"Skimmer℠ is an Adobe® AIR™ desktop application designed to streamline, beautify, and enhance the experience of participating in your most frequently used social networking activities. It improves upon your day-to-day interaction with multiple social networks, removing distractions and providing a rich experience that is particularly suited to multimedia content.
Developed in partnership with Sierra Bravo"
when i was trying to use facebook connect at ipernity.com
http://lite.facebook.com/ now works for me - looks good without all the "irrelevant things".
will test a little more later and see what and if i'm missing something.
I'm also testing facebook desktop notifications.