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Originally Posted by wolfstream

Right now, we don't know what vB4 is going to have in store, honestly, so let's just focus on vB3. Since alpha's not even out for vB4, theoretically it could be a year or better (we really don't know, and yeah, that's just speculation), the best focus is on what is here in front of us.

You say this mod is lacking features. Honestly, I don't see it as such, but what do you see it lacking? If it is possible to add them (without stepping on toes), I can add them as a new mod, or an addon, possibly. However, my hands are tied with license garbage here, so I can't redistribute the OP's code.

well, there should be more of an indication that a user has either connected with facebook (made an account with facebook), or that a user has linked his/her current membership up with their facebook acount in the user profile or in the postbit. i realize you can bring over data from facebook, but this isn't really a clear indication that the user has connected with their facebook account.

to me it seems like this mod is really only for people who are very lazy to sign up for vbulletin on their own, which is good because most people are very lazy to sign up for vbulletin so it would probably bring in more memberships. however, as it is it's just a simpler way to register.

digg.com shows how this mod can work better, for example digg.com automatically figured out that the e-mail address you provide for your facebook login details could be similar to the e-mail address you used when signing up, so it immediately asks you to login with your current account rather than even giving you the option to create a new username which makes you end up with 2 accounts. it then also presents you with the option to friend other users on digg.com who are using facebook automatically, as well as asking you if you would like your avatar/profile photo transferred over to digg rather than automatically doing it. then when you have your user account linked together with your facebook account there is a clear indication of this reflected in the avatar, that hovers the facebook icon a little above and to the left of your actual digg.com avatar. a clear indication that you are logged in via connect with facebook, and that your facebook/digg membership have been linked together. when you go to settings, your facebook connect settings allows you to invite other friends via facebook to join digg, as well as a full buddy list of who is your friend on digg.com that also uses facebook. you can then also choose via checkboxes what you want automatically fed to your facebook wall...

this mod should take the usage of facebook connect on digg.com as an example, this mod already has some of these features but definitely not as well implemented as they should be. i also never figured out what that security hole was about...

template edits should also be reduced, there is a template modification engine available and most good plugins use it. there should be no need for all of these template edits...