[twitter-dev] Re: The OAuth Conundrum

[Shannon Whitley]

I've done a lot of work recently with Twitter's oAuth implementation.
I'm happy with the the solution for my web apps.  Having said that, I
don't think it should be "the" way to authenticate.  Basic Auth has
been so easy to implement that I think it has fostered very creative
solutions from people who just wanted to "try" a few ideas.  I know
I've thrown quite a few things together for fun (e.g. Twitter in
Excel).  The creativity that simple authentication spawns is
important, and I agree with the others who have expressed that on this
thread.