I agree. I've seen a lot of resistance to user apps that "phone home" in the past.
Joseph Cheek [email protected] @cheekdotcom mcdade wrote: > Thanks JDG for the advice but I wrote an App, not a webapp. > > The program runs on the users computer and they auth, I really don't > want to do a whole "i'm going to quietly send your info to me while > you aren't looking". I really dislike when companies put in a some > sneaky things to get the user info without the user knowing about it. > > Twitter really should provide a method of seeing this server side, I > guess they don't. > > -b > > On Aug 25, 11:44 pm, JDG <[email protected]> wrote: > >> they do. when you get an access token, the screen name and their ID are >> returned to you along with the token. Use it. Store it. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 15:18, mcdade <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Bumping on this since no one answered.. >>> >>> And i'm up to 90 users who authed now but I have no idea who they are >>> since i can't search my app's name. >>> >>> Twitter needs to create a way for Developers to track users who are >>> using the product. Look at Facebook, they have amazing tools for the >>> Developer >>> >>> -b >>> >>> On Aug 12, 4:33 pm, mcdade <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok. >>>> >>>> So I have my app written, I usedoauthto authenticate them since it >>>> was easier the storing the password. Anyways I didn't write in >>>> anything special to trackusers(or make the follow me) but I would >>>> like to see who is using it since I had about 300 downloads on the app >>>> but have only about 58 ppl who have authenticated with twitter. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -bryan >>>> >>>> oh.. and i wrote the app in Cocoa and the framework and code examples >>>> suck and mostly don't work. >>>> >> -- >> Internets. Serious business. >> > >
