Viddler Launches Facebook Application; We Have Exclusive Invites

Video hosting service Viddler is out today with a new Facebook application which I have to admit is pretty damn slick. It replicates the majority of functionality from Viddler.com into Facebook. Viddler’s lead social developer Kyle Slattery was the man behind the application. The app uses Viddler’s new open API and is a great way to show off the power of their API. There’s no poking here!

The Viddler Facebook app shows your videos plus the latest videos from Viddler and the daily highlighted videos. It appears to handle widescreen videos as well. Developer evangelist Colin Devroe tells me that soon search functionality will be added. You can also add videos into Viddler directly from inside Facebook.

The only weird things I’ve noticed so far are:

• while you can view both Facebook comments and Viddler comments, if you comment on the Facebook application, the comments go to the Facebook side. I’d like to see these integrated somehow - you know how I feel about comments all over the place!
• when the first video ends and you navigate inside the video — the page doesn’t update which could cause some weirdness when you try to comment and it ends up on another video incorrectly.

If you would like an invite, you need to be my friend on Facebook - click here to friend me. Once you’ve done that, send me a message on Facebook and I will get you an invite straight away. Facebook limits invites to 15 a day so it might take a few days to get to everyone - be patient!