On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Hassan Schroeder < hassan.schroe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Alex Katebi <alex.kat...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Neither, go with the external authentication omniauth gem. People don't > like > > to register to any web sites. They like to use their existing accounts. > > That seems like a pretty sweeping statement, especially without any > context as to a given site's audience. > > It doesn't appear to me that omniauth offers an alternate local account > authentication method, which means that if a user doesn't use any of > your offered providers (or prefers not to), s/he's out of luck. > > Not really. The user can still click on a provider icon and signup right there. It is better to offload authentication to the main stream sites. I don't see a reason for providing a fifth wheel :). Let's face it. No one wants to fill out another registration form and compromise their password or worst remember yet another password. > Something to consider. > > -- > Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ hassan.schroe...@gmail.com > twitter: @hassan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
