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[Eric Schultz <wwahammy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, I didn't realize you can get API access to Disqus without paying but
apparently you can. There are some APIs that are restricted to free users.
And quite honestly, even developing a commenting system using the Disqus API
will take more time than just slapping a web browser control in there.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Rafael Rivera <rafael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Just a note: We can tap into Disqus' API without needing a web control :)
>
> /rafael
>
>
> On 9/22/2011 8:31 AM, Garrett Serack wrote:
>
>  Somewhere down the line (1.0, 1.1 maybe) I have the desire to have the
> full CoApp package manager GUI support feedback, comments and ratings on
> packages.****
>
> ** **
>
> Now, I really, **REALLY** don’t wanna go to the effort of writing all that
> myself (what with accounts, logins, tracking, etc), so I’m thinking what we
> should do, is leverage something like Disqus (http://disqus.com/) – which
> is what I’m using right now for comments on my blog, the CoApp website, and
> about 700 million other places on the web.****
>
> ** **
>
> Nice things:****
>
> -          Users can Authenticate using whatever they like (twitter,
> facebook, opened, yahoo, etc) ****
>
> -          We don’t have to store or maintain **anything******
>
> -          Supports nice features like ‘like’ing, linking, sharing,
> embedding, etc – many tools for dragging people into CoApp****
>
> -          People can embed pictures in comments****
>
> -          Comments can be moderated ****
>
> -          Each comment thread can be tied to a UniqueID (which we
> actually have in the form of Package Canonical Names)****
>
> ** **
>
> The only thing we’d have to do is put in a browser control into the UI (and
> we can obviously lock what it can do down), and present the appropriate view
> to the user.****
>
> ** **
>
> We could either use the IE WPF widget, or it turns out there is another
> based on the Chromium/Webkit engine : http://awesomium.com/ … which sports
> a WPF control as well.****
>
> ** **
>
> What do y’all think?****
>
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