On 21 Feb 2009, at 11:09, Chris Messina wrote: >> I also see this more as a problem for e.g. the iPhone where you >> usually >> need to close the application in order to jump to safari. This is >> not such a >> problem on the desktop and (as you demonstrate) has been done for >> quite a >> while with flickr. >> > > Pownce actually did this, and I don't think that the experience was > all that > bad: > > https://wiki.oauth.net/OAuth-for-Pownce-on-iPhone > > With using custom protocol handlers, you can make the experience quite > smooth actually. Confining the user to the task at hand is a bit > harder, but > it's not impossible to handle the case where the user never completes > authentication.
We documented some of that in the Fire Eagle documentation that Blaine already linked. In fact, you can register x-application:// protocol handlers is usable on all modern OS's; so the technique could be used on the desktop to skip the ‘Now press OK’ prompts we have in existing desktop auth, not just iPhone. (URL for that doc again is: http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/developer/documentation/oauth_best_practice) Also in the iPhone space, the new GetSatisfaction app has a beautiful diagrammatic explanation for the Quit -> Safari -> Reopen behaviour, see: http://micro.cjmart.in/post/80075323/ Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OAuth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oauth?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
