Comments on: Google’s OpenSocial - is it really that open? http://illusionsofreality.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/googles-opensocial-is-it-really-that-open/ Random ramblings of a techie whiz kid and wannabe bizwhiz!! Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: illusionsofreality http://illusionsofreality.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/googles-opensocial-is-it-really-that-open/#comment-12 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:31:27 +0000 http://illusionsofreality.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/googles-opensocial-is-it-really-that-open/#comment-12 Yes Nimit - I also checked out some examples Google folks have put on OpenSocial site to see what's in store - doesnt look like data mashing across sites in on the plate. However, this is still exciting for Orkut and other SNs that have joined the party considering that these SNs have all been very closed without new applications flexibility. So, all in all, they will reach the level of Facebook to the least - but yes, not beyond that I guess - from an end user perspective. Yes Nimit - I also checked out some examples Google folks have put on OpenSocial site to see what’s in store - doesnt look like data mashing across sites in on the plate.

However, this is still exciting for Orkut and other SNs that have joined the party considering that these SNs have all been very closed without new applications flexibility. So, all in all, they will reach the level of Facebook to the least - but yes, not beyond that I guess - from an end user perspective.

]]> by: Nimitt http://illusionsofreality.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/googles-opensocial-is-it-really-that-open/#comment-11 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:32:41 +0000 http://illusionsofreality.blogsome.com/2007/11/09/googles-opensocial-is-it-really-that-open/#comment-11 Well, our thoughts are quite similar. Yours, mine, and Tim's :) Opensocial might be helpful for programmers but the real thing would be to see how advantageous it is to end users. If it is not, you would still need accounts on more than one SNs and that is what is incovenient to users. And as rightly pointed out by you, it might not be supporting this otherwise there would have been a lot of talk about it by google. Well, our thoughts are quite similar. Yours, mine, and Tim’s :) Opensocial might be helpful for programmers but the real thing would be to see how advantageous it is to end users. If it is not, you would still need accounts on more than one SNs and that is what is incovenient to users. And as rightly pointed out by you, it might not be supporting this otherwise there would have been a lot of talk about it by google.

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