Hi All, I work for a company called Widgetbox (www.widgetbox.com). Some of you may be familiar with us, but if you're not let me summarize what we offer.
Widgetbox allows you, the developer, to publish and distribute your widgets through our website. We're one of the largest widget directories on the web today. End users can also use the Widgetbox site to discover, customize, and install widgets to a social networking or blogging site of their choice. The latter is an experience is not dissimilar to what Basil describes. Give it a try. Currently, many of these destinations include a number of the other OpenSocial container launch partners. However, I must note that the current integration does not leverage the OpenSocial API nor container. It's a lightweight "push" that takes advantage of the fact that many of these partners already support HTML and Flash widgets. However, as an OpenSocial Launch Partner, we're hard at work to provide deeper hooks if you're a widget developer looking to extend your presence into the OpenSocial platform and support a certain other competing platform ;) We're taking signups for our beta program right now: http://docs.widgetbox.com/developers/opensocial/ Cheers, Tam On Nov 2, 1:24 pm, Basil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope the "Powers at Google" shall not leave us :) > > On Nov 2, 10:29 pm, "Daniel C. Silverstein (cubes)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > At the rate things are moving, I try not to assume anything. I do, > > hoewver, periodically make a point of begging to the powers that be > > at google. :) > > > (Dan) > > > On Nov 2, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Basil wrote: > > > > Thank you for your answer! > > > > I assume that means that "Add to <Socail Network with OpenSocialAPI>" > > > is not there yet. For every network third party app developer will > > > have to make a custom (social-network-specific) call. > > > > :( > > > > Basil > > > > On Nov 2, 7:07 pm, "Daniel C. Silverstein (cubes)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> Howdy, > > > >> As I understand, it, Orkut plans to have a gadgets directory, similar > > >> to the one that already exists for iGoogle gadgets:http:// > > >>www.google.com/ig/directory > > >> I'm not sure what other containers will do in this regard. > > > >> I'm hoping that Google will also provide the plumbing for a more > > >> general analog to the "Add to Google" button for iGoogle > > >> gadgets:http://www.google.com/webmasters/add.html > > >> Think Add to Orkut, Add to Hi5, Add to Ning, etc. > > > >> (Dan) > > > >> On Nov 2, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Basil wrote: > > > >>> Hello, > > > >>> it is a great idea to standardize Social Networking APIs! > > > >>> Does OpenSocial API include capabilities for adding third-party > > >>> applications (widgets) from the site of third-party app provider? > > > >>> I mean the following use case: > > > >>> 1. User browses app provider site (Slide, for instance) > > >>> 2. User creates an app he wants to add (uploads pictures in Slide > > >>> case) > > >>> 3. User clicks "Post to <OpenSocial network>" > > >>> 4. User is prompted to login to <OpenSocial network> > > >>> 4. Once user loged in, app provider makes a request to <OpenSocail > > >>> network> to add created appto user's Scrapbook/Applications/Wall > > > >>> Is there any documentation that covers this use case? > > > >>> Thank you, > > >>> Basil --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Developers" 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/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
