This is my favorite thread theme to bark at. That is, people brainstorming ideas on how to make the world a better place without actually doing anything. None of this is new and this email is not meant for anyone in particular.
--- 1. Signature Clusterfuck The signature workflow is the way it is for a reason. If you want to learn the reason, you can ask or you can go back to the discussions about it from the first few months of this list. A few months ago I spent a few days coming up with this tool which is both a tutorial and debugger: http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/2008/10/beginners-gui-1.html It is linked to from: http://oauth.net/documentation/getting-started Which is a pretty obvious place to look for help if you are getting started with OAuth. No need to read the whole spec to get this figured out. 2. Confusing Specification Yes, the specification isn't great (editorially speaking). It has many problems and is hard to read. This is why I wrote a whole new one: http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/spec/core/unofficial/1.0ec/drafts/1/spec.html Which I think tells a much better story with more examples and steps. I received very little feedback on that which is very disappointing. Specs only get better with feedback, and if you want to help but don't want to go and write guides or libraries, how about read the spec and offer suggestions on what can be better and what sections didn't work for you. 3. Libraries are Shit Some are. How about write a new one or fix an existing one? How about just ask the developer for help? People always bring up the idea of a uniform interface across libraries which is a great idea, but no one actually put any effort into this. 4. But it doesn't do X Yes, OAuth doesn't cover everything you might need or want. But all you have to do is just propose it, add it, spec it, code it. Core 1.0 is a framework. You need more? Write an extension and propose it on the list. Get some people interested in it. Get code running. Show that it is actually useful beyond your own need. I have yet to turn down requests for editorial or marketing help from anyone. Don't ask for a new feature, ask for people to give you feedback on how you intend to address it! --- I know what I'm doing to make OAuth better and easier to use. What are you? EHL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
