> > > Wrong. _Basic Authentication will obviously ALWAYS be an option for > > > desktop clients, regardless of whether or not it is via API. > > > > Explain to me where it's obvious that basic auth will ALWAYS be an option > > for desktop clients. Furthermore, please explain to me what voodoo you > > employed while reading those statements to come to your conclusion. > > You clearly do not understand the basics of HTTP. Do you think that > Twitter is going to somehow deny Firefox, IE, and other desktop > clients from connecting to Twitter with a simple username and password > only?
In fairness, you can still disallow Basic Auth and allow other forms of password-based authentication. Twitter requiring a password does not necessarily mandate that Basic Auth be the method of presenting said authentication credentials. This coming from someone who likes Chad's idea rather than a pure OAuth universe. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [email protected] -- Von Herzen, moge es wieder zu Herzen gehen. -- Beethoven -------------------
