Looks like right now IE can't be used at all to sign in with Twitter. I'm not just talking about oauth either. I mean I can't go to twitter.com in and IE8 Browser and login. The response is 403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
On Jun 2, 9:25 am, Matt Sanford <m...@twitter.com> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > I'll take a look at this today. There was some content versioning > changes that must have caused an issue. Hopefully we can get it fixed > again soon. > > Thanks; > – Matt Sanford / @mzsanford > Twitter Dev > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Dave wrote: > > > > > In IEhttps://twitter.com/oauth/authorizegenerates an SSL warning > > that happens after you click on the sign in with twitter link. The > > warning says "Do you want to view only the web page content that was > > delivered securely? This web page contains content that will not be > > delivered using a secure HTTPS connection, which could compromise the > > security of the entire web page." > > > The reason the error occurs is because twitter is referring to a > > couple of CSS and javascript files with http instead of https on a > > secure page. It's no big deal from a technical or security stand > > point because who really cares if a JS or CSS file is intercepted in > > plain text but non-technical users will not understand what the > > warning means and may be scared by it. I'm hoping someone at twitter > > will correct this.
