Hello, folks. As you have noticed, sandbox has been pretty unstable these last few days, with widespread error messages pointing to a severe shortage of donuts on the server. We're sorry for the problems and we thank you for your patience.
The good news arising from this maintenance period is that we now have *a new Javascript and HTML parser* that is based on upcoming *Caja*. This update should not break any gadget. Unless we missed something. And unless, of course, your JS/HTML is malformed... in which case it might have been working before because the old parser was more lenient, and may break now because the new parser is stricter. So, bottom line: please go to sandbox.orkut.com and test all your apps carefully: profile and canvas view, CSS and Javascript inclusion, opensocial calls. Why change this now? 1. *More reliable:* This parser offers much better protection against XSS and unintended redirects, which malicious apps were exploiting (and the reason our review queue isn't moving). 2. *Faster (we think):* We believe it renders faster, but we don't have "real usage" data for it yet. 3. *Necessary:* We can't add support for Caja (the feature) without it. And it's coming. If you find problems with your app and you don't rely on eval() for its functionality, please reply on this thread. If you have issues accessing sandbox, please reply on the other thread: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/opensocial-orkut/1N_I5LSP7Qo/discussion Thank you for helping us stop abuse in orkut. Regards, -- The orkut apps team -- 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.
