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Archive Facebook

Archive Facebook. Matthew Kelly Old Dominion University. What is it?. Add-on for Mozilla Firefox Allows you to grab a stand- alone archive of your Facebook account at that point in time.

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Archive Facebook

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  1. Archive Facebook Matthew Kelly Old Dominion University

  2. What is it? • Add-on for Mozilla Firefox • Allows you to grab a stand-alone archive of your Facebook account at that point in time Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  3. Current Methods • “Doesn’t Facebook already allow you to do this?” • FB allows you to download your information but the look-and-feel islost, removing the familiarity of traversing one’s FB content • ArchiveFacebook uses the browser’s rendering engine = WYSIWYG Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  4. Why is this important? • FB’s facilities to backupyour profile do not preserve look-and-feel • FB’s backup is a simple file structure, so removes ease of viewing to which user is accustomed • Archive integrity • What gets downloaded with FB’s method is of their choosing Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  5. Why is this important? • FB can delete account at their discretion • Account may be compromised and data lost forever Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  6. Why is this important? • Information is frozen-in-time, so will remain even if comments are deleted, posts are modified, etc. • Provides potential for expansion into archiving other Facebook pages • Friends’ Facebook pages • Group Fan Pages Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  7. How Does it Work • Minimal UI provides navigation ease – only one menu item selection to get started • Pick and choose what you want archived based on a list of supported media type • Can choose defaults and archive all • Very few clicks produce significant results Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  8. How do I access my archive? • New menu item added • Restoring is as simpleas clicking the datedarchive’s name • Archived files are stored locally and canbe backed up to alternative medium, viewed by other applications and treatedas normal files on the system Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  9. What it Doesn’t Do (Yet) • Chain together various archiving sessions – each session is independent from all others. • Allow you to archive anything beyond your own information • This would violate FB’s TOS, has been implemented but the functionality is hidden • Maintain robustness through FB’s redesigns Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  10. Complications in Developing the Add-On • No prior experience in Add-On Dev Domain • FB occasionally changed their URI scheme and data storage method, which breaks ArchiveFB • Archiving can take awhile (inherent to the problem) Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  11. Further Suggested Improvements • Appeal code to social media sites other than FB (e.g. G+, MySpace) • Allow for automatic archiving based on a user-defined period • Give an option to store archives in a user-defined location Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

  12. Where can I get it? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/archivefacebook/ or - http://bit.ly/archivefb Archive Facebook http://bit.ly/archivefb

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