xauth is definitely useful for the browserless case. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Cameron Kaiser <spec...@floodgap.com>wrote:
> > Why are you Twitter guys pushing xAuth so hard? Even for new desktop > > clients? Instead of recommending a proper oAuth flow with PIN or such? > > I understood its main purpose is to help legacy clients with > > transition, and new clients should do proper oAuth. > > I can tell you that there are many TTYtter users, including myself as we > speak, who tweet over ssh back to their server. There may not be a browser > for them to talk to. > > There are also users who use it not as a client, but as a command line > tool for cron jobs. > > xAuth, as I understand it, is for the browserless case. > > -- > ------------------------------------ personal: > http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * > ckai...@floodgap.com > -- The steady state of disks is full. -- Ken Thompson > ------------------------- > > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
