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Īdditional Resources Google's OpenSocial Further development resources Developer forums Facebook Developer's Platform Įmail: vacekrae at gmail dot com Blog: Social: vacekrae (gtalk, yahoo, twitter, flickr, delicious, etc.Boost your knowledge anytime, anywhere with the official SlideShare app. Libraries need to be developing in all social networks - or wherever the users are - and not just focusing on Facebook. People will want control over which applications and networks they use, and have the ability to move freely between them with their data and connections, People want a system that honors privacy.
People will continue to use many networks and apps. įinal Thoughts There isn't going to be one winner and one loser. Facebook will continue to grow only if they eventually open their doors and let Facebook info go beyond their domain name. Google will continue to develop new tools to allow developers to help make the web more open. You want your information to remain relatively private and out of the hands of crazy marketers and spammers. You don't want have to maintain multiple social network accounts to make this information available. Users of the Apps OpenSocial Market potential for 250 million users worldwide MySpace has 73 million users in the United States Difficult to rapidly grow user base due to existing competition Faceboook 80 million active users worldwide Only 36 million users in the United States Difficult to rapidly grow user base due to a saturated market ĭilemmas You don't want to publish and maintain a database of your personal info for every application you use.
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Privacy Concerns OpenSocial Too open? How to enforce the “legally adequate privacy” policies Facebook Developer platform protects user privacy better than the open standard Ĭriticism of Facebook Apps 'a cornucopia of uselessness' 'none of the most popular applications actually do anything' And then there is the whole privacy controversy. It did not work well in the beginning Their philosophy 'write once, distribute broadly' was not accurate. Ĭriticism of OpenSocial OpenSocial is still in its infacy. They simply proxy requests through their servers to yours. Hosting Apps Facebook doesn’t host your code.
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Hosting Apps Google hosts your apps for FREE įacebook Apps Uses Propriatary Languages FQL FBML FBJS Partial support for AJAX Backend languages include PHP, Java, etc.
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OpenSocial Apps Uses Open Languages JavaScript HTML XML Full support for AJAX Backend languages include PHP, Java, etc. OpenSocial can scale to other networks, but Facebook applications lack the ability to scale to other networks. If you've built an app in Facebeook, it should be easy to create an app in OpenSocial. Principle behind 'openness' Examples Display LibraryThing book jackets/info in Facebook profiles Add widgets to Wordpress blogs Put Photobucket pics into LiveJournal entries Stick Flickr photos in YouTube videos If these standards are open, people don't have to reinvent the wheel every time someone wants to use an app on another social website.
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With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social network's friends and update feeds.' 'OpenSocial defines a common API for social applications across multiple websites. In January 2008, Facebook experienced its first drop since its launch in 2004. 'Application spam' is the most likely cause in the drop in visitors to Facebook. Within a few months of launching the Facebook platform, issues arose. Using the platform, Facebook launched several new applications: Gifts Marketplace Events Video Īpplication Spam - Not so cool! Developers went nuts.
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'The Facebook Developer application allows for easy access to application settings all within the Facebook environment.' ĭevelopment Platform - Very cool! The platform provides a framework for software developers to create applications. A programmer then puts the blocks together. So what is an 'app' anyway? app = application = API A set of tools for building software applications A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. & And why librarians should pay attention Apps in Presented by:Rachel Vacek, University of Houston Libraries ALA Annual 2008 - BIGWIG Social Software Showcase