When I login to the sandbox I'm getting a simple: "Unfortunately, the orkut.com server has acted out in an unexpected way. Hopefully, it will return to its helpful self if you try again in a few minutes."
My location is Louisiana, USA. I'm also getting invalid objects returned when requesting "VIEWER", which I'll try to get more info on from firebug when I can get in at all. Ron On Nov 6, 12:37 pm, "Arne Roomann-Kurrik (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Deter, > > In response to your questions: > > 1, 2, 3) We've had several external developers write working > applications on the Orkut sandbox so far. Additionally, Ning and > Plaxo both have environments where people have been able to develop > OpenSocial based applications. However, we have been seeing issues, > especially related to gadget latency that affect the number of errors > certain people are seeing in the Orkut sandbox. Any information > (request and response data from FireBug, your location, etc) you can > supply can help us resolve these issues. Please send me an email with > any additional information you can gather. > > 4.) We have some articles available > athttp://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/ > that help with initial gadget development, and are working on more > advanced tutorials that will explain structuring more sophisticated > applications, as well as an Orkut developer guide that will explain > the process of building an OpenSocial app on the Orkut platform. If > you feel like documentation is lacking in any area, please submit a > feature request on this page > (http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api/web/opensocial-feature-... > ) and we will try and accommodate you. > > Keep in mind that this is a closed beta release. You are helping us > identify and correct errors before we grant public access, so your > feedback is a huge help! > > Thanks, > ~Arne > > On Nov 6, 7:46 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello guys. > > > I've written some small gadget, placed it on my server and have tried > > to add it to my account under sandbox. > > I can only see 5 applications in the application directory and none of > > those seem to work (aside from the random cat one, but it doesn't > > actually use any opensocial stuff). > > My application simply does not work. I keep getting errors from Orkut > > like: "information is not available at this time" in the gadget > > canvas. > > > 1. Has any of you guys actually been able to write an Orkut > > application that works? > > 2. Is this service even functional for Orkut right now? Is it > > available for other containers? > > 3. If not, when is this service going to be available? > > 4. Learning about Google Gadgets (as fun as that was), did not suggest > > anything about the structure of an Orkut/other container's > > application. Is there something i'm missing? > > > There's so much information around but nothing actually clears up the > > mess created by this (alpha? incomplete?) release.Can the Google > > representative i've seen around here answer these questions please? > > > Thank you in advance, > > > Lior. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
