Julio,
We intend to keep Basic Auth available until we feel that OAuth can
successfully exit beta as a fully functioning authentication offer.
This includes support and a positive user experience for desktop
clients.

Thanks,
@dougw

On 4/22/09, Julio Biason <julio.bia...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Chris Latko <ch...@latko.org> wrote:
>> I'm going to have to side with Alex on this one. The APIs should be
>> protected by OAuth and that is what should be pushed out and the basic
>> auth deprecated. What I don't really understand is why it has taken
>> until now to promote OAuth. I understand OAuth is an evolving
>> standard, but it has been around for quite a while.
>
> Still waiting for a good explanation of how to use OAuth in a
> console-only, no-browser environment. Until then, I see that Basic
> Auth should remain active.
>
> --
> Julio Biason <julio.bia...@gmail.com>
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/juliobiason
>

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