The advantage is in user and service security ... I'd think that was obvious. What is your problem with it? What "costs" do you see? OAuth is easy.
Thanks- - Andy Badera - [email protected] - Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew+badera - This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:30 AM, H.Hiro(Maraigue) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND why Twitter so much encourages OAuth, in spite > of costing API users. > > I read the section "What Does OAuth Give Me? (a.k.a. Why Bother?)" of > this article: > http://apiwiki.twitter.com/OAuth+Example+-+Ruby , > but I could not find what is the advantage of using OAuth *for client- > software makers* . > > Client softwares must know end-users'(i.e. account holders') login > names and passwords, so I think there aren't more advantage of using > OAuth than basic-auth. >
