The realm of possibility with Facebook has opened to an even greater spectrum with the development of the Facebook Developer Application. Facebook is no longer limited to the website created by the owners, but has been expanded so that anyone can create programs on their computer, and websites others can access, with information of their choosing. By applications, we aren’t speaking about the boxes that appear to everyone’s individual Facebook portfolio. This is actual desktop applications. In other words, if I want to take a peek at who is online from my Facebook friends then all I need to do is create an application using the Facebook Developer Application tools provided by Facebook and I can make myself a little application that sits right on my computer which will tell me who is logged on whenever I double-click it. This process has become even easier since Facebook has formed a partnership with Microsoft. Now, on computers with Windows operating systems, anyone has the capability to essentially drag and drop when creating Facebook applications or websites. Microsoft Popfly and Visual Studio Express, which is either C# or Visual Basics, are both used in this development. Microsoft Popfly is a beta program being developed by Microsoft which allows user to drag-and-drop in order to share mashups, Web pages, gadgets, and applications. Since the partnership with Facebook, that system is also included in Popfly. Perhaps some remember the days when building web pages was a tedious chores where one had to know countless HTML, or be friends with someone who did, and that type of computer usage was left to the “pros”. Then many websites began to develop personal webpage options where one could choose the layout of their webpage by browsing through menus and clicking. Users could change the color of their background by drag-and-dropping color swatches onto the page and there even began to pages which would allow users to add widgets or games to their website. The use of Microsoft Popfly and Visual Studio Express is no different. Users are able to customize their Facebook experience with a few clicks of the mouse. For the Mac users out there, unfortunately there is no included programs on Mac OS X to be able to drag-and-drop to create Facebook Applications or websites. However, remember that Mac OS X was built on Unix and there is likely plenty of resources out there for one to use. Facebook has a developer’s website as well, so there is likely to be individuals out there who can help walk one through. Perhaps if there is enough of a Mac following then Facebook will try to establish a partnership. The basic development tools that Facebook provides is still more than enough to create any website or Facebook application that one desires. The first step to begin is to download the Facebook Developer Application provided by Facebook. This creates a Facebook App which is integrated into one’s Facebook homepage which allows then full access to their Facebook applications right from the website.