Cross-site reading? How does that work?

[jducoeur]

Huh. Just noticed in today's DreamWidth update that they are now allowing "cross-site reading" -- the implication being that you can integrate your LJ friendlist into your DreamWidth one. It's a feature that I *desperately* wanted in CommYou, but concluded was difficult-to-impossible at the time. So now I'm curious how DW is making it work. My suspicion is that there's been an API enhancement while I wasn't looking, and that's very intriguing: if the API now provides a good way to get at your flist, it might make a good Android LJ-reading client more plausible...

Comments

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

While it may seem counterintuitive, developing an app for DW might actually make it easier to develop something similar for LiveJournal. While the codebases are forking considerably, the fact remains that Dreamwidth is documenting stuff that LiveJournal has had for years, including the hook we're using for CSARL.

[jducoeur]

That makes sense, yes. I'll give that some serious thought -- thanks!