Monday, May 9, 2011

Final Features for Facebook Autopoke 4.0

As I finalize the code for 4.0, I'm going through the wishlist of features and deciding their fate.  Will they be included, will they not.  Unfortunately, there is one major feature that will NOT be included: automatic reload of the script.

While testing, I did program the script to automatically pull the main Facebook page.  For some unknown reason, Facebook continues to show people who have already been poked in this pull.  I initially thought this was due to a caching issue but have since determined that this is not the case.  Since the problem is on Facebook's side, I've decided to remove this feature.  Since this is how the Autopoke currently works, I don't see this as a step back.  Keeping the feature in the final build creates unnecessary traffic.  The code is still contained in the RCS (revision control software) so it's not lost and can be added back in at any time.

I've done my best to make the script as flexible as possible.  The script no longer requires the English language and should work on any language, be it fake (e.g. pirate) or real (e.g. German).  It is able to do this by relying on the underlying ajaxify library.  Should Facebook ever stop using this or start using a different library, the script will have to be rewritten.

Over the next few days, I will be removing much of the extra code that makes debugging possible.  I'll also be adding an error reporting tool that will allow you to copy and paste it's output into a bug report.

5 comments:

  1. Wonderful :D Can't wait to start poking again, can't be bothered to do it manually -.-

    Love your work :)

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  2. I'm using a modified 3.5 version atm, excellent work and I can't wait till you're 4.0 release!

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  3. i'll wait for 4 'cuz 3.5 is giving me error you got this hosted on Git where can i find the code?

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  4. Thanks for your great work. Should we see the release?!!!
    (Now)
    Thanks a lot
    Gza

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  5. http://www.facebook.com/#!/Cristhian297

    Plz sent message and tell me when poker is ready!!

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