thanks lane for the clarification. what you say above is very reasonable and fair.
On Feb 28, 12:55 am, "Lane LiaBraaten (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Thanks for voicing your concerns - I hear you loud and clear. I've > worked with a number of you online and in person for a while now and > would hate to see your efforts wasted. > > I want to emphasize that the update in the launch plan is only to add > a "pre-launch testing period" where the orkut team can test out > running OpenSocial apps on orkut. It wasn't very clear in the blog > post that this testing period will involve a very limited set of > people, less than 1% of orkut users. > > Some issues, like scaling and latency, simply can't be tested on the > limited sandbox. The orkut team has chosen a small number of apps and > developers to work closely with during this period to iterate through > these issues quickly. A limited testing phase on orkut's production > systems will ensure that when launched to the other 99% of orkut > users, your apps will be running on a stable platform. I don't want > your users to see the "Bad, bad server. No donut for you." error that > we've all become familiar with. > > Before scaling up to a global launch, the review process will be > scrapped (no pun intended) and the directory will be open to all > applications. You'll simply need to submit your app through an online > form and it will be included in the application directory, similar to > the iGoogle submission process. > > To those of you who devoted time and resources to submit your > applications for review, the team has been trying very hard to get you > feedback. The submission form will be taken down shortly so the team > can focus on giving direct support and feedback to everyone who was > able to submit an orkut application. With feedback from the team, you > can streamline your interface, fix those last pesky bugs, and deliver > a more polished and successful application to users at launch. > > I'm glad you all raised your concerns and hope that you continue to do > so. Your feedback has been invaluable in the design, implementation, > and testing of OpenSocial and orkut. > > Cheers, > Lane > > On Feb 27, 8:05 pm, Alex Epshteyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > P.S. If you finished your app early, that's awesome! Now you have > > extra time to make it even better! I wish I had your problem :) > > > On Feb 26, 11:24 pm, "Jesse Stay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I can't tell you how frustrated I am with this announcement. I spent good > > > money to go out to the hackathon 2 weeks ago just so my app would be > > > launched with the Orkut first launch on OpenSocial. I'm very disappointed > > > that one day before the launch you guys pull the plug. A lot of us > > > developers have invested a ton of our time and resources helping you get > > > this live and we can't even celebrate with you. Now, with the Orkut > > > launch > > > being so close to the Myspace launch I'm going to have to divert my > > > efforts > > > to Myspace. You guys can't make an official date announcement and then > > > change it to an entire week later, only for a select few, just a day > > > before > > > the original launch date! > > > > Just my $.02 FWIW > > > > Jesse > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Peter Harbison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Posted by Amar Gandhi, Group Product Manager > > > > > We've made a couple of modifications to the launch plan detailed in this > > > > post<http://orkutdeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-final-countdownto-laun...>. > > > > We've decided to have a pre-launch testing period in which we'll push > > > > just > > > > a few apps to production -- this will likely happen next week. We are > > > > notifying the apps that will be in the directory for this initial > > > > testing > > > > period today (Feb. 26th). If you submitted an app, but are not selected > > > > for the pre-launch testing phase, hang tight...we'll contact you before > > > > the > > > > launch. > > > > > After the pre-launch testing is complete and we are confident that the > > > > platform is ready, we will launch the platform to developers. We expect > > > > the > > > > pre-launch testing to take around four weeks. When we launch, we will be > > > > whitelisting apps on a daily basis assuming they meet the criteria (not > > > > malware or spammy, no 404 errors, etc). > > > > > As we and our users get comfortable with apps on orkut, we will remove > > > > the whitelisting process and you will be able to add apps to the > > > > directory > > > > yourself. > > > > > We apologize for delaying the launch a few weeks. We feel that this > > > > pre-launch testing period will ensure that users are introduced to apps > > > > in > > > > the best way possible. > > > > > If you have any questions about this new launch plan, let us know in > > > > the orkut > > > > developer forum <http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut>. > > > > > -- > > > > Posted By Peter Harbison to orkut Developer > > > > Blog<http://orkutdeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/02/launch-plan-update.html>at > > > > 2/26/2008 11:04:00 A > > > > -- > > > Jesse Stay > > > The Social Media Guru > > > > Partner, Co-founder: SocialOptimize.com > > > Author: O'Reilly's FBML > > > Essentialshttp://www.amazon.com/FBML-Essentials-Jesse-Stay/dp/0596519184/ > > > Co-Author: I'm on Facebook -- Now What???http://FacebookAdvice.com > > > > Blogger: > > > http://www.jessestay.comhttp://www.socialoptimize.com/blog > > > > Phone: (801) 853-8339 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. 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