Picasa Albums in Facebook

A while ago I was finally egged on by Hussein to get into Facebook. I was really reluctant at first, since I'm quite skeptical with most other social networking sites (except LinkedIn, which sorta has a more career-oriented feel to it and hence, feels less "adolescent" — sorryyyyy, didn't mean to offence!).

I was pleasantly surprised once I joined. Apparently Facebook's new interface was already in operation when I joined, so all my user experience only applies to the new Facebook. Clean interface, useful tools (non-obtrusive friend invites, people-you-may-know), etc.

I had only one gripe though. I've already uploaded tons of photos (mainly of my baby) to Picasa Web Albums, and was loathe to re-upload them to Facebook. Now there should be Facebook apps to embed/link Picasa albums in my profile/wall, right? Right. Only that they don't work with the new Facebook.


Today I finally found a new Facebook app, Picasa Tab, that actually works.

It pulls all your public Picasa albums into a Wall tab, and displays the photos right inside the Facebook interface, unlike the other apps which would actually redirect you to the Picasa website.

Viewers can even comment on the photos right in Facebook, although these comments won't be updated through to Picasa itself, as the app author wanted to keep Facebook comments more private.

The only caveat right now is that you'll only get a photo still for videos, but I guess that's asking too much for now. :)