Hello,

Le mercredi 11 février 2015, 16:59:45 Petr Bena a écrit :
> 
> We have OAuth for browser based programs. But nothing for desktop
> applications that are being used by users. (Like AWB etc).

> It sounds pretty simple to me, so why we don't have anything like that?

The reason currently given at 
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth/For_Developers#Intended_Users
is: 

"… not… Desktop applications (the Consumer Secret needs to be secret!)"

-- 
Guillaume Paumier

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