I must second String's assertions -- nearly all of my Gadgets have been rendered useless by this API update with a resultant stream of unhappy correspondence from disgruntled users. Gadget developers are undeservedly taking the heat for this blunder. Please, Google, either fix the issues or tell us what we need to do to make our gadgets compatible.
The following thread details the issues I am seeing and what information I was able to dig up in my troubleshooting: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API/browse_thread/thread/9d0fa853c045c4b9 Gash On Jun 19, 5:14 am, String <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of months ago, unannounced changes were rolled out to the > gadgets container on Gmail. When I complained (inhttp://tinyurl.com/l68cah), > I got a very reasonable response from Dan... > > On Apr 30, 5:50 pm, "Dan (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I feel your pain, but the gadgets API in Gmail is, as you note, a > > Gmail Labs feature which bears the warning: "They may change, break or > > disappear at any time." From a formal standpoint, there isn't any > > documentation, nor was there a developer blog or group when you > > started using the API. I'd agree on calling out a communications > > failure if these channels existed and were silent, but they do not > > exist and I believe the Gmail team set expectations accordingly. > > I agreed with the above in the context that it was posted - gadgets on > GMail are a Labs feature, and as such we developers can't expect a > high level of support from Google. > > I bring this up now in the context of iGoogle, where gadgets most > assuredly are NOT a Labs feature (nor is the API itself in Labs). > Nonetheless, code-breaking changes have been introduced in the last > week or so, with virtually no communication from Google before or > since. > > Therefore, I hope there's agreement from all parties that a serious > communications failure has occurred here. The channel (this forum) > exists, and it has been silent. > > String --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
