Why We Need to Protect Some APIs — Like Flickr's — As National Landmarks | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
www.wired.com
on 12/17/2012
Excerpt: Photo: Pete Souza / The White House Flickr Stream
APIs are real, and very important. So when a corporate vendor “deprecates” an API we’ve built on, it’s really hard to shrug it off — especially since these changes usually modify the contract between developers and the platform. It’s very rare that the benefit accrues to the developers. Very often when the API changes our apps are broken and gone … for good. Recently new life has been pumped into Flickr by Yahoo, something longtime users are surely glad to see. But, with that new life comes concerns that the API will break. Because that’s what big tech companies do when they move.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Flickr
Thread: The Flickr API is a national treasure
threads2.scripting.com
on 12/15/2012
Excerpt: And when a corporate vendor "deprecates" an API we've built on, it's really hard to shrug it off, esp since these changes usually modify the contract between developers and the platform. And it's very rare that the benefit accrues to the developers. Hey, very often when the API changes our apps are broken and gone, for good. Recently new life has been pumped into Flickr by Yahoo, something us long-time users are surely glad to see. But -- with the new life comes concerns that the API will break. Because that's what big tech companies do when they move. It's particularly important with Flickr because it has been unmoving for so long, which usuallly has a big downside, but it has one huge upside.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Flickr, History
Groups: A new view, new API methods, and add from Uploadr
blog.flickr.net
on 05/24/2012
Excerpt: The community you build is what makes Flickr truly unique. And Flickr Groups are the pulse of the community on Flickr. So we’re very excited to share three Group announcements with you. Justified View
Since the Justified View appeared on Photos from your Contacts and on your Favorites page you have been asking us to bring the same experience to groups. So starting today, you can browse the 1. 2 billion photos in Flickr groups in our new Justified View. But there’s more: not only are Group pools available in Justified View, we’ve also created a sidebar that makes the entire Groups experience more interactive and simpler to navigate.... read the full post.
Tags: Blog, Flickr, Stack
Excerpt: And when a corporate vendor "deprecates" an API we've built on, it's really hard to shrug it off, esp since these changes usually modify the contract between developers and the platform. And it's very rare that the benefit accrues to the developers. Hey, very often when the API changes our apps are broken and gone, for good. Recently new life has been pumped into Flickr by Yahoo, something us long-time users are surely glad to see. But -- with the new life comes concerns that the API will break. Because that's what big tech companies do when they move. It's particularly important with Flickr because it has been unmoving for so long, which usuallly has a big downside, but it has one huge upside.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Flickr, History
