The specific purpose of the new non-profit, according to a release, is “to ensure the neutrality and longevity of OpenSocial as an open, community-governed specification for building social applications across the web.” It’s a particularly crucial move for Google, which has been eager to emphasize that OpenSocial is a community standard, not a Mountain View [...]
In a clever move by Google, they have announced plans to launch an open social networking platform which will allow web developers to use common social network modules, hosting on Google hardware.
Ning, is participating in this week’s launch of a new open web API called Open Social, which is being spearheaded by Google and joined by a wide range of partners including Google’s own Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5, Friendster, Salesforce.com, Oracle, iLike, Flixster, RockYou, and Slide.
I’m reading with great interest the new hRelease Microformat - currently being worked on by Shannon Whitley.
The new accessibility toolbar which is compatible with IE7 and Vista has some really useful new features, not to mention the fact most functions now work without JavaScript enabled and across frames and iframes.
Smashing Magazine takes a look at some of the usability nightmares you should avoid when designing functional and usable web-sites.