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Following this line of reasoning, Twitter is horrible because it doesn't adopt an open standard. Likewise Flickr. And delicious. And anything else with a homegr
by jimboyoungblood 17y ago
Following this line of reasoning, Twitter is horrible because it doesn't adopt an open standard. Likewise Flickr. And delicious. And anything else with a homegrown REST API.
If their API is well documented, who cares that it wasn't designed and rubber stamped by a committee.
- factoryjoe 17y agoI think if Opera provided an explanation of how to set up a "Unite server" on your own server, than a lot of this controversy would be moot. That's why Google was so epic with their launch of Wave.
- Raphael 17y agoWhat kind of explanation are you looking for? You just download Opera, change a few settings, and leave it running.
- benburkert 17y agoTwitter has adopted open standards, they use oAuth. There's nothing wrong with home grown APIs, but I think APIs that ignore open standards will be a problem as services become increasingly interdependent.