Hi Dustin, The post is a little big vague on the application submission process, so let me try to shed some light. We're whitelisting in order to have high quality applications available to end users at launch, because we want applications on Orkut to make a great first impression! We also want to scan for malware, spyware, or applications that violate our TOS.
Some firm rules of what will be required at launch: * The applications must work. No 404s or broken links. * Applications must be social OR self-expressive. * You cannot reveal personal data, like email (which is not delivered by the API). * Meets our terms of service - no nudity, hate speech, violent content, or illegal content We're also trying to encourage developers to make their applications look polished on Orkut. Try to mimic standard fonts, colors, and elements. Make sure your application has the icon and description fields set. There also shouldn't be any UI glitches when viewed on Orkut - there shouldn't be items out of place or a lot of extra scrollbars on the page. Again, this is more of a suggestion than a requirement - maybe your app has its own look and feel that works for what it does, which is fine. We're not going to be "social application fashion police" - we won't make judgements based on what your application does or what its intended audience is. If you write something polished, there's a good chance it'll get in. If you're looking for ways to spruce up your application to be more successful, then the best practices article[1] should give you some ideas. [1] http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/bestprac.html Hope that clears things up a bit, ~Arne On Feb 5, 8:40 pm, Dustin Jorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The blog posts implies that apps should be very well polished prior to > submission/acceptance. The list of 'best practices' seem to > be guidelines, with many gray areas. > > Are there a set of requirements that an application *MUST* meet in order > to be considered for the Orkut directory? > > Are you requiring a specific type of application, or a certain number of > opensocial calls. What I mean is, where is the line drawn between a > 'gadget' and an opensocial application? > Is the use of the opensocial and new gadgets namespace sufficient, or > is there more to it? An application intended to 'spice up' a user's > profile page, for instance, could be a good fit for > opensocial, but will it be denied a listing in the directory because > it's not 'social' enough? > > If you guys are going to 'let the cat out of the bag' so to speak, about > what will and won't be accepted... the information would serve me better > sooner rather than later. ( I think that applies to most of us. ) > > By the way, congrats on the smoother push to 0.7. Nice work! > > -Dustin / iWiddit.com > > Arne Roomann-Kurrik (Google) wrote: > > Hi Thyako, > > > There will be an online form put online that will accept > > submissions from developers who cannot attend the Hackathons. We will > > be monitoring the form submissions and giving feedback through email, > > so please do not be concerned about being left out! Sorry for not > > making this point clear in the blog post. > > > The form isn't online yet, but we will be announcing it shortly. > > > ~Arne > > > On Feb 5, 6:48 am, Thyako <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> There is a post in the blog[1] inviting developers to a local review > >> of their applications. I'm a bit worried, because it does not mean > >> anything about an online application submission for the launch, > >> specially for distant developers. There is no reason to accept only > >> local-reviewed applications to the launch directory, is there? > > >> ~ Thiago > > >> [1]http://opensocialapis.blogspot.com/2008/02/our-doors-are-open-to-open... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut 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/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
