Well, I would have a hard time discussing policies, ethics, etc. But I know that the Facebook API allows exactly that. I just hope it can also be possible in OpenSocial containers.
Being able to see your friends' photos using a gadget would allow 3rd parties developers to provide new experiences in the way you interact with these photos. And that's exactly what I'm working on. On Mar 17, 9:37 pm, anatoly <anato...@gmail.com> wrote: > user != API > > API can be used to automatically steal all photos from the site. > > Permission granted by a user for the gadget to use her friends photos > is not relevant. > Other users must explicitly change their permissions to allow 3rd > parties to access their photos via API via a friend. > > hope this clears something > > On Mar 17, 9:11 pm, Pierre Henri Kuate <phku...@kleartouch.com> wrote: > > > Hi Vijaya, > > > I expressed my concerns in another > > thread:http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/... > > > I don't understand what the goal of this new policy. > > > Basically, by using the Orkut website, a user has access to (all) his > > own photos as well as to his friends photos (those that the friends > > shared with him). > > What I would like is for the API to provide the same level of access. > > Every photo you can see using the Orkut website should also be > > accessible using a gadget. And without having to grant this access > > more than once (at the installation is enough). > > > Also, I hope the checkbox "Allow access to photos" will be checked by > > default (like the others)... Read the other thread for details. > > > What do you think? > > > Pierre Henri. > > > On Mar 17, 8:05 pm, Vijaya <api.vij...@google.com> wrote: > > > > The orkut team has been discussing about these concerns and has > > > decided to implement dynamic permission-granting for allowing apps to > > > access albums i.e. if the user has installed an app, at the time of > > > loading it, if the app gets denied access to his albums, he will be > > > prompted asking if he'd like to allow the app to access his albums. > > > This features should be available on the sandbox in a couple of weeks. > > > > Does this address some of your concerns? Please post your feedback. > > > > Thanks > > > Vijaya- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-orkut+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
