[OpenSocial] Re: Does the sandbox display people data?

2007-11-26 Thread siegi
Hi, yes it does. On 25 Nov., 20:01, thespace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me if thesandboxon orkut is displayingpeopledata, can I test against it yet? I signed up but haven't received the invite yet. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

[OpenSocial] Re: Which standard way to know the current container?

2007-11-16 Thread siegi
Hi, have you tried the synd parameter? On Nov 15, 5:22 am, Didier DURAND [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, I would like my gadget to be able to know on which platform (Orkut, Ning, hi5, etc...) it is running. I didn't find any variable / method in opensocial API to access this

[opensocial] Re: I have a social networking site, how do I use open social?

2007-11-12 Thread siegi
Hi, you should visit the container developer group, some implementation code is already present there. Go to group: http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-container Regards Siegi On 12 Nov., 09:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My site iswww.thatshiphop.com Any information

[opensocial] Re: A suggestion regarding OpenSocial and other google API

2007-11-12 Thread siegi
Sorry Julian, may be in the future, right now they require a registered google account, thus it will work only for Orkut and other networks having google users. Spinning it forward this would also require that each web gadget redirects to a login formular and without having a turn-back url no

[opensocial] Proxy implementation an architectural security issue?

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
As far as I understand any data transfered from the module definition source and further loads and ajax calls (_IG_Fetch*) is passed or filtered through a proxy box. If that is the case then any data is sent to somewhere which is neither controlled by the social network nor by the gadget

[opensocial] Re: Interoperability

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Hi, the OpenSocial-API is about providing and interface for applications to be added into a social network. It is right now not a tool for connecting different social networks and their user basis. The data storage of each application and user-related data is up to the app developer. Hope

[opensocial] Re: ANN : Shindig, an Apache Opensource OpenSocial Container

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Hi it seems that the does not work or is broken. I found this link: http://www.nabble.com/-PROPOSAL--Shindig%2C-an-OpenSocial-Container-tf4779212.html#a13672126 On 9 Nov., 21:21, Didier Girard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shindig will develop the container and backend server components for

[opensocial] Re: AJAX POST calls to remote server

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Hi, I think it is even worth because the whole content will be filtered through a third party server. That means it is not within the control of the social network nor in the control of the application. Did you find a way of communicating with your app without going through the filter? On 4

[opensocial] Re: Interoperability

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Publishers like MySpace AND Ning AND Hi5 etc. OpenSocial API is restricted to a single container. But in terms of development, it eases the developer workload as it allows learn once, write once, deploy all. Do comment :) On Nov 12, 1:36 am, siegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, the OpenSocial

[opensocial] Re: Proxy implementation an architectural security issue?

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
don't have anything left to hide. On Nov 11, 11:46 am, siegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I understand any data transfered from the module definition source and further loads and ajax calls (_IG_Fetch*) is passed or filtered through a proxy box. If that is the case then any data

[opensocial] Display this page: OpenSocial Gadget Parameters

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Hi, for everyone going forward to finalize application development I think we should summarize the gadget parameters somewhere. I started this for the gadget type html. Please help to complete the parameters and values for all networks. The page should collect display sizes, mode values, etc.

[opensocial] Re: Identifying the container hosting your gadget

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Hi, I think that this question might be of interest for a couple of others as well. So summarized my findings on a page, please help to complete it for all networks: http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api/web/opensocial-gadget-parameters On 12 Nov., 05:23, kllewellyn [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensocial] Re: A suggestion regarding OpenSocial and other google API

2007-11-11 Thread siegi
Hi, I am also not very happy with the current status quo. While the current API is suited very well for some type of applications for others a server side communication might be more desireable. Another very import area is the security architectur which has some white wholes right now but will

[opensocial] Re: How long does it take for me to get the API access code?

2007-11-10 Thread siegi
Hi Venkat, I am not sure which access you mean, access to sandbox or the AuthSub application registration? Both took round about 2 days for me. Cheers Siegmund On Nov 10, 9:06 am, venkat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have just signed up for the API access. Can anyone suggest how long

[opensocial] Re: lets become friends to test apps on orkut sandbox

2007-11-10 Thread siegi
Here is mine: http://sandbox.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=906559102739540527 Drop me a note if i should test something of your app. On Nov 3, 8:05 pm, Travis Choma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: me:http://sandbox.orkut.com/Application.aspx?uid=13835756509614959760 On Nov 3, 7:39 pm, [EMAIL

[opensocial] Why is there no type=url in Orkut and when will it be supported?

2007-11-10 Thread siegi
Hi, I have seen that there is an article in the issue list concerning this type. However from my developer perspective I would prefer this type for any bigger or more complex application and for turning an existing application into a gadget (as Google depicts this in the Gadgets documentation) -

[opensocial] Application with registered users - How to integrate into OpenSocial?

2007-11-10 Thread siegi
Hi, I would like to discuss how to integrate a site with content and registered users into a social gadget. What to do with content generated from registered users that are not part of the social network where the application is integrated - like Orkut? Should the application only show content

[opensocial] Re: Orkut error message

2007-11-10 Thread siegi
Hi, yes I am receiving this message from time to time, but a few of the links are still working for me. So I was able to add friends and go on the friends page but I could not go to my homepage. On Nov 10, 9:21 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm trying to develop/test an