Don't you think they are going to add all that in a subsequent
release?!
On Feb 6, 12:26 am, Alex E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (altering the subject to be more accurate)
>
> On Feb 5, 5:04 pm, Alex E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > MySpace unveiled its platform today, which claims to use OpenSocial
> > but has too many limitations to allow developers to build cross-
> > (social)-platform apps.
>
> > This is setting a very dangerous precedent for the future of
> > OpenSocial and Google needs to step in right now and force MySpace to
> > comply with the spec. As it stands now, MySpace is the least common
> > denominator among the OpenSocial implementations. This means that in
> > order to write cross-platform apps, developers have to limit
> > themselves to only using features that MySpace chooses to support. If
> > you let every site pick and choose their own pieces of OpenSocial, you
> > will soon end up with a pretty small common denominator.
>
> > Here are the current limitations of the MySpace platform (as far as I
> > can tell after spending the entire afternoon reading their docs and
> > forums):
>
> > 1). No way to provide your own gadget XML file (only lets you paste
> > the HTML/JS content into a web form).
>
> > 2). Can't import your own JS files from your servers. MySpace
> > provides their own version of jQuery but what if you want to use GWT
> > or any other JS library (or, more importantly, your own libraries).
> > It won't suffice to just mash everything into one giant text file and
> > copy/paste into a form.
>
> > 3). The Persistence and Activity APIs are not implemented. If
> > developers have to build and host their own database just for MySpace
> > you might as well get rid of Persistence API support from other
> > networks. No one wants to work with 2 or more different data models.
>
> > This is Google's chance to step in and prevent OpenSocial
> > implementations from mirroring what happened with the web browsers
> > (and worse).- Hide quoted text -
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