Comments on: Do you want your service to keep state for you? Comparing the Twitter and Facebook APIs http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: LeeDJones http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis/comment-page-1#comment-47405 LeeDJones Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:40:08 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2811#comment-47405 This is similar to how I have to manage read/unread messages, @reply and @dm’s in Birdwatch for WebOS (http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=co.uk.leedjones.birdwatch), storing the highest IS for read messages both of public and private type. The problem with this is that its device dependant and susceptible to device errors (such as failing to read the cookie etc). Would be nice for it to be managed via the API. This is similar to how I have to manage read/unread messages, @reply and @dm’s in Birdwatch for WebOS (http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=co.uk.leedjones.birdwatch), storing the highest IS for read messages both of public and private type. The problem with this is that its device dependant and susceptible to device errors (such as failing to read the cookie etc). Would be nice for it to be managed via the API.

]]> By: dion http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis/comment-page-1#comment-47404 dion Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:38:30 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2811#comment-47404 Andrew, Absolutely. Good UI can hide all kinds of sins. D Andrew,

Absolutely. Good UI can hide all kinds of sins.

D

]]> By: Daniel Shaw http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis/comment-page-1#comment-47402 Daniel Shaw Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:04:19 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2811#comment-47402 I definitely prefer that state to be managed by the service. One of my pet peeves about iTunes is that it doesn't maintain state across all the systems that I use to access my library. I would have much preferred a real cloud service addition to iTunes than the Ping rubbish. I definitely prefer that state to be managed by the service. One of my pet peeves about iTunes is that it doesn’t maintain state across all the systems that I use to access my library. I would have much preferred a real cloud service addition to iTunes than the Ping rubbish.

]]> By: Dav Glass http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis/comment-page-1#comment-47401 Dav Glass Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:27:26 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2811#comment-47401 I've been complaining about this for a while, its not an issue of the client having a "mark all as read" button. My issue is that I have: a phone, an iPad, iPod Touch, laptop & desktop. Why should they all notify me all the time. Example. I'm working on my Desktop all day, reading (with growl) my timeline all day. Then I switch over to my laptop, now I have 300 growl notifications going off when I login. Its a repeat, now add the ipod, ipad and phone in. It gets really annoying to be notified of all these messages that "have been read" all day. But if the API had state, it wouldn't show them all as unread juat because I opened my phone. I’ve been complaining about this for a while, its not an issue of the client having a “mark all as read” button. My issue is that I have: a phone, an iPad, iPod Touch, laptop & desktop. Why should they all notify me all the time.

Example. I’m working on my Desktop all day, reading (with growl) my timeline all day. Then I switch over to my laptop, now I have 300 growl notifications going off when I login. Its a repeat, now add the ipod, ipad and phone in. It gets really annoying to be notified of all these messages that “have been read” all day. But if the API had state, it wouldn’t show them all as unread juat because I opened my phone.

]]> By: Andrew Dupont http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis/comment-page-1#comment-47400 Andrew Dupont Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:13:55 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2811#comment-47400 In the meantime, it seems like your problem could be mitigated if they added an easily-accessible "Mark all as read" action on Twitter for iPhone/iPad. In the meantime, it seems like your problem could be mitigated if they added an easily-accessible “Mark all as read” action on Twitter for iPhone/iPad.

]]> By: Basu http://almaer.com/blog/do-you-want-your-service-to-keep-state-for-you-comparing-the-twitter-and-facebook-apis/comment-page-1#comment-47399 Basu Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:30 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2811#comment-47399 Also something for Twitter competitors/alternatives to differentiate on as well. Also something for Twitter competitors/alternatives to differentiate on as well.

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