There are various tools to browse Facebook from your desktop. We have covered Fishbowl. You might also want to try Digsby, Gabtastik or Silverlight client for Facebook.
Access Gmail from Facebook
If Facebook is your greater priority than checking emails on Gmail, you might want to give a shot to Fmail. It is a Facebook application that integrates Gmail inbox within Facebook.
Update Facebook status from Gmail
There is a Facebook Gadget for Gmail that lets you update your Facebook status from within Gmail. This comes in handy when Facebook is blocked at your office 
Activate slideshow for Facebook photo albums
Navigating (read stalking a hot girl’s) photo albums on Facebook can be quite fun but didn’t you ever find it tiresome to click every time on the photo to see the next one? Well, honestly I did. I desperately wanted a slideshow functionality into Facebook’s photo albums. If you also felt the same, hi-five me and read along.
It seems as a part of their massive make-over, Facebook’s going to offer some more goodies. One of them is the Slideshow feature for photo album. Though currently a ‘prototype’, I think it is pretty decent and worth giving a try. So without much babbling, here’s what you should do to activate the slideshow feature for Facebook photo albums:
- Go to the Slideshow Application page and ‘Activate’ the prototype.
- That’s it! Now go to any photo album and you will find a ‘Play‘ option. Toggle it to start/stop the slideshow.
Upload photos and videos to Facebook directly from Windows Live Photo Gallery
Facebook’s been one of the best platform for sharing photos and videos online. And I know how everytime you get so excited to publish pictures on Facebook from your recent trip. Although uploading photos on Facebook is no rocket science, but we never mind to simplify an already simple process. How about uploading your pictures to your Facebook account directly from Windows Live Gallery while you continue browsing them in your computer? Sounds great right.
‘LiveUpload to Facebook’ is a small plug-in for Windows Live Photo Gallery that does this awesome job for you. Download and install the software and start uploading your pictures to Facebook directly from Windows Live Gallery.
Once installed, you just have to browse through your pictures in Windows Live Photo Gallery and click Publish > More Services > LiveUpload to Facebook.
Features:
» LiveUpload to Facebook not only uploads your photos and videos to Facebook, it also preserves any people tags added in Windows Live Photo Gallery.
» Further, you can organize and tag your photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery itself before uploading.
» You can upload your pictures to an existing album or create a new one.
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