I really don't like what I'm hearing about the changes to Reader, as a matter of fact - the loss of the RSS feed for shared items means I can no longer integrate what I share from Reader into my blog. That's a huge productivity blow for me...
Basically anything to do with sharing (broadcast tag), liking or friends is going away. The API calls will still succeed even after the social features are gone from our UI, but eventually write requests will start to fail (at the same time as Google Buzz going read-only).
There won't be any new Reader-specific API calls, the Google+ API will be used.
Mihai
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Nick Bradbury <nick.bradb...@gmail.com>wrote:
But eliminating the RSS feed for shared items means Reader will now talk only to G+ right? Which means it won't echo links out to Twitter or FB easily (right now it's a one-step process--just hit the SHARE button. that Send button takes two steps... sounds picky, but that's at least double the time!). I have over a thousand followers on Twitter & FB and we often talk about the links I share. They also get echoed to my blog. Losing all of that is a major pain! That was the *biggest* reason for me to be using Reader.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Justin Long <justinl...@gmail.com> wrote: > But eliminating the RSS feed for shared items means Reader will now talk > only to G+ right? Which means it won't echo links out to Twitter or FB > easily (right now it's a one-step process--just hit the SHARE button. that > Send button takes two steps... sounds picky, but that's at least double the > time!). I have over a thousand followers on Twitter & FB and we often talk > about the links I share. They also get echoed to my blog. Losing all of that > is a major pain! That was the *biggest* reason for me to be using Reader.
Ok, let me rephrase: is there now or will there eventually be an API for accessing the items shared from Reader into G+ as there is now for accessing the shared items in Reader?
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Justin Long <justinl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, let me rephrase: is there now or will there eventually be an API for > accessing the items shared from Reader into G+ as there is now for accessing > the shared items in Reader?
Thanks for the information, Mihai. Really sad to see sharing disappear from the GRAPI since that's a hugely important feature in FeedDemon, but given that we're using an unofficial API I certainly can't complain about it. So instead I'll simply thank Google for letting us use the free service for so long, and then pull my hair out trying to figure out how to handle this situation in my app.
> Thanks for the information, Mihai. Really sad to see sharing disappear from > the GRAPI since that's a hugely important feature in FeedDemon, but given > that we're using an unofficial API I certainly can't complain about it. So > instead I'll simply thank Google for letting us use the free service for so > long, and then pull my hair out trying to figure out how to handle this > situation in my app.
The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly
does it stops happening. Can you please share more details on when the
write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?
Thanks!
On Oct 21, 5:44 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:
> Basically anything to do with sharing (broadcast tag), liking or friends is
> going away. The API calls will still succeed even after the social features
> are gone from our UI, but eventually write requests will start to fail (at
> the same time as Google Buzz going read-only).
> There won't be any new Reader-specific API calls, the Google+ API will be
> used.
> Mihai
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Nick Bradbury <nick.bradb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Just caught this post in the Google Reader blog:
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gaurav <gaurav....@gmail.com> wrote: > The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly > does it stops happening.
It will stop returning shared items when the sharing features are replaced with Google+ ones (i.e. next week).
> Can you please share more details on when the > write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?
Unfortunately I don't have an exact date yet, just sometime in mid-November. I'll let the group know once there is a more certain date.
Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later
date, say March?
Ripping out like buttons etc. will take some time and then there needs
to be some time for the new versions to be distributed, also to the
users who are slow with new versions.
On Oct 21, 9:12 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gaurav <gaurav....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly
> > does it stops happening.
> It will stop returning shared items when the sharing features are replaced
> with Google+ ones (i.e. next week).
> > Can you please share more details on when the
> > write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?
> Unfortunately I don't have an exact date yet, just sometime in mid-November.
> I'll let the group know once there is a more certain date.
> Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later > date, say March?
> Ripping out like buttons etc. will take some time and then there needs > to be some time for the new versions to be distributed, also to the > users who are slow with new versions.
> On Oct 21, 9:12 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gaurav <gaurav....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly > > > does it stops happening.
> > It will stop returning shared items when the sharing features are > replaced > > with Google+ ones (i.e. next week).
> > > Can you please share more details on when the > > > write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?
> > Unfortunately I don't have an exact date yet, just sometime in > mid-November. > > I'll let the group know once there is a more certain date.
> So, everything else (except for sharing-related things) will keep the same, > right?
> If I don't provide any special sharing functions in my app, I shouldn't be > worried, right?
> Dan
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later >> date, say March?
>> Ripping out like buttons etc. will take some time and then there needs >> to be some time for the new versions to be distributed, also to the >> users who are slow with new versions.
>> On Oct 21, 9:12 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote: >> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gaurav <gaurav....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly >> > > does it stops happening.
>> > It will stop returning shared items when the sharing features are >> replaced >> > with Google+ ones (i.e. next week).
>> > > Can you please share more details on when the >> > > write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?
>> > Unfortunately I don't have an exact date yet, just sometime in >> mid-November. >> > I'll let the group know once there is a more certain date.
Many of the editors at The New York Times use feeds from shared folders to share links to sources, blogs, and topics. Sad to see this feature go, but change happens. It is the only thing that is consistent about the web.
Looking forward to seeing what changes are coming.
> Basically anything to do with sharing (broadcast tag), liking or friends is
> going away. The API calls will still succeed even after the social features
> are gone from our UI, but eventually write requests will start to fail (at
> the same time as Google Buzz going read-only).
> There won't be any new Reader-specific API calls, the Google+ API will be
> used.
> Mihai
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Nick Bradbury <nick.bradb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Just caught this post in the Google Reader blog:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later > date, say March?
It's nice to see quick responses from your side, even though it's an
unofficial API.
Please let us know if write calls can continue to fail for a longer
period of time, so we can plan for changes without being affected.
Thanks!
On Oct 22, 2:41 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:
Hi Mihai, We are using the unofficial GRAPI alongwith Google OAuth authentication to download starred/shared/liked items, and I understand that the shared and liked feature will be going away. We hope that the 'star' feature will stay.
Our concern is more related to the 'write'. Currently we edit subscriptions for a user and edit some labels for him. Will these edit / POST unofficial api's go away ? thank you ...
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Gaurav <gaurav....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mihai,
> It's nice to see quick responses from your side, even though it's an > unofficial API. > Please let us know if write calls can continue to fail for a longer > period of time, so we can plan for changes without being affected.
> Thanks!
> On Oct 22, 2:41 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com > >wrote:
> > > Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later > > > date, say March?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Sonali Aditya <sonali.adi...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Mihai, > We are using the unofficial GRAPI alongwith Google OAuth authentication to > download starred/shared/liked items, and I understand that the shared and > liked feature will be going away. We hope that the 'star' feature will stay.
Starring is not affected.
> Our concern is more related to the 'write'. Currently we edit subscriptions > for a user and edit some labels for him. Will these edit / POST unofficial > api's go away ?
No, the rest of the API continues to be as unofficially available as it was before.
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Sonali Aditya <sonali.adi...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Hi Mihai,
> > We are using the unofficial GRAPI alongwith Google OAuth authentication to
> > download starred/shared/liked items, and I understand that the shared and
> > liked feature will be going away. We hope that the 'star' feature will stay.
> Starring is not affected.
> > Our concern is more related to the 'write'. Currently we edit subscriptions
> > for a user and edit some labels for him. Will these edit / POST unofficial
> > api's go away ?
> No, the rest of the API continues to be as unofficially available as it was
> before.
