On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Nicolas Vervelle <nverve...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm completely new to OAuth, so bear with me if my questions are basic or I
> missed a point ;-)
> It seems interesting, but seems very oriented for web applications, not so
> much for desktop applications.
>

I cannot speak for MediaWiki's implementation of OAuth, but the OAuth spec
does provide different authentication methods so that desktop applications
can be used. It's just a matter of whether MW has it.

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*Tyler Romeo*
Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016
Major in Computer Science
www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com
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