On a personal note, even though I have created a few "toy" apps that use OAuth to get a feel for it, I am holding off integrating OAuth into several of my longstanding apps until the last possible minute b/c of the current Beta instabilities (tho few, they still exist), and the recent twitter server availability issues. For Basic Auth stuff, down time or time-outs are fairly tolerable and just involve a retry of the request. For OAuth stuff, having a time-out or connection blip in the middle of the token transaction process wreaks havoc on the process flow and UX for the user and interacting with an app (which has happened to me more than a few times).
> We do not anticipate the layover from deprecation to the full release of > OAuth to be very > large Does that mean you have a roadmap or estimated timeframe for taking OAuth out of Beta and into "full production mode"? I think it would be helpful for all involved to be clued into such information. -Chad On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Marco, > OAuth is still in public beta. We are growing comfortable with the > software's abilty and even see early OAuth inclusion in consumer facing > sites. Nothing has changed in our stance toward driving releases because we > are still planning some UX improvements. However we all write software > because we want users to enjoy our work and understand that some developers > have OAuth-based applications ready to ship and support. > > There is still time to get a source parameter through the manual > registration process so developers that see the need should register now. We > do not anticipate the layover from deprecation to the full release of OAuth > to be very large which makes us confident that this deprecation is a safe > move. > > Doug Williams > Twitter API Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Marco Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Why are you deprecating a very important feature for the basic auth method >> while your OAuth support is still in beta? >> >> The last official statement I read about Twitter and OAuth was that it >> went public, but is still considered beta. Also, if I did not miss an >> announcement, you were not yet encouraging developers to release OAuth based >> stuff - has this changed? >> >> >> >> 2009/4/9 Mobasoft <[email protected]> >>> >>> When I discovered that Twitter used the name from my recetly created >>> app via OAuth, I was pleased. >>> While the turn-around time for manual approval was great, I think that >>> using the data which we've already supplied through the creation of a >>> new OAuth app is the right way to go. >>> >>> Keep up the good work. >>> >> > >
