[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread SM
If that is the reason for disallowing the source param, why is this policy not being applied uniformly? How would users of Tweetie, Twitterrific, etc. feel if all their updates now said 'from web'? How would the developers of those apps feel? those applications have been grandfathered in

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread Dewald Pretorius
Raffi, As I have noted before, the reliability of OAuth is an actual concern. Also the availability of that easy one-time migration method (getting the OAuth stuff when you have the username and password). Twitter OAuth is still in beta. Ryan said that migration to OAuth will become mandatory

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread ryan alford
I've been using OAuth for more than 3 months now, about 8 hours a day during the week while at work, using my own library and my own twitter client. I've never had an issue with stability. Now the desktop implementation is crappy(been posted about 50 billion times), but other than that, I've

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
On Jan 13, 1:52 pm, ryan alford ryanalford...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using OAuth for more than 3 months now, about 8 hours a day during the week while at work, using my own library and my own twitter client.  I've never had an issue with stability.  Now the desktop implementation is

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread Tim Haines
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:52 AM, ryan alford ryanalford...@gmail.comwrote: I've been using OAuth for more than 3 months now, about 8 hours a day during the week while at work, using my own library and my own twitter client. I've never had an issue with stability. Now the desktop

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread ryan alford
I agree. I believe OAuth for mobile and the delegation between apps are the biggest concerns that need to be addressed before the depreciation of basic oauth in June. Both of these have been beaten to a pulp. However, these issues certainly do not push OAuth into an unstable beta state that

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread Josh Roesslein
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Raffi Krikorian ra...@twitter.com wrote: If that is the reason for disallowing the source param, why is this policy not being applied uniformly? How would users of Tweetie, Twitterrific, etc. feel if all their updates now said 'from web'? How would the

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread Proxdeveloper
As an User Experience designer, It is more complicated for first time users as the process is longer, I mean think about it what's more simple than open the app, enter username/password Done!, rather than open the app, go to twitter, sign in, copy pin, paste pin, Done!, I believe the fewer steps

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-13 Thread Proxdeveloper
As an User Experience designer, It is more complicated for first time users as the process is longer, I mean think about it what's more simple than open the app, enter username/password Done!, rather than open the app, go to twitter, sign in, copy pin, paste pin, Done!, I believe the fewer steps

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-12 Thread SM
Hi Raffi, What is the reason for no longer allowing the source parameter for Basic Auth desktop apps? The issue is this: The policy is blatantly unfair. The current policy benefits some desktop apps that use Basic Auth while penalizing others. The policy should either remove the source parameter

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
What is the reason for no longer allowing the source parameter for Basic Auth desktop apps? the ability to forge the source parameter is too easy when simply using basic auth. -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-12 Thread SM
What is the reason for no longer allowing the source parameter for Basic Auth desktop apps? the ability to forge the source parameter is too easy when simply using basic auth. Hi Raffi, Why not disallow it for all apps then? Would the users of Tweetie, Twitterrific, etc like that? Would

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-12 Thread SM
What is the reason for no longer allowing the source parameter for Basic Auth desktop apps? the ability to forge the source parameter is too easy when simply using basic auth. -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi Hi Raffi, If that is the reason for

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-12 Thread Raffi Krikorian
If that is the reason for disallowing the source param, why is this policy not being applied uniformly? How would users of Tweetie, Twitterrific, etc. feel if all their updates now said 'from web'? How would the developers of those apps feel? those applications have been grandfathered in --

[twitter-dev] Re: Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-11 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
I'm doing desktop apps and I think the PIN workflow is just fine as is. If there are security reasons why something else is needed, I can see changing it. But it's no big deal for me to fire up a browser, push the allow button, double-click on a PIN, and then CTL-C / CTL- SHIFT-V into a Konsole