Topic awaiting preservation: Google FriendsConnect - what is it and what is it not? (Page 1 of 1)

Hi guys - I'm working on this portal here and my boss has this idea upon seeing http://www.google.com/friendconnect/ that it would be a nifty thing to add to our portal. Initially he was under the assumption that its a simple gadget that allows a user to login to a website and then somehow we would be able to create a profile for the user when he/she logs into the website and at the same time we would be able to make use of its chat and commenting gadgets.

However I checked it a bit and it doesn't seem to be anything like that infact its just a widget that is independent of the website - and from what I noticed all you can do is just attach this widget on your website and it works as a general shoutbox infact it cant even be used as a commenting engine for individual pages. Is my analysis of googles friend connect correct or is there more to friends connect than what meets the eye here?