So LinkedIn is making the move. They are going to be opening up their API, thus allowing widgets to be added to your LinkedIn page. A little bit of a head scratcher, as the LinkedIn social network does not have the type of usage patterns and user customizations of Facebook or MySpace. I don't think that the LastFM widget will see much adoption on LinkedIn.The good news is that the trend of major web destination sites opening up their API's allows for strong user customizations. The concern is that rather than using a standards-based approach towards widgets, that the major players may create site specific APIs, like F8, which would make create major upgrade headaches and extra development work for widget providers.
The beauty of RSS is in the simplicity of publishing and manipulating these feeds. Hopefully a widget standard will emerge which all the majors can agree to. Those using the standard should be rewarded with the most useful and popular widgets, while those going down the proprietary API path should be frozen out. VHS not beta please!
The beauty of RSS is in the simplicity of publishing and manipulating these feeds. Hopefully a widget standard will emerge which all the majors can agree to. Those using the standard should be rewarded with the most useful and popular widgets, while those going down the proprietary API path should be frozen out. VHS not beta please!
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