Hi Apurv, To reappear in profile page, is it enough to migrate only the profile view or both canvas and profile views should be migrated to OS Templates? Also NavigateToView Function is required in OS templates asap since it is very essential.
Thanks Sharath On Mar 6, 5:56 pm, apurv <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I hopehttp://orkutdeveloper.blogspot.com/answers some of your > questions. > To be clear, we'll soon start allowing apps that conform to the > policy, to appear on profile pages. And yes, all apps would have to > migrate to using server-side OS templates [including currently > whitelisted ones]. > > Caja is great for security, but doesn't really help latency. Caja is > the perfect solution for canvas views, in that it requires minimal > [though not zero] changes to applications. > > Thanks, > -apurv > > On Mar 5, 1:40 am, eduardorochabr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After reading the announcement on OpenSocial blog (http:// > > opensocialapis.blogspot.com/2009/03/test-drive-data-pipelining- > > and.html) and the new specs mentioned (http://wiki.opensocial.org/ > > index.php?title=Data_Pipelining > > andhttp://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=OpenSocial_Templates_Devel... > > > 1) What will be the process of whitelisting applications to be shown > > in profiles? It will be a manual review, checking whether the > > application is using the new specs? Or something else? > > > 2) In examples, I could see that opensocial-0.8 or 0.9 was not > > required: > > > <ModulePrefs title="Server-side Template"> > > <Require feature="opensocial-data" /> > > <Require feature="opensocial-templates"> > > <Param name="process-on-server">true</Param> > > </Require> > > </ModulePrefs> > > > Am I supposed to use one (opensocial-0.x) or the other (-data and - > > templates)? In other words, are the new specs compatible with the > > existing spec (0.8)? The current spec will be deprecated? > > > 3) The examples illustrates the most basic scenario, showing some > > data, period. It's not clear at all how I can click on a button, post > > data to my server and showing the data I received back. In the Data > > Pipeline spec, it's shown some Javascript snippets using the new API, > > but I could not figure out on how to make a request to my server upon > > a user input. The method > > "opensocial.data.DataContext.registerListener" actually triggers the > > request keyed by the parameter value? > > > 4) From what I can see, the current profile view issue is related to > > XSS attacks, which Templates alone addresses. Will the Data Pipeline > > be mandatory too? > > > 5) The blog says that "Using data pipelining and templates will reduce > > the number of round trips between the container and your server...". I > > just don't see this happening, my server will receive the exact same > > number of calls. If the container will be able to better handle async > > requests with the spec, this is another thing, as well as if it's > > easier (by being declarative) or not. Also, if this particular spec > > doesn't address the current problem with profile views, IMHO I should > > not be forced to used it. > > > 6) It's not clear what is a "os:DataRequest". First, is said to be > > equivalent to makeRequest, but the example show it's the very same > > thing as "os:PeopleRequest", while "os:HttpRequest" would be the new > > makeRequest. > > > 7) Where is Caja? I was told on Caja forum that the reason why Caja is > > not being used yet is confidential, but if Orkut put this project to > > work, only one point would have to be changed, the container, not all > > of the hundreds of gadgets specs out there. > > > 8) Will the current whilelisted application have a deadline to convert > > to the new specs too? > > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
