anyone from orkut team can comment on activity dialog issue?

thanks

On Mar 20, 5:09 am, Glauber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Same here...
>
> Activity dialog is refreshing page either if user post or cancel :(
>
> On 15 mar, 22:39, anatoly <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Bruno
>
> > Just noticed the following: activity dialog is making a refresh (when
> > the user clicks post) and redirectng the user to the "old orkut"
> > application canvas.
> > The code is not doing anything like this. Seems the canvas is broken -
> > can you check this?
> > Is it happening on production also?
>
> > thanks
>
> > On Mar 16, 3:17 am, "Bruno Oliveira (\"btco\")" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hello developers,
>
> > > Just a word of advice, since this has come up a few times recently and 
> > > I've
> > > seen a few forum threads about it.
>
> > > In your applications, *you may never redirect the browser (for example, by
> > > setting window.top.location -- or by any other method)*. Redirections are
> > > against the developer guidelines, and if you do that, AppReviewer 
> > > *will*flag your application as malicious, causing it to disappear from the
> > > application directory. No e-mail will be sent to you in this case.
>
> > > If your application disappeared without an explanation, this may be your
> > > case.
>
> > > One common use case that developers may be tempted to address with a
> > > redirection is when the user runs the app without having it installed (for
> > > example, runs it from a friend's profile). This is called *running in 
> > > guest
> > > mode*. Many applications try to redirect the user to the application's
> > > install page in this case, but doing that is not allowed (as per the
> > > Developer Guidelines) and will cause AppReviewer to flag your application.
>
> > > Instead, what you should do in that case is run your application in a way
> > > that allows the user to experience the application (and perhaps interact a
> > > bit with the owner of the app), perhaps *encouraging *(but not forcing)* 
> > > *him
> > > to install the app on his own profile... If you app does not have this
> > > "guest mode" and you don't want to implement it, a reasonable solution is 
> > > to
> > > simply display a screenshot of the app and suggest to the user that he 
> > > must
> > > install your application on his profile in order to play it, giving him 
> > > the
> > > instructions or the link that will allow him to do so.
>
> > > Thanks!
>
> > > -
> > > Bruno Oliveira (Google)- Hide quoted text -
>
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