Question

Is it possible to access public Facebook information, such as user’s name, without using Facebook Connect?

I’ve been reading the docs on http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/
and they have mentioned “public” information and “private” information.

It is still unclear to me if any attempt to access the visitor’s facebook information requires Facebook Fonnect first.

I’m assuming the user must go through the Facebook Connect process before any data may be accessed.

Answer 1

Yes and no. If you are a first timer accessing Facebook, then you have to go through FBConnect. And then if you have opted for extended permission offline_access your access token will never expire and you can use that token to access the facebook info without FBConnect