i understand that you have to tow the line. i agree with it — at least in principle. i like oauth. i understand it. i *want* to put it in my app. aside from my desktop client, i released an open source oAuth solution: http://thurly.net//5nl
yet, of the prominent mac clients (tweetie, twitteriffic, socialite, beak, bluebird, kiwi) only one is currently using oAuth. the reasons are painfully obvious and have been discussed here and elsewhere ad nauseum: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/search?hl=en&group=twitter-development-talk&q=oauth+desktop&qt_g=Search+this+group i suspect that other desktop app devs feel like i do: that the announced oauth addendum was a sea change that looked like a realistic way forward. i was ready to hi-five the first person i saw when i read about it: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/msg/18b38db599f6ad98?hl=en i'm not asking for anything new or different from what has already been announced. i was just hoping for a bit more detail, that's all. isaiah On Dec 29, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > if your application has access to a web browser, then i would strongly > suggest that you implement a workflow where your user goes to a twitter.com > page -- this workflow is intended to protect the usernames and passwords of > Twitter users because they can trust that an unknown app does not have access > to their passwords. > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Isaiah Carew <isa...@mac.com> wrote: > > bummer. > > i don't mean to be rude, but it sure feels like there is a large gap between > the PR announcement a couple weeks ago and the reality on the ground. i'm > trying to be patient in letting the info trickle down. i guess i'll ask > again in a couple weeks? > > <twiddling thumbs> > <waiting> > <hmmm hmm hmmm> > > until then, my app is limping along with basic auth without attribution. > > isaiah > > On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > >> i don't know. sorry that i forgot to address your question. >> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Isaiah Carew <isa...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> and how 'bout that off topic question? >> >> a non-silent-treatment sort of answer would be really great -- even if it's >> "i can't tell you" or "i don't know" or "that's on a need to know basis and >> you don't need to know." or "you want the truth, you can't handle the >> truth!" or whatever. >> >> my biggest concern is that it won't come before the deprecation of oAuth -- >> and I'll have to implement a pin bases solution in the interim, then rip >> that out, then implement the new flow if/when it's finally included in the >> twitter api. if that's the case, then i'm going to need to budget some more >> $$ for this effort. >> >> i'm just looking at what sort of effort and money i'm going to have to spend >> on this in the next six months. >> >> thanks, >> isaiah >> >> >> On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: >> >>> Also, off topic: >>> Any news on when we can expect the new oAuth with username/password flow to >>> make its way into the API? If you can't let me know, or you don't know, I >>> understand, but it would be good to hear whatever the case. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Isaiah >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Raffi Krikorian >> Twitter Platform Team >> http://twitter.com/raffi > > > > > -- > Raffi Krikorian > Twitter Platform Team > http://twitter.com/raffi
