Mike Malone wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Brian Eaton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Mike Malone <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > In the manual case the user is already typing the request token key > > manually. > > The manual case is not a good user experience, and it isn't necessary > for the vast majority of installed applications: > https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/UXFedLogin/desktopapps > > Pownce and several other companies have written iphone, android, and > blackberry apps that bypass the manual token entry step. > > > Er, right. Sorry. I was thinking of the Netflix style case. You're > right, for many Desktop apps manual entry of the request token key is > not required. Netflix doesn't require the end-user to enter a token. The user login and confirmation is done via a separate request (something that we get a lot of heat about) invoked by the client.
Most of the apps we have register a local handler and then use that as the associated callback. One other thing to note is that the more steps you require the end user to perform, the less likely they are to complete the process. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
