Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-06-01 Thread Taylor Singletary
Hi Bess, I'm not sure how long the queue is right now, but we're coming back from a vacation weekend here in San Francisco and it'll probably take a bit for us to work through the queue this week. That said, we'll work through it as quickly as we (securely) can. Each request must be researched

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-05-31 Thread Jann Gobble
On May 31, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Bernd Stramm wrote: In any case Jann, you have convinced me of something I strongly suspected - I really should get xauth for my application as well. If I have convinced one person today, I have done my job. I am used to that -- what with being a Mac user for

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-05-30 Thread Jann Gobble
The requirement for users to go from app to browser to app is untenable for many of my users. It is a major change to go from app to Safari and back to app. Many users actually think that it the app is less secure (rightly or wrongly) because they have to exit it -- and go to the web -- in

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-05-30 Thread Bernd Stramm
On Sun, 30 May 2010 03:50:21 -0700 (PDT) Rich rhyl...@gmail.com wrote: You don't have to go from app to browser, embed a UIWebView and then in - (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView *)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest: (NSURLRequest *)request navigationType: (UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType {

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-05-30 Thread Jann Gobble
Okay, please tell me you know that I can create an app with a UIWebView that will take that password you type in faster than anything. It is NOT secure. This is my problem with oAuth. The work-arounds cause a false sense of security. oAuth was NEVER supposed to be used this way. If the

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-05-30 Thread Bernd Stramm
On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:14:54 -0700 Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:01, Bernd Stramm bernd.str...@gmail.com wrote: The user does trust the app, otherwise they would not be using it. The problem with the scheme of using the app *and* a browser is that

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: How long does it take to get approved with xAuth?

2010-05-30 Thread Jann Gobble
Thanks! For now I have implemented xAuth (even though it does not work) by using examples and what I expect. BUT I have hidden the Twitter button on my app until xAuth is approved and I can fully test. The one thing Twitter does NOT need right now is app developers leaving them in the dust