Cubing on Facebook

[Stefan]

LATEST UPDATE: Facebook is getting rid of application tabs on user profiles. You already can't add my "speedcube" application to you profile anymore, and they'll remove the existing ones in a few days. As there doesn't seem to be an alternative way to do it, this looks like the end of my application.
http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/415

Original message:

I'm working on a little application for facebook, showing cubing stuff in a tab on your profile. So far it only shows your WCA records in a tab on your profile, but I intend to add more. For example announcing your new records on your wall or comparing your records with those of your friends.

http://apps.facebook.com/speedcube/

 

[r_517]

great!

 

[Cyrus C.]

Nice.

 

[Chapuunka]

Just another way for facebook to rule our lives.

 

[Stefan]

Thanks. Does it work properly for you?

(I can tell from my database that you're using it, but as it's only visible to your friends on facebook, I can't see it there)

 

[riffz]

That's actually a great idea. Awesome work. Looking forward to more features.

 

[Googlrr]

I just added it. It works perfectly. It will be nice too see what other cool things you could add.

 

[StachuK1992]

Awesome. But how did it know my WCA profile (out of the list of ~10)?

 

[Sa967St]

awesome app is awesome

 

[Cyrus C.]

Awesome. But how did it know my WCA profile (out of the list of ~10)?

That's what I was wondering.

 

[Stefan]

Awesome. But how did it know my WCA profile (out of the list of ~10)?

My application can ask facebook for some basic information of you, among it your facebook name. I take that and compare it against the names in the WCA database, suggesting the ten most "similar".

 

[Baian Liu]

It says competitions as of Apr 22, 2010, but it doesn't display my records from Baltimore Spring, which was Apr 18, 2010.

 

[r_517]

Thanks. Does it work properly for you?

(I can tell from my database that you're using it, but as it's only visible to your friends on facebook, I can't see it there)

i tried several times typing "cube" but found nothing. then i typed "speed" and found it works fine

 

[waffle=ijm]

awesome app is awesome

agreed

Nicely done and with a very clean layout.

 

[Bryan]

Thanks. Does it work properly for you?

(I can tell from my database that you're using it, but as it's only visible to your friends on facebook, I can't see it there)

i tried several times typing "cube" but found nothing. then i typed "speed" and found it works fine

I had to do this too.

 

[StachuK1992]

I'd like it to appear more readily, so it's like "oh hey. I'm statue. I cube" right as one gets to my page, but with facebook, I'm not quite sure if that's possible.

 

[Stefan]

It says competitions as of Apr 22, 2010, but it doesn't display my records from Baltimore Spring, which was Apr 18, 2010.

Sorry about that. It shows the last date I fetched the WCA's export data, and the export was outdated. I updated it now, please try again and let me know whether it's correct now.

I'll change it to say the date of the *creation* of the export.

 

[Stefan]

i tried several times typing "cube" but found nothing. then i typed "speed" and found it works fine

You mean on your profile to add the tab? It should display it for you to choose, like in the image below. Was it not shown there?

 

[Cyrus C.]

i tried several times typing "cube" but found nothing. then i typed "speed" and found it works fine

You mean on your profile to add the tab? It should display it for you to choose, like in the image below. Was it not shown there?

If you've used lots of applications, you have to search for one. It will only show 5 applications.

 

[Stefan]

I'd like it to appear more readily, so it's like "oh hey. I'm statue. I cube" right as one gets to my page, but with facebook, I'm not quite sure if that's possible.

Do you mean the delay from clicking on the "Cube" tab until it appears? I think that's a general facebook issue, I get the same with their own tabs (Wall, Info, Photos). If you mean something else, please explain.