a very tricky challenge

mozilla extension + facebook API = $#@!

[httpwebwitch]

This is going to be a long journey, I can tell.

I'm building a Firefox Extension - a toolbar - that flings some data into the facebook API. In essence, it's something that lets you update your FB profile with some stuff.

The challenges are:
1) can I ask someone to authenticate their FB password via the API

these two links got me started...
[developers.facebook.com...]
[developers.facebook.com...]

but the lovely thing about a Firefox Extension is it seems like my only scripting weapon is Javascript - all that PHP stuff would have to be accomplished with AJAX, or something...

2) can I store that login information in a toolbar, so the user doesn't have to log in every time the browser is opened

* in other words, can an extension store its own cookies?

I'm no newb but this current project is beyond the comfort zone

[Chris_Mohr]

On part 2,

You could store the login information in the preferences:
[developer.mozilla.org...]

[httpwebwitch]

gosh, i suspect their documentation was translated to english from their native klingon