this is like getting a call from your wife that a big box has been delivered to your house and you have no idea what it is...
/me clicks refresh again /me clicks refresh .... On Feb 11, 6:46 pm, Matt Sanford <m...@twitter.com> wrote: > And the first bugs is … > > That some of you are not seeing the new "Connections" tab. It > looks like a minor bug in the code that does the beta access check > (which was new, never done a closed beta before). We're working on a > fix now and will send it out with tomorrows morning deploy. I'll > update the list once it's out. > > Sorry about that; > — Matt Sanford > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 02:16 PM, Matt Sanford wrote: > > > And now for what I forgot, > > > During this closed beta we recommend very strongly that you not > > do general software releases using the feature. If we find any > > security or performance problems we will need to turn off OAuth and > > I don't want to break your apps. Your app can sign up users who are > > not in the closed beta but since this is really a focus on getting > > feedback please try and limit the audience to people who you feel > > can provide some feedback. > > > Thanks; > > — Matt Sanford > > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 02:04 PM, Matt Sanford wrote: > > >> Hello Everyone, > > >> Some of you are in the OAuth closed beta and some are not. I know > >> that's frustrating but we need to start small so we aren't buried > >> in feature requests and bugs all at once. Our intention is to > >> discuss the OAuth progress on this main API Google group > >> (http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > >> ). If the discussion gets in the way of the normal group operation > >> please speak up and we can always move it off to a new Google group > >> of its own. > > >> With all of that in mind we just launched the closed beta switch. > >> If you're one of the 150 or so people included in the closed beta > >> your settings page (http://twitter.com/account/settings) now > >> contains a "Connections" tab. In the sidebar is a little > >> information and a link to register your very own application. When > >> you register a new application it will begin as suspended. You'll > >> have the technical details (the key and secret) you need to get > >> started but one of the Twitter admins will have to approve the > >> application. It is not our intention to leave this in place forever > >> but during these early application registrations we need to monitor > >> things. Please use real descriptions and meaningful names, since > >> that' what we'll have to go on. Especially meaningful names. > > >> During the closed beta we're looking for feedback. The Google > >> group is good for discussing general issues and experiences but the > >> Google code issues are the best place for bugs and enhancements > >> (http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > >> if you don't already know). I added a new milestone of "OAuth", so > >> please mark any bugs with the correct milestone. When you report > >> issues try to be specific about the problem, especially in how to > >> reproduce it. It would also save us some time reviewing if you mark > >> enhancements with "Type-Enhancement"in the appropriate box. > > >> Thanks; > >> — Matt Sanford / @mzsanford