Some OpenSocial thoughts

Posted by admin at 25th November, 2007

I’ve been giving a fair amount of attention to Google’s OpenSocial platform over the past week. Here are some initial thoughts

You have to apply to a host before anyone let’s you participate. Orkut let me in, but Plaxo didn’t let me participate. They suggested I build my app first, then get back to them. I haven’t tried Ning.

The OpenSocial libraries and data are very buggy right now. Google is quick to remind us we’re part of a closed beta. I’ve also read reports of people in different parts of the world having different experience with uptime. For me, I was able to add my test Gadget to Orkut’s sandbox environment and have it work, but it wouldn’t work as an iGoogle gadget.

Here’s a list of a few OpenSocial links for further reading:

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