SHARE was updated late last week – see here. In addition to some really cool new features (e.g. full screen embedded document), you can now convert an uploaded document into a PDF! Naturally with every new feature we add, we expose that functionality via our APIs.
Check out the updated API documentation and try it out!
Looks like our Cocomo-enabled Yahoo! Maps application is turning some heads. While trolling the usual news sites and blogs the other day, we came across this -- check it out:
Not exactly sure how we ended up on Yahoo! Gallery, but pretty cool. Anyway, kudos to Yahoo! for providing the AS3 components, and oh – to Nigel for whipping up an ”Editors’ Pick” worthy application over a weekend in his spare time.
Just a quick update - the shared yahoo maps example (co-navigate a map, leave a marker, real-time whiteboarding over the map) has done pretty well, except for a user-limit issue that we spotted on wednesday. It's fixed now, so more than 3 people should be allowed in at a time. :) The results from the last posting were pretty cool, with markers from pretty much everywhere (except South America and Africa, where are you guys?)
Unfortunately, I had to clear all the old markers in the room :(. So get back in there, especially if you couldn't get in last time, and make your mark on the world!
I admit it, I'm a sucker for maps. I'm the kind of person who can stare at a map forever. So, when I spotted Ted's post on the new Yahoo Maps AS3 component release, I kinda freaked out a little. Then, I got to work. About 10 hours later, we have real-time shared maps, with co-navigation, shared cursors, and annotation overlays supplied by the mighty Cocomo components.
There are a couple of issues left to fix, and a thousand ideas on how I could make this cooler, but my demo-coding-time runneth short right now. Also, note I'm only allowed 50000 tile-hits a day, so if tons of people show, it might die an unseemly death.
Let me know what you think :) I've got some more demos in the oven, stay tuned!
Happy New Year, everyone!
We’re back from the holidays and ready to kick things back into high gear. As some of you know, the Cocomo private beta kicked off late last year and we’re off to a great start with good early activity and feedback from participants.
Hats off to the brave souls who’ve already dived in and exposed our oversights!
If you’ve applied, but have not yet received access -- don’t fret! We are opening the beta in phases -- mainly to make sure we can properly support participants and work out the kinks (see above reference) -- and will be letting in more folks in the comings weeks, and throughout the beta.
Lastly, I thought the survey results from the beta application were interesting and thought I’d share the below with you all so you can see the mix of fellow beta participants. Collaborative applications takes the cake, but that’s not a surprise… ;-)
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Update 10:17am PST -- The major storms here in NorCal have knocked out the power at the office. I've been sitting in the dark for the last hour and keeping it rolling... well, at least until my laptop runs out of juice.
