Google Friend Connect Previews Tonight（Google Friend Connect 今晚试用）
Brady Forrest
2008/05/12
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Later today Google is going to preview Friend Connect (it's not live yet at http://www.google.com/friendconnect), a product that lets any website host OpenSocial applications. These applications will enable a site's user to interact with their social network from other sites (assuming they are logged in). Initially users will be able to see their networks from Facebook (using their APIs), Google Talk, and Orkut. Future participants will include hi5 and plaxo. Initially Google will be letting websites in slowly. Upon acceptance webmasters will be able to submit their website (URL and name) and select colors. They can then select applications for their site from a new application gallery. The user experience is simple. When a user comes to a site in the Friend Connect program they can sign into any social network that is sharing their data. Their data is not actually shared with the site. Impressively Google is supporting OpenID and OAuth in addition to their own standard OpenSocial. The name is practically the same as Facebook's new program Facebook Connect, but the two are, at this point quite different. From the sound of it the yet-to-launch Facebook Connect will let users of different social networks (or apps that have social networks) link their accounts. The user can take their Facebook authentication, identity, social network and privacy settings to other sites. Unlike Facebook Connect, Friend Connect does not merge the data of any of the applicable social networks; they all remain in their individual data silos.
Those are issues that will come in time. The Google representatives (David Glazer, Engineering Director
I was not super impressed at first blush. What real advantage does this offer to a site-owner if they aren't able to tie their own content into the user base? It reminded me of Google Gadgets on any website announcement of 2006. However I spoke with Hadi Partovi, co-CEO of iLike, and now at least can see how and why artists might use Friend Connect. iLike runs an artist dashboard that lets artists "write once, publish everywhere". This allowed 200,000 participating artists to update a number of social networks and sites, but up till now their personal website was not included. At the CampfireOne tonight Google will launch the application gallery (don't expect there to be too many) and some participating sites like http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/. Google briefed a lot of sites on this release and there is more coverage at TechCrunch, CNET and Techmeme. |
翻译: yarshure Google 今天准备试用 Friend Connect（在 http://www.google.com/friendconnect 上还不是实时的），这是一个可以使所有网站都支持 OpenSocial 应用程序的产品。通过这些应用程序，某个站点的用户可以与他们在其他站点的社交网络（假定他们有登录）进行交互。起初，用户可能会通过 Facebook（使用他们的 API）, Google Talk, 和 Orkut 看到他们的网络。将来的参与者可能会包含 hi5 和 plaxo。 开始时 Google 会让站点慢慢进行。随后接受站长即能够提交他们的网站（URL和名称），并选择颜色。他们就可以从新的应用程序库中为自己的站点选择应用程序。 用户体验很简单。当用户来到 Friend Connect 程序的某个站点，即可以登录到共享该用户数据的任何社交网络。实际上他们的数据不是在站点共享的。让人印象深刻的是，除了 Google 本身标准的 OpenSocial 以外，Google 还支持 OpenID 和 OAuth。 此名称几乎与 Facebook Connect相同，但实际上却大不相同。听说刚刚启动的 Facebook Connect 允许不同社交网络（或有社交网络的应用程序）的用户链接他们的帐户。用户可以将 Facebook 的认证、身份、社交网络和私人设置用于其他站点。与 Facebook Connect 不同的是，Friend Connect 并不合并任何适用的社交网络数据；这些数据仅单独存在。
这些都是将来可能出现的问题。我在同 Google 的代表（David Glazer, Engineering Director
我第一次使用时并没有很深刻的印象。如果用户不能将自己的内容绑定到用户库中，那么它能为站点所有者提供的真正好处是什么呢？这使我想起了 2006 年的声明 Google Gadgets on any website 。然而，当我与 Hadi Partovi（iLike 的 co-CEO ）聊天后，现在我至少明白艺术家们可能会使用 Friend Connect 以及怎样使用。iLike 所运行的 artist dashboard 可以使艺术家们 “只写一次，即可在任何地方发布”。这使得 200,000 个参与的艺术家能够更新很多社交网络和站点，但至今为止，他们的个人站点仍未包含其中。 今晚在 CampfireOne，Google 将启动应用程序库（不要奢望有太多）和一些参与的站点，比如 http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/。 Google 在此次发行版上列出了很多站点，但如果您想知道更多，可以访问 TechCrunch、CNET 和 Techmeme。 |
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