality to the main program ASAP.

Second, In order to supply input dialog boxes I'm using the gnome zenity program. This functionality will be transitioned over to the main program as well. After that I will upload the new verion to the repo.

This program should serve as a micro desktop client for Facebook. It should provide new notifications through the users default notification system, allow users to right click on its icon and view a popup menu displaying their current unread notifications, allow users to click on those notifications and open their browsers to the relevant page.

This can be accomplished using the RSS subscription feeds in Facebook for both user notifications (http://new.facebook.com/notifications.php) and friend status changes through Facebook's use of RSS feeds.

It should be possible to write this program WITHOUT use of the Facebook API.

Development will focus specifically on the Linux desktop and the Gnome environment, but porting to other platforms is welcomed and encouraged.