On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Joel Duckworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, when you try to log into flickr in Shotwell it open's a browser > embedded > in the application. I use my google account to log into Flickr and when I > try to do it from Shotwell it won't open the new window that normally pops > up to log in via google. > > A simple fix for this would be to print the URL that it is loading under > the > login button so you can open it in your own browser and complete the > authorization yourself then have a button back on the page to initiate > access with newly authorized code. > > If you have a look at the Flickr Uploader (postr) application in the Ubuntu > repositories it does it quite nicely there. Much better than embedding a > browser which I think is just asking for trouble myself... > > I'm guessing this would also be a problem for people who log in via their > facebook account too. > > Cheers, Joel > Hi Joel, Unfortunately, this is one of those things Shotwell just doesn't support right now. It's more than just a matter of the embedded browser vs. external -- we need to add support for a whole new authentication mechanism in order to support this. We currently have a ticket open on this very issue here: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/3445 - Eric _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
