This impending conversion is something we are discussing internally. Any feedback regarding fears, challenges, or wishes and how we may be able to ameliorate them will be thoroughly considered.
Thanks, Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:37 PM, bbc <beier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Doing that for tens of thousands of Twitter users would be impossible. > If the API can provide something that returns the token if I provide > the login credential, then that would be much easier to handle > existing users. > > On Mar 23, 5:20 am, Dossy Shiobara <do...@panoptic.com> wrote: > > Remind me again, if you have a Twitter user's basic auth credentials, > > why you can't perform the OAuth authorization on their behalf? > > > > *whistles* > > > > On 3/23/09 3:42 AM, bbc wrote: > > > > > I second that. It would be much better to convert existing user base > > > automatically behind the scene other than asking them redo the whole > > > process, which is kinda hassle to our users > > > > > On Mar 21, 8:13 am, Simon<tro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> What is the status on this? We really a need a quicker way to convert > > >> current users to OAuth. > > > > >> It is really annoying to expect my users to go back and authenticate > > >> it with OAuth... > > > > -- > > Dossy Shiobara | do...@panoptic.com |http://dossy.org/ > > Panoptic Computer Network |http://panoptic.com/ > > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) >
