OpenSocial Tutorial - Part 5: Listing Gifts You've Received

i doubt everyone can see everyone's giving, you can probably only see what your friends gave (though I guess the application might have the power to ignore that 'friends only' restriction).

as for how the gifts are being exchanged, i'm guessing the network implementing opensocial (Orkut in this case), sets aside some storage space for the data of the applications you add

If you look at the example in the tutorial, the gifts being exchanged are not in the form of data or applications, but physical nuts, like cashews and pecans. What data would you put in the storage space? The address and locker number of a warehouse where the nuts are and the combination to the lock? Or some password that can be telephoned to a delivery service so that they will bring them to you?

To be clear, there are no _real_ gifts being sent. This app only sends virtual gifts.

well yeah, that's the way all applications work, they only have data on the people that installed them. before you can see the gifts your friends have sent, they have to have installed the application to send them in the first place.

Depends if you're the 'person' variable, or the 'people' var.

I'd say all users need the app installed - how you gonna share virtual nuts without the api controlling the giving...?

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