Hi Jerome, I'm aware that it doesn't currently have aliasing, but when it does, its behavior will probably be a good indicator of how aliasing will work in future iterations of the iGoogle directory.
I'll bring up the topic of directory feedback internally and see how we can best collect input from developers. Best, Dan On Dec 1, 11:19 am, "Jerome (Guru)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Well, as far as features, the Orkut directory currently does not even > have aliasing, as reported by Jason a few days > ago:http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/... > I would agree though that this would address the problem of ranking, > rating and comment loss of the iGoogle directory, ha! ;-) > > Joke aside, as the gadget directory has been an area where the > developer community has always been reporting issues, shortcomings, > etc. I think it would be useful to start a forum where we could > provide some input on what features are important to us, and where we > would suggest what should work in a different way compared as today. > > Thanks, > > Jerome > > On Dec 1, 6:39 pm, "Dan (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > I don't have any specific information to share on plans to support > > seamless aliasing in the iGoogle directory. However, you can look to > > directories on some other gadget containers (such as orkut) as hints > > for the possible direction iGoogle will take the in the future (as far > > as features, not necessarily UI). In the near-term, it's likely that > > alias requests will remain destructive to ranking. > > > Best, > > Dan > > > On Nov 30, 11:56 am, "Jerome (Guru)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey Adam, String and MB, > > > > I totally agree with your comments. I have been wanting to change some > > > stuff regarding my gadget hosting for some time, but the impact as > > > your described here is just too big to allow me to proceed. I have > > > filed an issue in the tracker to get the visibility of this a bit > > > higher:http://code.google.com/p/igoogle-legacy/issues/detail?id=309&colspec=... > > > Please star this issue to give it more visibility. Dan might be able > > > to tell us some on what is in the pipe regarding the directory and > > > gadget consumer management. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jerome > > > > On Nov 30, 3:12 am, MB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Not to mention you lose your place in the directory! It would be > > > > great to get aliasing fixed so creating an alias would have no > > > > negative effects. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
